Comments on: Buh-Bye Twitter http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/ Jamie Thingelstad's personal blog Sat, 19 May 2012 15:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hello Again, Twitter | thingelstad.com http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-829 Hello Again, Twitter | thingelstad.com Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:57:16 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-829 [...] Again, Twitter Posted by Jamie March 11, 2008 Last November I decided to pull the plug and wish Twitter "buh-bye". Those that follow me have realized that I've returned to Twitter. So, what [...] [...] Again, Twitter Posted by Jamie March 11, 2008 Last November I decided to pull the plug and wish Twitter “buh-bye”. Those that follow me have realized that I’ve returned to Twitter. So, what [...]

]]> By: Jim http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-828 Jim Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:51:06 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-828 well. I remember the day you sent the first email about Twitter around to a few of us. You basically said: "I don't get this...why is everyone so excited about it?" After taking one look at the Twitter website the answer was clear: because Twitter is stupid. Still, it seemed important for us to embrace stupid and you were a ring leader in the stupid circus that followed. You demonstrated Twitters simplicity, its banality, its raw power. The bandwagon slowly filled with your friends, colleagues and even some people who were just too embarrassed to say no. So many great things happened on Twitter. Who can forget the time Chris twittered hopefully that Kent wasn't on the 35W bridge? Or the time Anna twittered about the HR offiste? Or the time you were waiting in line at the airport? Or all those great Kent twitters? Who indeed. I guess we must all grow up and possibly grow out of the stupid little things that used to make us happy. We leave behind the trappings of youth and even our friends and colleagues who used to delight in the occasional update. You got to do what you got to do. There are, then, just two things I feel compelled to bring forth. One is a complaint, the other an observation. First, it makes no sense at all to turn off the robot. I don't see how your big hang up about what ever the heck it is that is causing you to "drop out" should kill a perfectly innocent robot, especially one that I personally counted on to get the temperature both inside and outside your house. You have moved on but must that essentially bring an end to the simple robot? Second, it appears that Kent has also stopped using twitter but apparently didn't have the guts to bring it to anyone's attention. So to that end I think you deserve recognition for not taking the cowardly way out. I hope to be corrected on this point soon... well.

I remember the day you sent the first email about Twitter around to a few of us. You basically said: “I don’t get this…why is everyone so excited about it?” After taking one look at the Twitter website the answer was clear: because Twitter is stupid.

Still, it seemed important for us to embrace stupid and you were a ring leader in the stupid circus that followed. You demonstrated Twitters simplicity, its banality, its raw power. The bandwagon slowly filled with your friends, colleagues and even some people who were just too embarrassed to say no.

So many great things happened on Twitter. Who can forget the time Chris twittered hopefully that Kent wasn’t on the 35W bridge? Or the time Anna twittered about the HR offiste? Or the time you were waiting in line at the airport? Or all those great Kent twitters?

Who indeed. I guess we must all grow up and possibly grow out of the stupid little things that used to make us happy. We leave behind the trappings of youth and even our friends and colleagues who used to delight in the occasional update. You got to do what you got to do.

There are, then, just two things I feel compelled to bring forth. One is a complaint, the other an observation. First, it makes no sense at all to turn off the robot. I don’t see how your big hang up about what ever the heck it is that is causing you to “drop out” should kill a perfectly innocent robot, especially one that I personally counted on to get the temperature both inside and outside your house. You have moved on but must that essentially bring an end to the simple robot?

Second, it appears that Kent has also stopped using twitter but apparently didn’t have the guts to bring it to anyone’s attention. So to that end I think you deserve recognition for not taking the cowardly way out. I hope to be corrected on this point soon…

]]> By: hectorguatemala http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-827 hectorguatemala Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:17:46 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-827 sell-out sell-out

]]> By: Hadar Pedhazur http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-826 Hadar Pedhazur Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:16:50 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-826 Sorry to see you go. I use Twitter differently than you do. While on occasion I share an experience I intend to blog about, most of the time, I use it as an alternate "away" message to an IM system that I choose not to be logged on to in order to deliver my away message. Looking forward to more blog entries from you now! :-) Sorry to see you go. I use Twitter differently than you do. While on occasion I share an experience I intend to blog about, most of the time, I use it as an alternate “away” message to an IM system that I choose not to be logged on to in order to deliver my away message.

Looking forward to more blog entries from you now! :-)

]]> By: Ed Kohler http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-825 Ed Kohler Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:20:25 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-825 gr8 4 u. but r u shur ur mking da choice? gr8 4 u. but r u shur ur mking da choice?

]]> By: Alona http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-824 Alona Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-824 Wow...good for you! Wow…good for you!

]]> By: randallpmcmurphy http://thingelstad.com/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-823 randallpmcmurphy Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:01:35 +0000 http://www.thingelstad.com/2007/11/buh-bye-twitter/#comment-823 Does Wordpress offer any plug-ins similiar to that of Bloggers mobile blogging where you can post directly by MMS/SMS messaging? I really love Twitter's/Pownce's concept, however, for me, it only seemed good if you can convince all of your friends to use twitter. Unfortunately if you have a lot of friends that are "not so techie" is close to impossible. The feature that I like with Bloggers mobile blogging is the ease of blogging a photo from my mobile camera. Point, click, send MMS to blog, done. Does WordPress offer any plug-ins similiar to that of Bloggers mobile blogging where you can post directly by MMS/SMS messaging? I really love Twitter’s/Pownce’s concept, however, for me, it only seemed good if you can convince all of your friends to use twitter. Unfortunately if you have a lot of friends that are “not so techie” is close to impossible. The feature that I like with Bloggers mobile blogging is the ease of blogging a photo from my mobile camera. Point, click, send MMS to blog, done.

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