DISQUS

David Gammel · 2 years ago

Count me in on not getting it. I can see some possible uses but nothing in line with the buzz this thing has.

Perhaps I've become an old cranky gen x'er. :)

sue pelletier · 2 years ago

I don't get it either, but lots of folks seem to be addicted to it. Must be something to it, but it escapes me entirely.

Chris Bailey · 2 years ago

Hey there, David and Sue. I thought maybe it was just me not being hip to the new style. Maybe the fact that we don't quite get it means that we have work to do that keeps us from constantly letting folks know that we just went to the fax machine, now to the post office, oh and now I'm heading to the bank. Can you feel the excitement build? ;)

David Gammel · 2 years ago

I just poured my first cup of coffee of the day!

Ben · 2 years ago

I have read that it is about to die. See http://www.brandtobedetermined.com/brandtobedet...

Chris Bailey · 2 years ago

Hey there Ben, I don't know if that's the last nail in the coffin. Just saw that Johnnie Moore is trying it out. Egads.

I'm trying to figure out why I dislike this whole idea so much. But I still haven't heard from anyone as to why Twitter is worth the effort. Or is this just a Gen Y thing?

Ben · 2 years ago

Blogging about it only makes it stronger!

annette · 2 years ago

Hi Chris - thanks for your comment over at my blog - I despair, I really do...I'm happy being a luddite but really and truly the world has gone mad!

Chris Bailey · 2 years ago

Oh Ben, I know. I've just contributed a little bit to Twitter's ascension in the world. Or maybe not...maybe if more of us call 'bullshit' on some of this insanity then the world will return to it's senses. Could you make a case for how it can be used in the association world ;) I'm just dying for someone to argue with me on how it will better my life.

Hi Annette, glad to have found you though I'm sorry it's at Johnnie's expense. Luddites often get a bad rap...they're usually the canary in the coalmine of online senselessness.

EM Sky · 2 years ago

ROFL. I'd never even heard of the thing until this post... and I've never been so happy to be out of the loop! I took my primary work computer completely "off-line" just a few months ago. I haven't gotten this much done since about 1995...

Chris Bailey · 2 years ago

Howdy, EM. Wow. Now that's really going unplugged, but you've offered an example of where being constantly connected isn't as productive as it's made out to be. There's unplug your television week...imagine if there was unplug your internet connection week? Would the world stop it's rotation? Of course, I'm not sure I could do this which probably points to a nasty addiction. Oh well, guess everyone needs at least one vice in their life.

annette · 2 years ago

Chris I've decided the only "next best thing" I'm going to pay any attention to is how I can make a living from reading blogs (as distinct from writing them) if anyone is on to this could they call my agent :)