Comments on: My Best Explanation of Twitter https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Dan Perry https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2355 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:51:19 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2355 Swing (insert crack-of-bat sound here)…

Announcer: It’s a high fly ball to center field, will it clear the ivy? HOME RUN!

Cubs win, Cubs win!

Great analogy Todd 🙂

]]> By: Catfish SEO https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2354 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:01:52 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2354 Great post. Twitter is a great social media tool whose applications are still being discovered.

]]> By: Dudibob https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2353 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:16:43 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2353 That actually is a really good explanation, I always thought of Twitter as like the status update feature on myspace or Facebook, but that sounds like it’s worth signing up 🙂

]]> By: Brian Carter https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2351 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:51:43 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2351 So basically you’re saying Twitter is a Robert Altman movie? 😉

]]> By: Tom Hale https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2334 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:30:01 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2334 “there are an infinite number of conversations going on that you can participate in”

Contrast that to another quote I heard some time ago (sorry, don’t remember the source)

“Soon we will all be gasping for time like a drowning person does air”

The possibility of participating in an infinite number of global conversations is extraordinary and exciting.

It also makes me want to unplugged everything, go live in a cave, and talk to only myself about getting my life back from the clutches of the Age of Information 😉

The weight of possibility can suffocate actuality.

Seriously, exciting stuff. Intoxicating. Seductive.

One could even get swept away.

-T

Tom Hale
AdWords Specialist – Internet Strategist
https://www.ThomasCreekConcepts.com/
https://forum.sempdx.org/

]]> By: Brian Humphrey https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2333 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:28:56 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2333 Ah, why did this analogy escape me until now? Thank you for saving us the awkward anquish of puzzled expressions from the other side of the lectern.

Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,

Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department

https://twitter.com/LAFD

]]> By: funDiva Christy https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2329 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:49:41 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2329 Todd this is truly a fabulous analogy. Plus you can rub elbows with people you might not ever get invited to a real party with. I am delighted when I see a big name following me – even though I know they must use tools to filter (else they’d go insane) it’s kinda neat.

And as much as I like to dress up occasionally, I’m happier networking in sweats!

@funDivaChristy

]]> By: Todd Mintz https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2326 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:45:13 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2326 Thanks for the kind words…perhaps my explanation would have been better if the beer that was being servered wasn’t paler than I am.

]]> By: Andrew Flusche https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2325 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:57:59 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2325 I love your explanation! The main phrase that hits it home for me is “conversation participation omniscience.” Awesome!

By the way, your spam question isn’t so easy for people like us lawyers. 🙂

]]> By: Adam Oakley https://www.sempdx.org/blog/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2323 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:10:14 +0000 http://sempdx-v2.local/announcements/my-best-explanation-of-twitter/#comment-2323 Great analogy, Todd. The other day I was trying to describe Twitter to someone. It took 15 minutes and wasn’t quite as clear. Maybe a cocktail or two would have helped. 🙂

@oakley

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