Comments on: Ad nauseam

By: Ron Shevlin

Ron Shevlin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:56:17 +0000

“Something inevitably will start and we will move on. ”

Very true. But what I find interesting is the countervailing forces: Somebody (or firm) starts something that offers the opportunity for the latter part of that statement — the “move on” part — BUT, then tries to prevent further “moving on”.

In other words, it’s ok for you to “move on” to MY product (or platform, or technology), but once you do, don’t “move off”.

By: tinfoiling

tinfoiling — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:41:51 +0000

I can’t see any of these products as completely satisfying. Twitter because of the 140 limit, Facebook because of its overwhelming noise and blogging because it is fast becoming a minimal art. If you were to ask anyone 5, 10 or 15 years ago about the possibilities of these products your answers would be very different given the expectation of people and the extent of the technology to a large group of people. Just as people move from one technology to another the change is gradual and not overnight. I think Jaiku was a better “twittering” process than Twitter but it never made it. LIke Beta and VHS. Something inevitably will start and we will move on. Don’t expect technology to stand still for very long. It is not in its nature.

By: Credit Union Warrior

Credit Union Warrior — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:07:27 +0000

Let’s start “Squawker”…just like Twitter, but you get 400 characters.

Although I’m kidding, I do agree with you that as micro-blogging evolves it will look different than Twitter. Full-blown blogging has certainly taken a hit from the attention MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter have attracted. Still, I think it has a place in the world of communications. I realize it may not be as “cool” as new technologies, but it’s still neat to be able to share complete arguments, insights, and comedy with the masses from your own little piece of the internet. I know I enjoy yours.

By: james

james — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:20:57 +0000

a product in between twitter and blogging and facebook?

you’re kidding, right?

as if that space wasn’t already saturated enough.