First there were the newspapers, then came emails, google, facebook and just when you are settling into the zone of quick-reads, is the next big thing on the block – the Twitter Effect. There is no denying that this has become the most popular social media tool – the so-called high muckamucks who use it to describe their up-to-the-minute endeavors in 140 characters. Students, Professors, Politicians, Corporate honchos - they all have a (fan) following to the extent that ‘I twittered’ has become a popular jargon among many a few ‘twitterers’. Not too long ago, my organization had a brown bag lunch on twitting as a low-cost media tool – sure thing! While we may have already been late entrants into this arena, it did not take too long to figure out how the functionality gets executed minute by minute. I am not a twitterer and while I do have a presence there (curiosity after all, DID kill the cat), my dear A is the only follower in there. So what is the point of all this?
I haven’t yet gotten myself to recognize the power (is there?) that rests in there and especially after having heard this to be the next contagious disease, I feel it best to get immunized. But is it really something to care for? A friend’s recent facebook status was ‘I have 250 followers on my Twitter’ – now what does that mean to a layperson like me? Does that make him celebrity personified? Its great to see what people/places are upto but updates-on-the-go can be quite intimidating.
While on one hand I am quite excited about using this tool – I see its usefulness in the kind of work I do, or simply introducing this technology to my professional role – however, on a personal note, I am yet to determine. There are some really ‘cool’ applications in here that I recently learnt at work – something called a vision thing that provides updates on what is happening in the twit region from across the world or that an application that keeps you informed about your friends on-the-go and not-on-the-go. But somehow, I do not get it. I mean, what would happen to it next? Is it just another fad that will die down or would it evolve into a revolution of sorts? The cacophony created is enough for one to expect some great things for the future rather than knowing who is eating what and where and with whom. Would there be more beyond this mundane-ness or would it lead to the dullest blog feature?
A couple of months ago, there was an eruption of hacking and phishing among twitter accounts so if you really think you are following tweets by me, think again; and dear A, if you wonder why I am not following your tweet, think again :-))
Image from http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/bizarro.asp
I haven’t yet gotten myself to recognize the power (is there?) that rests in there and especially after having heard this to be the next contagious disease, I feel it best to get immunized. But is it really something to care for? A friend’s recent facebook status was ‘I have 250 followers on my Twitter’ – now what does that mean to a layperson like me? Does that make him celebrity personified? Its great to see what people/places are upto but updates-on-the-go can be quite intimidating.
While on one hand I am quite excited about using this tool – I see its usefulness in the kind of work I do, or simply introducing this technology to my professional role – however, on a personal note, I am yet to determine. There are some really ‘cool’ applications in here that I recently learnt at work – something called a vision thing that provides updates on what is happening in the twit region from across the world or that an application that keeps you informed about your friends on-the-go and not-on-the-go. But somehow, I do not get it. I mean, what would happen to it next? Is it just another fad that will die down or would it evolve into a revolution of sorts? The cacophony created is enough for one to expect some great things for the future rather than knowing who is eating what and where and with whom. Would there be more beyond this mundane-ness or would it lead to the dullest blog feature?
A couple of months ago, there was an eruption of hacking and phishing among twitter accounts so if you really think you are following tweets by me, think again; and dear A, if you wonder why I am not following your tweet, think again :-))
Image from http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/bizarro.asp
