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- April 15th, 2009
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Wednesday Linkfest
Here’s this week’s linkfestage:
- Science fact about twitter (NSFW). This is the kind of diagram I wish was more commonly used by people who use diagrams.
- The Mistake bank. An attempt to create a web community around failures and discussing mistakes.
- Long live the Atari 2600. I still think some 2600 games are more fun to play than the latest games – they had to have great gameplay since the graphics were a joke. I wrote about this years ago in teeny tiny piece for Wired, and it’s still true. Warlords, Air Sea Battle and Yars Revenge baby.
- The latest biggest thing. Article about how twitter ruins relationships. Not saying it doesn’t, but this is the kind of article that has been written every 5 years about whatever the new thing is.
6 Responses
- Neil C. Obremski - April 15, 2009 at 10:29 am #
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Turning off the Twitter and other things is an exercise of will power to some, but can be extraordinarily refreshing. I enjoy my long walks to and from home in the mornings and evenings partially for this reason. I am alone in my head, sometimes I don’t even listen to music.
Blaming any highly accessible tech is futile, because the problems are not related to its functionality but rather its users. Perhaps it isn’t such a bad thing that the same service which sucked these people in is also helping them realize personal weaknesses to overcome.
- Scott Berkun - April 15, 2009 at 12:11 pm #
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Richard: Sometimes I think everyone is right. The people who hate twitter and the people who love it might all be right.
- Scott Berkun - April 15, 2009 at 12:12 pm #
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Neil: I agree, blaming tech is kind of stupid, but it’s less offensive than blaming the people :)
Frankly I think twitter is probably quite silly and that I won’t like it, but before I condemn a thing I should probably give it a try, you know?
Links to this article
- Customers Are Talking » Blog Archive » “Story banks” for dispersed collaborative communities - April 22, 2009 at 11:49 am
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What about people who dismiss Twitter because they hate that it breaks flow, much like instant messaging, email clients which check the server every 5 minutes, phone calls, and PA systems?
What about people who wonder whether it’s really a good thing to monitor a real-time feed of other people’s activities when they’re supposed to be, y’know, working?