No Snivelling

I was talking with @daryn about Twitter today -- I'm perplexed by it. I've been using it for more than two years, and I'm still not sure what I think about it. Why is that? Normally, I'd either be a fan, or be over it. Instead, I'm still somewhat confused. At many times, it seems like another instantiation of my overflowing inbox, much like what happened with RSS readers (which I've stopped reading entirely, because of that very fact).

In fact, I've pretty much stopped trying to read any of my incoming tweets, beyond what appears on the main screen. Instead, I read my @ and D replies. Which, really, is just like having public IM and private e-mail. Or, a lot like having my IM have public and private settings. So, is Twitter just more of an improved IM play, with the advantage that the public IMs bubble up to a really good real-time search engine? If so, that's great, and I'm pretty darn happy about that. And, if people are willing to make their IMs public in many circumstances, then we've got a much more well-connected world. But, if everyone stops following their @ replies (with a service like Tweetlater or a good Web/iPhone app like Tweetie or TweetDeck), then the service is pretty useless as a communications vehicle. Which means that people will stop contributing. Which means that it turns into a bubble that pops.

So, Twacquisition, TwIPO, or Twop -- which will it be?

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Another entry in the heavily anticipated "Dave Schappell's Favorite Daily Twitters"

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Scobleizer What PR people do wrong with their phones: http://tinyurl.com/274vpj 12 minutes ago from web

daveschappell just bought cool new products at www.knockknock.biz - check 'em out! 22 minutes ago from web

dictionary @daveschappell coffee:The best drink ever... glory... http://tinyurl.com/2y7rh2 26 minutes ago from web

daveschappell @dictionary coffee 26 minutes ago from web in reply to dictionary

Scobleizer @ChrisPirillo: you should have Maya's Mom speak at Gnomedex: http://tinyurl.com/23aeqy about 1 hour ago from web in reply to chrispirillo

Scobleizer Jott lets you remember stuff by calling your cell phone and leaving a message. It rocks. about 1 hour ago from web

Scobleizer Got a cell phone? Get Jott! Here's a vid: http://tinyurl.com/2fdc59 about 2 hours ago from web

dictionary @daveschappell jibjab:The position in which a monkey is held while a siberian wolf hound pummels his chin http://tinyurl.com/297tkl about 19 hours ago from web

daveschappell @dictionary jibjab about 19 hours ago from web in reply to dictionary

daveschappell telephone headset hack - http://301url.com/973 about 21 hours ago from web

chrispirillo New REM song debuts on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=... about 22 hours ago from web

thomashawk This morning's most beautiful sunrise over the San Francisco Bay. http://tinyurl.com/26uvwj 07:21 AM March 16, 2007 from web

Labels: best twitter, favorite twitter, twitter, what is twitter

I've found that the best way to answer the question "What is Twitter?" is to point folks at Twitters that I've found interesting (I've marked them as 'favorites' on the website version of Twitter by clicking the little 'star' icon).

I've pasted them below to make it easy for those new Twitter users to find some people to 'follow' on Twitter -- give it a try!

And, I don't Twitter often, but if you'd like to find my Twitter page, it is:
www.twitter.com/daveschappell

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Scobleizer Good night for real this time. Google kicks ass: http://tinyurl.com/274z6j about 10 hours ago from web

daryn Eyejot: easy & free video mail for all, no install or DL. $ from pro accts, pvt labels & rev shares. comprehensive: APIs,RSS,mobile, + more! about 12 hours ago from twitterrific

daryn @jeffbarr here comes my twitterpitch for eyejot! where does aws fit in :) about 12 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to jeffbarr

Scobleizer Story behind Facebook's new security guy: http://tinyurl.com/293ksq about 12 hours ago from web

jeffbarr TwitterPitching: http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p=954 . about 12 hours ago from web

Scobleizer Checking out @dictionary by @kosso. Kosso, you rock. about 13 hours ago from web

Scobleizer I figured out what to do over on @SilentScoble: favorite item of the day from my link blog. about 13 hours ago from web

Scobleizer Here's the Wall Street Journal article on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/3bcocq about 14 hours ago from web

Scobleizer Really great beginner's guide to Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2gchre about 18 hours ago from web

Scobleizer Gnomedex="BlogHim?" http://scobleizer.com/2007/... about 22 hours ago from web

Scobleizer Before Twitter is killed by hype, anyone want to do a "TwitterClub Beach Party?" Half Moon Bay, CA. June 16th. All day. BBQ. Off the grid. about 23 hours ago from web

daveschappell Joke from NYT - 2 muffins baking in an oven. One yells, “Wow, it’s hot in here!” The other muffin replies: “Holy cow! A talking muffin!” ... 09:24 AM March 15, 2007 from web

daveschappell read fred wilson's twitter post - http://rurl.org/41 09:20 AM March 15, 2007 from web

Labels: twitter, twitter besttwitters, what is twitter

More great twitters from the last 25 hours are below. Why are they great Twitters? Basically, because I saw them on my phone and didn't delete them! So that I could check them when I was back at my computer, to follow the links or read more on a full screen.

That begs the question -- is there a list of Twitter Users that others like to follow? If so, email them to me, or post in the comments below. Obviously, you can see some of my favorite Twitter users in the links below, and from yesterday.

And again, my twitter page is here -- Add yourself to my list!

jeffbarr I love S3Fox - https://addons.mozilla.org/... - So easy to upload stuff to Amazon S3, mark it public, and use it in a blog post. about 8 hours ago from web

jeffbarr Mount Rainier from the air: http://www.jeff-barr.com/?p... about 8 hours ago from web

Scobleizer I just saw one of the first killer Windows Vista apps: Electric Rain's Standout (PowerPoint killer): http://www.erain.com/ about 12 hours ago from web

chrispirillo BIG NEWS: Microsoft provides Vista activation bypass - http://tinyurl.com/yp3pv3 !!!! about 13 hours ago from im

Scobleizer Just wrote "what happens after Google loses:" http://tinyurl.com/2279x4 about 14 hours ago from web

Scobleizer Yesterday's ZeFrank is a must watch. And he's not even on it. http://www.zefrank.com/thes... about 14 hours ago from web

Labels: twitter, twitter besttwitters, what is twitter

This graphic which tries to explain the evolution of Blogger to Twitter (from Pete Cashmore at Mashable) reminds me of the Saturday Night Live skit about how Apple keeps introducing smaller and smaller products, faster and faster...

Humorous...

Labels: apple, blogger, ipod guide, mashable, pete cashmore, saturday night live, snl, twitter