Well, now there's apparently reasonably pure water ice fricking everywhere. I'm not even surprised anymore. Maybe they ought to just start listing the planets that don't have ice on them.
Meanwhile, using some of NASA's advanced spectroscopic technology, Twitter appears to have located $100 million in venture capital somewhere in Earth's parched biosphere.
I have bagged on Twitter in the past, online and in print. Since then I have chilled out considerably and become a regular -- if still pretty lite -- Twitter user. One thing I'll say for the Twittersphere, it's a hell of a lot more welcoming and supportive than the blogosphere. You're much less likely to have people randomly pouring venom on you with little provocation. People tweet at you. You tweet at them. You retweet each other. It's a big happy Smurf village.
Still, I can't see any possible outcome from Twitter other than acquisition by Google. No other company has both the cash and the willingness to support a technology with so little potential for any kind of direct monetization. And if it comes to that, Google has the necessary light touch for adding advertising, like some kind of mildly distasteful condiment, to a medium, like they have with YouTube.
Mark my words. Years from now -- like a child's scribblings retrieved from a time capsule by Nicholas Cage -- this blog will emerge as the key to the Internet's future.
You mean it'll be dug up on a sandy, slightly radioactive beach?
Church
Sep. 25, 2009 10:54:am
at 10:54:am
I love radioactive beaches! You can get bit by radioactive sand lice and gain superpowers!
dennitzio
Sep. 25, 2009 11:14:am
at 11:14:am
What a happy scenario you have described "People tweet at you. You tweet at them. You retweet each other. It's a big happy Smurf village."
I sincerely hope it lasts and flourishes in that way.
I am also a "light user" of Twitter however friends and family who use it more frequently enjoy its simplicity.
My general concern however, is that despite the continuing expulsion and growth of different Social Networking tools and Technology as a whole, many people (especially children) are unaware of any potential risks on many of these "mediums".
I think people should obtain or at least be provided at least a basic idea of how the entire process works so they know how to protect themselves and their families while enjoying the benefits of this (Twitter) and other networking avenues online.
I run an organization which I intend to use as a tool for disseminating information about the Pros and Cons of these sites and other networking and social networking tools. I honestly hope that with sufficient enlightenment, people will become less vulnerable as subjects for online Vagrants.
This my objective, as stated above (providing information through my organization), is in part what has attracted me to your blog posts. Now I stay because of the wit and light hearted but incisive articles I read here.
PS: Your last paragraph was hilarious.... your blog will emerge as the key to the Internet future. Aye, aye
Interesting piece!
LM
http://theblindspotsofgod.wordpress.com/
lawyermommy
Sep. 25, 2009 11:39:am
at 11:39:am
If you simply watch the BSG episode Water, you'd realize that it's actually pretty hard to find.
Kemper
Sep. 25, 2009 13:31:pm
at 13:31:pm
I disdained Twitter until recently. It was used pretty effectively for the launch of Aion, the new MMO from NCSoft. It was actually nice to follow the community liaison on Twitter and get short, to-the-point updates on server status, problem resolution and current events without having to resort to the message boards on any particular site. Not having to wade through the nerdrage to try to find a few tidbits of information was pretty great. Also, if you tweeted at him, he tweeted back answers. It was effective, efficient communication. I'm not sure that's ever been said about Twitter, so I figured I'd say it here.
(I must admit that I will never 'tweet' myself. I figure no one needs a chronicle of my life or doings and I am far too lazy to keep up with it.)
masurix
Sep. 25, 2009 16:52:pm
at 16:52:pm
Twitter = Smurf Village
Twits = Smurfs
Google = Gargamel
What, then, is Azrael?
tereglith
Sep. 26, 2009 15:17:pm
at 15:17:pm