Comments on: Is Twitter bad for you? http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/ ...education, technology, productivity. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: WorldofHiglet http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-6026 WorldofHiglet Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:25:07 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-6026 Hi Doug, I really liked you article which is why I mentioned it my blog. I love your diagrams, too (extra marks for presentation and relevance). I suppose it was typical that I decided to start using Twitter this weekend, the weekend they have all sorts of caching issues! Having found your blog because of Twitter I'll stick around and find out how the 'edublogosphere' (great word!) develops :) Hi Doug,

I really liked you article which is why I mentioned it my blog. I love your diagrams, too (extra marks for presentation and relevance). I suppose it was typical that I decided to start using Twitter this weekend, the weekend they have all sorts of caching issues!

Having found your blog because of Twitter I’ll stick around and find out how the ‘edublogosphere’ (great word!) develops :)

]]> By: Scott McLeod http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5992 Scott McLeod Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:07:45 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5992 @Mathew Sounds like the blogosphere! @Mathew Sounds like the blogosphere!

]]> By: Daily link post 04/02/2008 | When the hurly-burly's done http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5909 Daily link post 04/02/2008 | When the hurly-burly's done Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:47:24 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5909 [...] Is Twitter bad for you? at dougbelshaw.com [...] [...] Is Twitter bad for you? at dougbelshaw.com [...]

]]> By: Stuart http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5908 Stuart Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:13:29 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5908 Where can I read Kathy Sierra's blog and what was the debacle? Where can I read Kathy Sierra’s blog and what was the debacle?

]]> By: Andrew Field http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5905 Andrew Field Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:20:06 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5905 Interesting this as I've nearly signed up for Twitter quite a few times but have always held back, for the exact reasons that your quote from Doug Noon mentions. I also, despite having a Facebook account, rarely log into it. Then again, I had thought that Twitter might actually help discipline my time - i.e. I almost setup the next 30 minutes to be spent developing something rather than wasting time. Then again, to a certain extent I am at my most productive when nominally wasting time. I still haven't signed up for Twitter and I now don't think I will. I think it is a useful tool and one that can be used extremely well. Just as long as you are dictating your usage to it, rather than the other way around. Interesting this as I’ve nearly signed up for Twitter quite a few times but have always held back, for the exact reasons that your quote from Doug Noon mentions. I also, despite having a Facebook account, rarely log into it.

Then again, I had thought that Twitter might actually help discipline my time - i.e. I almost setup the next 30 minutes to be spent developing something rather than wasting time. Then again, to a certain extent I am at my most productive when nominally wasting time.

I still haven’t signed up for Twitter and I now don’t think I will. I think it is a useful tool and one that can be used extremely well. Just as long as you are dictating your usage to it, rather than the other way around.

]]> By: Borderland » Blog Archive » What now? http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5900 Borderland » Blog Archive » What now? Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:38:26 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5900 [...] after Doug Belshaw’s post - maybe even partly because of his question, Is Twitter Bad for You? I’ve opened a twitter account. This marks an about-face for me, based on a previous [...] [...] after Doug Belshaw’s post - maybe even partly because of his question, Is Twitter Bad for You? I’ve opened a twitter account. This marks an about-face for me, based on a previous [...]

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5896 Elona Hartjes Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:07:09 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5896 Doug, The problem for me is that I want to do creative things that do not involve the computer too. It's always a challenge balancing my on-line activities with my off line activities. When I'm reading blogs, exploring Twitter, blogging, podcasting, google reader classroom blog, stumbling etc. I'm not doing other things that I love to do. I guess I can't do it all even though I'd like to. I'm struggling to find a balance. Doug,
The problem for me is that I want to do creative things that do not involve the computer too. It’s always a challenge balancing my on-line activities with my off line activities. When I’m reading blogs, exploring Twitter, blogging, podcasting, google reader classroom blog, stumbling etc. I’m not doing other things that I love to do. I guess I can’t do it all even though I’d like to. I’m struggling to find a balance.

]]> By: Dave Stacey http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5890 Dave Stacey Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:52:04 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5890 The 'two modes of working' thing really rings true with me. I've pondered recently how I tend to move between consuming (reading a lot) and creating (when I tend to shut out the rest of the world). Running parallel is the extent to which I'm engaged in whatever I'm doing, from VERY productive (in reading or creating) to just doing enough to get get by. After having had to drastically cut myself from Twitter / Google Reader / Email etc recently to finish a project I was being paid for, I'm currently reassessing my use of both Twitter and Google Reader, but then, I do that every few months anyway. Given how fast new technologies are being adopted, I think that's probably both normal and healthy. After all, if these tools really are offering personalisation, that will include the way that we all interact with them. The ‘two modes of working’ thing really rings true with me. I’ve pondered recently how I tend to move between consuming (reading a lot) and creating (when I tend to shut out the rest of the world). Running parallel is the extent to which I’m engaged in whatever I’m doing, from VERY productive (in reading or creating) to just doing enough to get get by.

After having had to drastically cut myself from Twitter / Google Reader / Email etc recently to finish a project I was being paid for, I’m currently reassessing my use of both Twitter and Google Reader, but then, I do that every few months anyway. Given how fast new technologies are being adopted, I think that’s probably both normal and healthy. After all, if these tools really are offering personalisation, that will include the way that we all interact with them.

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5879 Doug Belshaw Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:39:22 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5879 I'm glad if I've been of some assistance r.e. 'two modes of working'. Not my idea, though, so if the Real Slim Shady could please stand up? ;-) I’m glad if I’ve been of some assistance r.e. ‘two modes of working’. Not my idea, though, so if the Real Slim Shady could please stand up? ;-)

]]> By: » Enlaces en Diigo 03/30/2008 | DigiZen: Un blogfesor aprendiendo http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5878 » Enlaces en Diigo 03/30/2008 | DigiZen: Un blogfesor aprendiendo Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:36:06 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/2008/03/28/is-twitter-bad-for-you/#comment-5878 [...] Is Twitter bad for you? at dougbelshaw.com [...] [...] Is Twitter bad for you? at dougbelshaw.com [...]

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