http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/ Understanding technology ... in both senses of the phrase Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:35:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/comment-page-1/#comment-58722 Daniel Tunkelang idealizes Twitter | Text Technologies Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:34:02 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/#comment-58722 [...] But I’d disagree that there’s a bright line separating the two.  In particular, I think most business blogs serve or should serve as both, in no small part because the areas of marketing and communication overlap heavily. And in my opinion Twitter (microblogging) and ordinary blogging aren’t that far apart. [...] [...] But I’d disagree that there’s a bright line separating the two.  In particular, I think most business blogs serve or should serve as both, in no small part because the areas of marketing and communication overlap heavily. And in my opinion Twitter (microblogging) and ordinary blogging aren’t that far apart. [...]

]]> http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/comment-page-1/#comment-45333 Micro- and full-length-blogging use cases overlap greatly | Text Technologies Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:02:35 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/#comment-45333 [...] comparable.”  I disagree.  Hodson was over-glorifying blogging, while trivializing the broad variety of Twitter use cases.*  Consider, if you please, the following list of use cases that are met both by Twitter and by [...] [...] comparable.”  I disagree.  Hodson was over-glorifying blogging, while trivializing the broad variety of Twitter use cases.*  Consider, if you please, the following list of use cases that are met both by Twitter and by [...]

]]> http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/comment-page-1/#comment-42669 links for 2008-06-14 « Home is Where You Hang Your @ Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:31:07 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/#comment-42669 [...] Six blind men and the Twitter elephant | Text Technologies Trying to describe what Twitter is good for is like explaining a phone in terms of what people talk about: “it’s a tool for teenagers to share gossip”, “it’s a tool for calling the police in an emergency.” (tags: community twitter web2.0 trends SocialSoftware socialnetworks socialnetwork social sharing internet future conversations content blogs blogging) [...] [...] Six blind men and the Twitter elephant | Text Technologies Trying to describe what Twitter is good for is like explaining a phone in terms of what people talk about: “it’s a tool for teenagers to share gossip”, “it’s a tool for calling the police in an emergency.” (tags: community twitter web2.0 trends SocialSoftware socialnetworks socialnetwork social sharing internet future conversations content blogs blogging) [...]

]]> http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/comment-page-1/#comment-33734 Rex Hammock Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:39:12 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/15/six-blind-men-and-the-twitter-elephant/#comment-33734 Thanks for the kind words. About the title: You're right. It's bad. I was thinking about my two kids when I wrote it. The older one would say to the younger one, "You can't do this -- you're too little." That would make the younger one do everything possible to prove the older one wrong. I've discovered that "understanding" something comes rarely, if ever, from hearing about it or reading about it. Understanding comes only from diving into the deep end of the pool. Thanks for the kind words. About the title: You’re right. It’s bad. I was thinking about my two kids when I wrote it. The older one would say to the younger one, “You can’t do this — you’re too little.” That would make the younger one do everything possible to prove the older one wrong. I’ve discovered that “understanding” something comes rarely, if ever, from hearing about it or reading about it. Understanding comes only from diving into the deep end of the pool.

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