Comments on: What is Twitter?

By: A Business Case for Twitter | Social Media Group

A Business Case for Twitter | Social Media Group — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:17:02 +0000

[...] I’ve said before that the best offline analogy to Twitter is busy pub or cafe – depending on the time of day, I suppose. That analogy was driven home for me last week when several local Twitterers gathered in a bar in downtown Detroit for a Tweetup. What did we do there? Mostly we did what we do on Twitter – minus the 140 character limit. We made introductions, talked about Twitter and social media, politics, sports, and bikers (don’t ask). [...]

By: Michael Denny » Writing on the Bathroom Wall

Michael Denny » Writing on the Bathroom Wall — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:42:47 +0000

[...] have been a number of interesting parallels made between Twittering and having a conversation at the Pub. I prefer to think of Twittering as writing on the pub’s bathroom wall. The message is [...]

By: Fleet Thinks Scoble is ‘Dead Wrong’ About Twitter : Colin’s Blog

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:53:37 +0000

[...] Twitter is the world’s largest pub. If you walk in with earplugs in and start talking to everyone – you will probably get hurt. On the other hand, if you try to sit at every table and never say a word, well, you’re probably just hurting yourself. The two extremes. [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:55:06 +0000

I prefer to think of Twitter as a bookmarking tool for thoughts. I have wordpress scraping my twitter feeds and converting them into posts. The immediacy/simplicity suit my needs and allow me to actively maintain my sites without a large investment of time.

By: Matt McGowan

Matt McGowan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:40:19 +0000

Colin – fantastic analogy,… while twitter is hot now I wonder, will the Influencers be using it this time next year? or will they have found a new form of communication/toy?