Comments on: Can you hear me now?

By: Kym

Kym — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:18:00 +0000

From an artist’s point of view, yes, Twitter is a great way of instantly talking to one’s audience – but the reverse isn’t always true.

McGuinn has only a few hundred followers at present, which makes it easier for him to respond to, perhaps, the small percentage who ‘@’ or ‘d’ back to him. Someone else like, say, Wil Wheaton has thousands of fans. So Twittering with someone with that large of a fan base is less than personal.

—That personal aspect is why right now, I kinda like Twitter. I’m following people whom I more or less know in person (except I did add McGuinn… ), which keeps it on the personal side for me. I have more of a relation with those twitterers.

By: fhb

fhb — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:31:00 +0000

I think in some ways, Twitter is a more “pure” form of blogging. Over time, blogging has evolved into journals, soapboxes, diaries, et al; but originally it was designed to share links, stories discovered on the Web. I’ve probably found more cool links through Twitter in the last two weeks than I have in the past year through blogs.

I’m still in the process of articulating it too, but I think Twitter is a next step in how artists (performers, writers, musicians) will communicate with their audiences. I love the fact that I can have a “conversation” with a John C. Dvorak or Roger McGuinn… or just simply watch over their shoulders as they work.

By: Dr. Pauly

Dr. Pauly — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:18:00 +0000

Twitter forces you to be brief and to the point — sort of like Hemingway.

I’m experimenting with it for a few weeks and then I’ll make a decision if it will become just a fad or an integral part of my wasted days.