Comments on: I just can’t quit you

By: Letty

Letty — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:38:00 +0000

isn’t twitter basically like mini-blogging or mega-texting? there’ve been moments when something like a mini-readily-available-blog would’ve been handy when i see something cool and want to comment; just something short. but i can see how it would be a time-suck.

these days, i’m trying to figure out how to spend more time with my husband, dog and ghost-cat. i’m deliberately trying to under-commit these days.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Not stronger, John – slower. :) To quote Lebowski: “That did NOT occur to (me)”

I think Twitter is great for members of a community who want to stay on top of information relevant to that community, and for journalists and bloggers covering a particular area (say, digital music) who can then ‘follow’ people who post about that topic.

But for me, it was just a fun diversion, that became quickly addictive – I was checking it constantly, and it led to me spending way more time online than I want to…resulting in those stiff-necked, end of day moments where you wonder where the day went. No thank you!

By: John A

John A — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:42:00 +0000

And Amanda, how do you resist titling this post “I just can’t twit you”?

You’re a stronger woman than I. In more ways than one.

By: OhMyHeart

OhMyHeart — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:36:00 +0000

Haha I just started it, against my better judgment, because I thought “I always have something witty to blog, but usually it’s like ONE sentence.” But I don’t have enough friends to follow, and the ones I do are (exactly, John) content-free and boring. Ah wellll us artistes will have to find a different kind of time to waste ;)

By: John A

John A — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:31:00 +0000

I still don’t get twitter. It strikes me as blogging taken to a supremely banal extreme, and it’s content-free pithiness is the same reason I dislike bumper stickers.

So welcome back! Dropping time sinks is always a good thing. There are only 168 hours a week in which to allocate our free time, and about 50 of those should be spent sleeping. I know my ideal to-do list takes more than 120 hours a week, especially when “chill out” is high on that to-do list. :)