Venture capitalists love to invest in something that works, something that’s concrete. If it’s got a 900% user growth rate overall and tripled in size in the UK alone then this is excellent. That’s the perfect website to invest in. Of course I’m speaking here of twitter. The 140 character twitter website that no one has time to use yet everyone flocks to. With the recent twestival you see that it’s gone local, and that can only mean one thing, that it’s gone mainstream.
Recently I started using feedly which is a great tool for managing rss feeds and content into an easy to view form. Connecting with google reader, friendfeed and a number of other surfaces it provides you with three principle displays for viewing the content you have selected to have aggregated. The first display shows your content by theme. In my case these themes are social media, video, technology, explore, and of course my own content output, to some degree.
Bernie Goldbach - Feb 5, 2009
I like Friendfeed because it helps me thread Twitter, just like Jaiku natively threaded posts.
I really like Friendfeed and what it’s becoming. What I love is how easy it is to follow many people and converse with them about everything they share. It’s the future of web sharing but it may take several months for people to move towards it. There are a number of things I love. First of all it aggregates your live stream in one place, so anyone who has an interest in you can share what they like about your work and you can follow this conversation.
jonmaim - Feb 6, 2009
Come back warzabidul, we are geeks and proud to be so :))
I’m still active on Jaiku, plurk and friendfeed but I need a break from twitter. I played my best game of pool yesterday, possibly thanks to not thinking of twitter.
I’ll be back on that network on the 14th of February but there is a good chance that I will no longer follow quite a few twitter users, especially those that do nothing but tweet how great what they’re working on.
I have fun with technology which means that I spend a lot of time online as a result of which I enjoy creating online friendships. The advantage of that is that wherever I am in the world I have people to chat with, or so I thought. I am taking a break from one social network in particular because I am no longer gaining from that social network. It was never about more than developing interesting friendships with interesting people and this was fine when I lived in a city where everyone used the site.
Jub - Feb 6, 2009
I think the most important point is the one you make in article 7.
I am happy for anyone to use twitter and any other micro-blogging service for self-promoting. Frankly, that’s their choice, and I can choose to not follow back.
But then, they have totally missed the point of it, and will have a hard time maintaining a good level of followers unless the content they share is of a superior quality.
Article 1. I shall take interest in the projects of others before my own. In this capacity, I will pay attention to what others are doing and see how I may help them bring those projects to fruition
Article 2. I shall Participate as actively as possible in as many discussions as possible. That is to say that I will make sure to get to know the audience that is listening to me.
This video filmed with the HDR-SR12 in Geneva Switzerland at La Reserve wine bar. The event was organised via facebook.
snowbroader - Jan 1, 2009
Hey Richard,
Do you know when the Geneva event is planned?
Thanks
Nico