Comments on: Tweets are the Ultimate in Disposable Content http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/ I have nothing to say and I say it. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: wioota.com » Blog Archive » Twitter as a platform http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/#comment-6570 wioota.com » Blog Archive » Twitter as a platform Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:11:56 +0000 http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/#comment-6570 [...] point I covered in earlier posts about Twitter which I would like to revisit is that of Twitter’s usefulness being less about letting people [...] […] point I covered in earlier posts about Twitter which I would like to revisit is that of Twitter’s usefulness being less about letting people […]

]]> By: r0nin http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/#comment-2350 r0nin Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:11:30 +0000 http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/#comment-2350 I think I must be turning into a Luddite -- I'll lay money down that the post-MySpace generation are going to have an attention span measured in milliseconds! Mine has degenerated to the point that I can't recall the last time I read anything in hardcopy from cover to cover, I read all my news in RSS feeds, I juggle working with constant e-mailing and IM'ing, and I find even a one-hour TV show to be a commitment that needs forward planning... So I think Tweets take information overload a step too far. "Always connected, always on" is the future, but I think you have a point that this kind of throwaway information just encourages procrastination, and in fact the cult of GTD would be non-existent were it not for the randomising effects of technologies of which Twitter must be considered the apotheosis (for now anyway). Don't give me more information, give me better filters! I think I must be turning into a Luddite — I’ll lay money down that the post-MySpace generation are going to have an attention span measured in milliseconds! Mine has degenerated to the point that I can’t recall the last time I read anything in hardcopy from cover to cover, I read all my news in RSS feeds, I juggle working with constant e-mailing and IM’ing, and I find even a one-hour TV show to be a commitment that needs forward planning…

So I think Tweets take information overload a step too far. “Always connected, always on” is the future, but I think you have a point that this kind of throwaway information just encourages procrastination, and in fact the cult of GTD would be non-existent were it not for the randomising effects of technologies of which Twitter must be considered the apotheosis (for now anyway).

Don’t give me more information, give me better filters!

]]> By: anon http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/#comment-2234 anon Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:42:07 +0000 http://blog.wioota.com/2007/04/09/tweets-are-the-ultimate-in-disposable-content/#comment-2234 It'd be interesting to gauge / measure the effects of loss of productivity of Twitter; some sort of inverse relationship between communication accessibility and work done! It’d be interesting to gauge / measure the effects of loss of productivity of Twitter; some sort of inverse relationship between communication accessibility and work done!

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