Comments on: links for 2007-05-29 http://www.roblef.com/2007/05/28/links-for-2007-05-29/ pulling it all together Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.roblef.com/2007/05/28/links-for-2007-05-29/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Jeff Tue, 29 May 2007 14:01:39 +0000 http://www.roblef.com/?p=604#comment-305 I think I fall into the group she describes as being not so noisy. Technology can certainly be used to stay connected with people but if I was being constantly made aware of all the inane minutiae of everyone I know I think my head would asplode. She says that knowing these details creates intimacy. At the risk of becoming ensnared semantically, I see this as more of a "false intimacy." Getting short bursts of possibly useless information with no context would, I guess, not create more intimacy for me. Also, I could be wrong but isn't the Twitter thing only one way? I.e.; here's what's going on with me but you can't interact with the Twitter stream? This is certainly just the thing for some people and I love the simplicity of the Twitter mechanism, but a Twitterfied world would probably make me more crazy than I already am. :-) I think I fall into the group she describes as being not so noisy. Technology can certainly be used to stay connected with people but if I was being constantly made aware of all the inane minutiae of everyone I know I think my head would asplode.

She says that knowing these details creates intimacy. At the risk of becoming ensnared semantically, I see this as more of a “false intimacy.” Getting short bursts of possibly useless information with no context would, I guess, not create more intimacy for me.

Also, I could be wrong but isn’t the Twitter thing only one way? I.e.; here’s what’s going on with me but you can’t interact with the Twitter stream?

This is certainly just the thing for some people and I love the simplicity of the Twitter mechanism, but a Twitterfied world would probably make me more crazy than I already am. :-)

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