Everything on the Internet is true

Jessica’s twitter break up letter. Continuous partial attention is a bitch. I’ve gone on month long breaks before but then I get sucked back into the destructive relationship that is having a Twitter account.

buyhercandy:

somethingchanged:

OMG Sure, he follows almost everyone who follows him. But still!

I just followed him too, and got my follow-back notification as well. Omg. Stephen Fry!

Immeasurably nerd cool. How can anyone not like this man? Funny, brilliant and not a self rightous non-refollower. *man crush*

New Rules Blogger Etiquette … What’s OK to Publish?

(via datainsightsideas)

Nick Hodge via Twitter commenting on the conference attendee behavior differences at PubCamp - The Web 2.0 Media Day in Sydney today.

I’m going to be kind of un web 2.0 but I was just thinking earlier today that bringing a laptop to conferences is a bit useless and distracting. Like really what’s the fucking point of twittering during someone’s presentation? Is there going to be any greater insights that will be gained by being connected to your mates live on the www that you won’t get through asking questions during / at then end, discussing the topics afterwards, just writing notes or genuinely listening to the presentation attentively then writing notes or blog posts afterwards? Other than getting to make ~~witty~~ snarky remarks that only your mates on Twitter, Friendfeed and Rounduselessliveconvo.com will read anyway I don’t see the point. If had a sexy Mac Book Air and rad touch typing skillz I’d totally show them off but I just don’t get the whole now, now NOW!ness of everything 2.0. If it’s not going to make me smarter, wealthier or get me laid then why do it?

I’m on another self imposed continuous partial attention exile. The last time I gave up Twitter I lasted from February 14 to March 25 and got a heap of stuff done. Right now I need to stop hiding from productivity so Twitter is out at least until the end of May. After that I might even try and make it a permanent thing on weekdays. Twitter for me is just a nice tool for socialising but I haven’t built anything meaningful relationship wise or increased my knowledge base from all the time I’ve spent there. Definitely a non-essential service I can do without which when I do always feels like I have a huge amount of extra time when I don’t check in each hour just to see what is happening.