Comments on: twhirl is taking the industry by storm!

By: Chris M

Chris M — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:52:48 +0000

Thanks for the link, I’ll be sure to take a look when I have a moment today :)

By: jansegers

jansegers — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:27:01 +0000

Twittermania: the tools – http://www.online-tech-tips.com/software-reviews/twitter-mania-tools-for-twits/

By: Chris M

Chris M — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:27:52 +0000

Thanks mate, hope you’re having a good one too!

By: jansegers

jansegers — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:59:31 +0000

Have a nice meal and a good weekend, mate !

By: Chris M

Chris M — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:42:57 +0000

Absolutely, I just make sure that I follow all the latest trends via some news feeds :)

I’m heading out for lunch, have a good Saturday bud!

By: jansegers

jansegers — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:21:56 +0000

Indeed, going there where no-one has gone before…

I’ve the impression that we’re going to find ways to channel information that might interest us, directly to us.

Problem will still be to shift between info and background noice (publicity, but also redundancy).

Anyway, I’m finally glad to live in this time and age, because “here is more than Gutenberg”.

By: Chris M

Chris M — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:01:40 +0000

Talking about information being passed to the public in matters of seconds, I think Twitter will evolve nicely – What would be useful is if you could follow a twitter weather bot, which when queried, would return the weather. There are thousands of bots that could be created, people would still be completely in control of which bots they’re following, etc. This sort of thing may exist already, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it would be a wicked idea. I’m sure jabber could be used to handle this, would actually be rather easy. In terms of monetization, a bot which sends a persons weather report or star sign directly to them, could serve adverts in the form of urls, etc.

I just look forward to see where all of this is going, the Internet has evolved so quickly over the past year, especially in South Africa, and awareness is great than ever, a point of saturation has to be hit at some point I reckon.

It’s going to be an interesting journey!

By: jansegers

jansegers — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:39:42 +0000

On the other hand, one can argue that microblogging is pervasive: it’s morphosing society by osmosis.

It’s creating feedback loops for information on a global scale in a fraction of a second.

In the past new scientific data took 50 years to get to the general public, now it can be shared knowledge on the moment it’s publicated by anyone interested in the field.

Thus we could say that this humble way of communication is revolutionizing society by creating a new sort of expertise: knowledge mining.

In this time is the essence, because it seems humanly impossible to englobe all the knowledge out here on the net.

Every service competes for our time, just like any living being we know demands and needs some of it.

The big quest is to define our mission in life. The niche market of competence we’re experts in.

Many times, mere coïncidence is at the bottom of our resolutions.

Once we have ‘written’ our script, we make the future of mankind.

Be it for the worst (Hitler ‘Mein Kampf’) or for the best (Buddha and his teachings).

By: Chris M

Chris M — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:08:41 +0000

No real reason, at the moment I’m just trying to cut down on social networking, far too many places to update and check, minimizes working time.

Microblogging is a lovely break through in technology, it’s quick and easy and unintrusive, which is what a lot of people look for online these days.

I’ve not looked at Hellotxt, but will make sure that I do so, thanks for the link :)

By: jansegers

jansegers — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:23:25 +0000

Any particular reason you’re not so found of Jaiku ?

I’m quite interested in microblogging as a phenomenon.

Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Tumblr, Fanfou, Snockles, Khaces, Meemi, Dukudu.de, Feecle.jp, Numpa.nl, Babl.nl

Hoping for one system which handles all ? have you already tried Hellotxt.com ?

http://www.hellotxt.com