Comments on: Rockin Robin http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/ tales of swimming upstream Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeff http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/comment-page-1/#comment-10761 Jeff Wed, 30 May 2007 13:54:53 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/#comment-10761 I'm still not convinced it doesn't cut into my time more. But I can't look away either. It's also an odd community, since there are no filters on it; when you post, everyone who follows you sees it, even if it might be more relevant to some than others. [This is especially true when it gets used as a backchannel during a meeting or class.] Still, I'm not giving up on it, just trying to figure out how best to use it in personal and professional life (cause it blurs those boundaries, doesn't it?) I’m still not convinced it doesn’t cut into my time more. But I can’t look away either. It’s also an odd community, since there are no filters on it; when you post, everyone who follows you sees it, even if it might be more relevant to some than others. [This is especially true when it gets used as a backchannel during a meeting or class.] Still, I’m not giving up on it, just trying to figure out how best to use it in personal and professional life (cause it blurs those boundaries, doesn’t it?)

]]> By: Jerry http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/comment-page-1/#comment-10753 Jerry Wed, 30 May 2007 13:25:23 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/#comment-10753 Seems ironic - now that the staff of DTLT has relocated their offices into a central location, the tools we longed for to create that closeness and allow the "water cooler talk" while we were geographically dispersed are now all around us in Web 2.0. Seems ironic – now that the staff of DTLT has relocated their offices into a central location, the tools we longed for to create that closeness and allow the “water cooler talk” while we were geographically dispersed are now all around us in Web 2.0.

]]> By: sue f. http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/comment-page-1/#comment-10688 sue f. Wed, 30 May 2007 04:12:52 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/#comment-10688 Nice to see a range of musings on Twitter as I try it out myself this week and as I play with different possibilities for working or workshop venues (wikis, blogs, twitter, etc.) I think Twitter's simultaneity is wonderful in overcoming issues of distance or space. And at the same time it complements (rather than complicates) the genre of the blog -- which itself has a very different relation w/ time in both its extended musings and archive of resources and insights. Genre is everything? Though it'll be fun to watch as folks reinvent both... Nice to see a range of musings on Twitter as I try it out myself this week and as I play with different possibilities for working or workshop venues (wikis, blogs, twitter, etc.)

I think Twitter’s simultaneity is wonderful in overcoming issues of distance or space. And at the same time it complements (rather than complicates) the genre of the blog — which itself has a very different relation w/ time in both its extended musings and archive of resources and insights. Genre is everything?

Though it’ll be fun to watch as folks reinvent both…

]]> By: Shannon http://wrapping.marthaburtis.net/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/comment-page-1/#comment-10685 Shannon Wed, 30 May 2007 03:58:18 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/05/29/rockin-robin/#comment-10685 Yes, I agree. Twitter allows for conversations but, you can avoid those awkward silences that can happen chat rooms. It sustains connections with people you don't regularly chat with and it is a sort of glorified naval gazing. I find Twitter to be the space to put out ideas and links to the stuff I won't necessarily blog about but, are things I think are worth sharing with other people. There are those moments of chat roomness (like the conversation that just occurred on Twitter) but, it is late and insanity easily takes hold. I am glad Twitter has inspired you to blog more, your posts have been wonderful. Twitter as a gateway drug to more blogging? Yes, I agree. Twitter allows for conversations but, you can avoid those awkward silences that can happen chat rooms. It sustains connections with people you don’t regularly chat with and it is a sort of glorified naval gazing. I find Twitter to be the space to put out ideas and links to the stuff I won’t necessarily blog about but, are things I think are worth sharing with other people.
There are those moments of chat roomness (like the conversation that just occurred on Twitter) but, it is late and insanity easily takes hold.
I am glad Twitter has inspired you to blog more, your posts have been wonderful. Twitter as a gateway drug to more blogging?

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