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Information Architects – New and Dirty: Tweet Blogging | blog blog blog — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:05:27 +0000

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By: Twitterification of the blogosphere | #noncommutative

Twitterification of the blogosphere | #noncommutative — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:49:22 +0000

[...] immediate feedback on drafts via Twitter. Here’s the idea (refer to the excellent post New and Dirty : Tweet Blogging for more [...]

By: Douglas Haddow

Douglas Haddow — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:51:30 +0000

Seems odd to draft a piece of writing through successive, linear 140 character segments. I usually write my drafts on a piece of paper like a blueprint, which allows for unlimited graphic freedom.

Forcing oneself to think within hyper-limited horizontal compartments doesn't seem all that attractive - especially if you're constantly considering the reaction of your audience, which is just another layer of unnecessary self-censorship.

By: Oliver Reichenstein

Oliver Reichenstein — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:08:28 +0000

@Martin: Well, I did.

By: Martin K

Martin K — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:08:17 +0000

Why didn’t you practice what you preach and start this article as a twitter feed?

By: Hagen Graf

Hagen Graf — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:22:44 +0000

Daily Twitter provides effectively the same kind of service that LoudTwitter does, except that it is managed within your own drupal site. http://drupal.org/project/dailytwitter Create an issue here http://drupal.org/project/issues/dailytwitter?status=All for youre § #end idea best hagen

By: Jussi Pasanen

Jussi Pasanen — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:05:24 +0000

This is a great concept, love it.

What really bugs me about most of the word processing software packages out there is that they are designed for processing words, not to help you write. Think about how well say Microsoft Word support you in: - Collecting little snippets for your next article? - Organising your thoughts into different, alternative structures? - Getting feedback from your peers on the ideas and flow of your piece rather than the presentation and formatting?

Well, it turns out this is not a new problem and there’s a fair bit of software out there trying to address it. Literature & Latte have a nice list of writing software for Mac OS X ( http://www.literatureandlatte.com/links.html ), however the only one I’ve personally tried is WriteRoom. It seems to solve the distraction problem in an interesting way, but not the kind of issues I mentioned above.

I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Then again like Christopher points out above, maybe the tool is the smaller part of the real problem?

By: Oliver Reichenstein

Oliver Reichenstein — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:39:22 +0000

@Adrian: Friendfeed has more features, but less control. Twitter's reluctance to add features, to give the user few options and maximum control is what made them big. Right now they're on their way to become a protocol. I had the feeling that twitter develops into some sort of data consumption standard quite some time ago, which is why I started thinking about the tweet blogging idea.

By: adrian

adrian — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:09:01 +0000

@Oliver: Agree totally, but they've got to have a reason to try it in the first place.

And I forgot to add 'RSS aggregator' to the list - any blogger worth his salt is now tweeting when they publish (many automatically via services like twitterfeed).

Where do you stand on FriendFeed? Some of the features there are more advanced than Twitter but they seem to be falling behind on take-up.

(Sorry, this is getting a bit OT from your article...)

By: Oliver Reichenstein

Oliver Reichenstein — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:36:39 +0000

@Adrian: Explaining why twitter is like explaining why email. You need to use it to really know why. A boring discussion for those who use it and definitely off topic.