Twitter Blues
March 23, 2010
have Biz and Evan
byte-n (sic) off more than they can
chew? Not yet it seems.
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social networking in-
formation indigestion:
digital fast food…
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…fast food two point oh
bytes are the new calories
social media feast
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inbox bombarded
information overload
don’t know where to turn
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2.0 many tiny
uniform resource locators
2.0 know where 2.0 start
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what’s your avatar?
cyberspace info freako
tweet me if I know!
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SXSW:
Austin power shows
e-merging technologies
in South by South West
140-byte birdsong
February 21, 2010
It`s funny, but until fairly recently I had the impression that communication seemed to be moving toward visual media: YouTube, Skype.. what you saw & heard and not what you read. Now, ironically enough, most of us are madly scribbling away – blogs, tweets, mails – albeit in a short, byte-sized form. Distilling what you want to say in a few sentences is the challenge. The 21st century doesn’t have time to waste. Our attention span isn’t what it was, we’re constantly browsing – moving from one thing to the next. In fact, you’ve probably already started wondering when this post’s going to end. The new rules of engagement dictate that what you have to say should take up 140 characters/bytes or less. I suggest another rule: 140 seconds. The time it takes to read & process info., after that you switch off and move on. Err… are you still there?
