Twitter ate my blog
Well not really. There wasn’t much to eat, anyway. I sat down and thought about why I had a blog in the first place, and it seems that a lot of them disappeared:
- to have a blog: mission accomplished! no need to actually write anything
- for telling people who care about what I’ve been up to: Twitter is simpler and therefore more likely of actually getting used
- for sharing interesting links: Google Reader is better (and I don’t just say that because I work on it)
- for narcissistic circle-jerking with fellow nerds: Facebook dominates that business and is popular with non-nerds (endless stalking opportunities!)
- for posting pictures, it’s far easier to use Picasa
- for unleashing unto the world results of applying my masterful word smithing to original, thought-provoking ideas backed by solid research and references.. uh, right, nevermind that one.
So, what’s changing? Not much, I guess: the blog stays, and I’ll probably be just as lazy in writing – I’ll just feel less guilty about it.
PS: Check out Friendfeed if you’re a stalker (hi M.!) and don’t want to click on the links above over and over again.
Lucrezi la Google Reader? Feature requst: “Jump to next unread”. Mi se pare foarte ciudat că nu există deja aşa ceva…
Is mai mult pe partea de ops dar pot da sugestia mai departe :) (sau poti singur la http://getsatisfaction.com/google/products/google_google_reader)
Nu inteleg faza cu jump to next unread. Jump de unde?
Jump de la poziţia în care eşti la următorul mesaj necitit din listă. Eu de multe ori citesc primele x mesaje, după care ies pentru că am altceva urgent de făcut, după care intru în Google Reader şi trebuie să fac scroll cu mare atenţie ca să găsesc primul mesaj necitit şi să continuu. Does it make sense?
Erată: unde scrie „mesaj” se va citi „item”. Mă gândeam aiurea când am scris.