Comments on: All Atwitter in the Desert http://www.moorethink.com/2009/03/11/all-atwitter-in-the-desert/ Less Confusion Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:59:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Moore http://www.moorethink.com/2009/03/11/all-atwitter-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-79 David Moore Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:50:49 +0000 http://www.moorethink.com/?p=224#comment-79 The twitter is to the Politician as the smoke signal was to the plains Indians. Who needs to check on a poll for guidance when 140 characters say exactly what is intended, and without undue elaboration. It will all be fine of course until spammers, hackers and advertising gets in. The twitter is to the Politician as the smoke signal was to the plains Indians. Who needs to check on a poll for guidance when 140 characters say exactly what is intended, and without undue elaboration. It will all be fine of course until spammers, hackers and advertising gets in.

]]> By: Jack Holt http://www.moorethink.com/2009/03/11/all-atwitter-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jack Holt Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:20:14 +0000 http://www.moorethink.com/?p=224#comment-58 I think the most shocking think about sm is that it's so damn fun people are less worried about how to make money from it. Wouldn't you think there'd be a lot more spam tweets (speets)? The humanization of sm is the appealing thing to me. The loss of privacy is a little free'ing--I remember your hesitation with joining fb. Well, it just doesn't matter that much, does it? Industry-wise, I can foresee the further marginalization of corporate IT, who simply can't shut out all access, no matter what they do. They can't control what people do on their personal mobile phones at the office even after they've locked down their PCs and blackberries. All this coinciding with the economy, where we see more big enterprise outsourcing their proprietary systems for cost savings. I think the most shocking think about sm is that it’s so damn fun people are less worried about how to make money from it. Wouldn’t you think there’d be a lot more spam tweets (speets)?

The humanization of sm is the appealing thing to me. The loss of privacy is a little free’ing–I remember your hesitation with joining fb. Well, it just doesn’t matter that much, does it?

Industry-wise, I can foresee the further marginalization of corporate IT, who simply can’t shut out all access, no matter what they do. They can’t control what people do on their personal mobile phones at the office even after they’ve locked down their PCs and blackberries. All this coinciding with the economy, where we see more big enterprise outsourcing their proprietary systems for cost savings.

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