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Is Twitter killing this blog?

Andrew — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:19:41 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I sat down to write a post called “Is Twitter killing this blog?” but in the process managed to hose the whole blog while doing an upgrade of the software. I needed back-end access to the server to fix something that went wrong during the upgrade only to find out that there was something wrong with the account such that I was locked out. Thankfully, it didn’t take too long for the nice folks at PlusNet to sort things out and I was able to get the blog back up and running.

However, it took me a couple more weeks to get round to writing this post, so… Is Twitter killing this blog? Well, perhaps not killing it but certainly slowing it down. I can certainly vent minor, trivial thoughts to Twitter, which I might have previously spun into a post here. Also, now that there’s a small band of friends on Twitter, I’m enjoying the banter there… far more feedback there already than here.

In addition, life is fairly settled currently, so there doesn’t seem to be much to write about. And then there’s Ben’s DS. I think I’m catching up for several years of missed computer games. I’m at 97% on Lego Star Wars Saga. I think if I can grind my way to 100% I’ll have definitely maxed out and be able to leave it alone for a while.

A stange thing happened to me this weekend

Andrew — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:08:23 +0000

On Saturday, Louise and I were catching up on some TV, watching Jonathan Ross interview Hugh Laurie about the new series of House on Sky One. Now, I’ll admit I’d had a couple of glasses of wine by this time and something Mr Ross said — I can’t remember the exact details any more (telling!) — pissed me off, so I was right onto The Twitter whereupon I railed.

Just as we were getting ready to go to bed, I went to switch off the laptop. It was then that I noticed that Mr Ross had replied! Feeling slightly stunned and abashed, I responded, to which he graciously replied again. This gave me pause for thought, so I posted once more. I was about to call it quits for the night when, yet again, I got a response. Well I couldn’t leave it be by this point, so I thought hard and tried to sum up my position and then went to bed.

The following morning, with a clearer head, I saw there was a further response. I made a final response and that was that.

So, a somewhat surreal experience but perhaps one that illustrates the power of Twitter.

#twitterfail

Andrew — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:24:18 +0000

What do you do when Twitter goes offline? Spend 140 characters bitching about it on your neglected blog of course!

Tweet on!

Andrew — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:47:36 +0000

So, I’ve been wondering about Twitter and was going to wait until the fourth anniversary of this blog to sign up in some bizarre attempt to mark the occasion… and then Louise’s friend invites her to sign up and there was no way that I was going to let Louise beat me to the punch on that one, so we sat there and signed up together.

So — and incidentally I don’t think I’ve started enough clauses in this post with the word “so” so far — now you can follow me and also Louise in (potentially) tedious detail. Actually, the more I think about it the more I like the concept of micro-blogging. There are so many small, ephemeral thoughts I’d like to ~~inflict on~~ share with friends and family that never get as far as this blog.

Now my only issues are whether I should actually be publishing on indenti.ca and what picture to use on my profile.

Twit too?

Andrew — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:31:18 +0000

Writing a blog post, even a short one like this, is a time consuming process for me. This is mainly due to my obsessive-compulsive disorder, which requires I re-read everything I write three times over to check for mistaeks.

Because of this, there has been many a short thought that has never made it onto this fine blog. And it’s for this reason that I’m considering joining Twitter. It kind of feels like Facebook status updates without all the other bullshit.

I’m a bit behind the times on this one but that’s not the point. Anyone else out there tried it?