Thursday
Mar152007
Another reason why Twitter is so fascinating....
Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 10:00AM
Yeah, so the blogosphere is awash with people both hyping up and dissing Twitter.
I've been using it since MacWorld and it's been interesting to see it being used more and more and morph into a different beast than what it was all the way back in January :-)
One thing I find completely fascinating that others don't seem to bring up in the discussions on Twitter, is how it spans time zones and unifies the day across the globe.
Many of my twitter friends are over in California and I'm here in the UK.
Of course, the time difference has always been there and yes, I know that we're hours apart, but with emails, etc that difference has always been weird to conceptualise. You know there is a time difference, but it seems so abstract.
Now with Twitter, you know people are on-line, they're up and about and starting their day as you're half way through yours, you hear about the weather at that moment in time on the other side of the world in virtual real time, you see people start projects you know you'll be watching or listening to a few hours later (podcasts etc), you know when they're having a good (or bad) day, you appreciate more the level of work they have on, you get an idea of their values and interests (family time, new gadgets) etc, etc.....
....it just makes you feel more, connected!
http://www.twitter.com/sconline
I've been using it since MacWorld and it's been interesting to see it being used more and more and morph into a different beast than what it was all the way back in January :-)
One thing I find completely fascinating that others don't seem to bring up in the discussions on Twitter, is how it spans time zones and unifies the day across the globe.
Many of my twitter friends are over in California and I'm here in the UK.
Of course, the time difference has always been there and yes, I know that we're hours apart, but with emails, etc that difference has always been weird to conceptualise. You know there is a time difference, but it seems so abstract.
Now with Twitter, you know people are on-line, they're up and about and starting their day as you're half way through yours, you hear about the weather at that moment in time on the other side of the world in virtual real time, you see people start projects you know you'll be watching or listening to a few hours later (podcasts etc), you know when they're having a good (or bad) day, you appreciate more the level of work they have on, you get an idea of their values and interests (family time, new gadgets) etc, etc.....
....it just makes you feel more, connected!
http://www.twitter.com/sconline
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