Comments on: 11 Things Twitter is Good For http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html Blogging about Life in Israel Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Bravery http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1916 Robert Bravery Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:37:12 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1916 Like most things you have to understand something properly before you really appreciate it. Many fold who do not underatand Twitter, won't use it because it is of no use to them. Same thing for something like Google Wave. Most people come to Google Wave thinking it is a Twitter/Facebook/email replacement. It's not it is much more than that. Google Wave, collaboration on steroids. @ http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog/EntryId/421/Google-Wave-collaboration-on-steroids.aspx You actually had me singing that song in my head. "... What is is good for, absolutely nothing..." .-= Robert Bravery´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog/EntryId/482/Do-you-thank-your-blog-visitors.aspx">Do you thank your blog visitors?</a> =-. Like most things you have to understand something properly before you really appreciate it. Many fold who do not underatand Twitter, won’t use it because it is of no use to them.
Same thing for something like Google Wave. Most people come to Google Wave thinking it is a Twitter/Facebook/email replacement. It’s not it is much more than that.

Google Wave, collaboration on steroids. @ http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog/EntryId/421/Google-Wave-collaboration-on-steroids.aspx

You actually had me singing that song in my head. “… What is is good for, absolutely nothing…”
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]]> By: Carly http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1915 Carly Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:07:15 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1915 I could not have found this post at a better time, as once again I find myself confronted with the "I signed up for Twitter last night and tried it for all of twenty minutes before deciding it's the dumbest thing in the planet" argument, and I'm running out of ways to explain to people why their logic is so flawed. Thanks for compiling such a great list of examples of things that make Twitter awesome. .-= Carly´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/confoozledcom/~3/XorSCuQ54GY/art_er_video_games_imitating_life.php">art... er, video games imitating life</a> =-. I could not have found this post at a better time, as once again I find myself confronted with the “I signed up for Twitter last night and tried it for all of twenty minutes before deciding it’s the dumbest thing in the planet” argument, and I’m running out of ways to explain to people why their logic is so flawed. Thanks for compiling such a great list of examples of things that make Twitter awesome.
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]]> By: ZXT http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1875 ZXT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:21:32 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1875 Nice list of Twitter usefulness :) I'm following you now on Twitter. I'm @zxxxt if you want to follow back. .-= ZXT´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NothingButRandom/~3/VR2xv5q8k1Q/">Go get them Tiger!</a> =-. Nice list of Twitter usefulness :)

I’m following you now on Twitter. I’m @zxxxt if you want to follow back.
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]]> By: Jennifer http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1859 Jennifer Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:52:51 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1859 Churchill said it, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Even truer today with the near instant speed of communication. Churchill said it, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Even truer today with the near instant speed of communication.

]]> By: Joanna Young http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1858 Joanna Young Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:08:48 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1858 Hi, I really enjoyed your lists - some are similar to mine, and some different, but as you say, same spirit. Twitter is one of the things that makes me feel most optimistic about the world we live in - compare that with the feeling you get when you switch on the TV! Joanna PS I think 11 is a good number... odd numbers are good for blog lists ;-) Hi, I really enjoyed your lists – some are similar to mine, and some different, but as you say, same spirit. Twitter is one of the things that makes me feel most optimistic about the world we live in – compare that with the feeling you get when you switch on the TV!

Joanna

PS I think 11 is a good number… odd numbers are good for blog lists ;-)

]]> By: Josh http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1857 Josh Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:39:28 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1857 Great article!!! Great article!!!

]]> By: Boomerblogger http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1856 Boomerblogger Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:02:43 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1856 Businesses have been successful with those who remember to exercise Tweetiquette and not self-promote constantly. The followers who give you feedback are the best. .-= Boomerblogger´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mybabypet/~3/gIjJrdgi39o/from-throwaway-dog-to-service-dog" rel="nofollow">From Throwaway Dog To Service Dog</a> =-. Businesses have been successful with those who remember to exercise Tweetiquette and not self-promote constantly. The followers who give you feedback are the best.
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]]> By: IsraeliMom http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1854 IsraeliMom Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:47:30 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1854 Aviva - I think you're on to something there. I hope it's not a temporary thing, but so far seems to me like our Twitter environment is exceptionally warm and supportive. Jennifer - absolutely. It's why I'd always wait for the official resources to confirm the stories before doing anything about it. Still, it's cool to see how fast news can spread among people. Aviva – I think you’re on to something there. I hope it’s not a temporary thing, but so far seems to me like our Twitter environment is exceptionally warm and supportive.

Jennifer – absolutely. It’s why I’d always wait for the official resources to confirm the stories before doing anything about it. Still, it’s cool to see how fast news can spread among people.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1853 Jennifer Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:18:28 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1853 Anne, about the news, I'd take twitter "news" with a large grain of salt. The delay from news sources is called verification before publishing. Remember the first time twitter regurgitated that Patrick Swayze died? That time he was still alive. .-= Jennifer´s last blog ..<a href="http://justjennifer.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/intermission/" rel="nofollow">Intermission</a> =-. Anne, about the news, I’d take twitter “news” with a large grain of salt. The delay from news sources is called verification before publishing. Remember the first time twitter regurgitated that Patrick Swayze died? That time he was still alive.
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]]> By: Aviva http://www.israelimom.org/general/738/11-things-twitter-is-good-for.html/comment-page-1#comment-1852 Aviva Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:43:02 +0000 http://www.israelimom.org/?p=738#comment-1852 One more thing would be therapy for the shy fawns. I don't know what made me try twitter in the first place. I probably wanted to show me that this is just another social media tool I suck at. I hate phones, would rather hide behind the next pebble than start a conversation, always wear my head set in public and even feel uneasy about using email if I'm not really close to the receipant. Yet Twitter - and maybe the people I met there - held some magical cure for me. I still feel uneasy when crashing into an ungoing discussion, rather delete a tweet I composed to address someone directly than to actually send it. But I am getting better, have gathered already quiet a crowd I'm talking to on a regular base and felt confident enough to meet some in real life. And the best was: They didn't reject me. One question that arouse in me when reading your list was why Twitter seems to work so much better in Israel/ with the Jewish community than in Germany. Perhaps it is because we have the feeling we know each one of our tribe anyway in one way or the other. Or it is because Germany is just unsocial... One more thing would be therapy for the shy fawns. I don’t know what made me try twitter in the first place. I probably wanted to show me that this is just another social media tool I suck at. I hate phones, would rather hide behind the next pebble than start a conversation, always wear my head set in public and even feel uneasy about using email if I’m not really close to the receipant. Yet Twitter – and maybe the people I met there – held some magical cure for me. I still feel uneasy when crashing into an ungoing discussion, rather delete a tweet I composed to address someone directly than to actually send it. But I am getting better, have gathered already quiet a crowd I’m talking to on a regular base and felt confident enough to meet some in real life. And the best was: They didn’t reject me.

One question that arouse in me when reading your list was why Twitter seems to work so much better in Israel/ with the Jewish community than in Germany. Perhaps it is because we have the feeling we know each one of our tribe anyway in one way or the other. Or it is because Germany is just unsocial…

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