31 Oct '09 - 17:43 Twitter - The First Cracks
Oh dear. Trouble in Twit-land. Someone has actually uttered the word that shall never be spoken in Twit-land: "boring". King of the Twits Stephen Fry (not usually associated with the word 'boring') writes boring tweets/twits/twatters according to a follower-twit. Who was promptly blocked by King Twit Fry. And now King Fry consideres twittering off. If even Stephen Fry becomes boring due to the nature of Twitter than what future does this 'service' have? Of course it's boring. It's too quick and short to be anything else. If a blog like this one is boring (impossible ofcourse), at least you can comment about it using more than two words. And have a think before you write.
I just never saw the point of telling everybody everything you do at the very moment it happens. And why these followers have an interest in that is an even weirder thing. To quote King Twit Fry:
"I blather about my day, my likes and my dislikes, I sometimes try to be amusing and I allow my incoherent thoughts to tumble out. I routinely press send without thinking and I often get myself into trouble. That is what Twitter is all about. But maybe the very fact that I have so many followers now disqualifies me from stating the sort of opinions all others are free to – as if I were a member of the royal family. Lord, what a thought."
The conclusion therefore is that Twitter is growing up. And once the juvenile exitement is gone and Twitter really does become an adult, people will use Twitter exactly like any other means of mass-communication; with caution. And caution = boring = the end.
[UPDATE]: Bummer, King of the Twitters Fry has kind of clawed back and doesn't seem to be leaving just yet. Mister Brumplum was nearly my big hero ... However, it's funny to see that those Twitter-people still need an old-fashioned blog to further explain themselves. [/UPDATE]
29 Oct '09 - 20:59 Rare Jongens, Die Van Google ...
25 Oct '09 - 12:48 Chains
Usually I do not go along with all kinds of new-fangled websites/internethypes. Currently I am actively resisting Twitter for instance. There are however a couple of these networking sites that I'm a member of, although not 'actively' ie. I was invited by someone, had to make an account etc.. Most notable examples of this are Facebook and LinkedIn. And in Holland Hyves. Now I am a terrifyingly bad networker and hardly ever look at these sites, usually only when I receive a mail of something or someone wanting to link to me or something. Hyves I use to keep feeling with a number of old or faint Dutch friends I met along life's way.
Facebook to keep track with some old UK-friends I made and LinkedIn with old collegues I used to work with many moons ago. And it's quite funny (or frustrating) to see how they've done. I do see the charm of it; I am a bad 'getting-back-in touch' person. Usually I'm too insecure about certain people to actually call or write or I'm so busy with my 'new life' that I forget about the old life and people (I've moved about quite a lot). I'm too easy perhaps; it doesn't matter to me if we haven't spoken for 5 years. I can 'pretend' we've spoken only yesterday and continue just like that. But many people can't as I've noticed a few times. So I'm actually rather happy with these sites. For people like me it's a perfect tool to get back in touch without actually getting back in touch. Just to show you're still there ...
15 Oct '09 - 22:16 Mijn Visie Op De DSB-Situatie
Waarbij de verkoper uiteraard de heer Scheringa is ... en de papagaai de DSB.
11 Oct '09 - 20:22 What's Wrong With This Picture ?
08 Oct '09 - 22:48 Step Away From The Vehicle - Part Deux
From my stats today:
Look, it's four years ago, give me a break. Anyway, I wasn't speeding but merely accelerating in a sporting way. And I paid. Really I did. 114 dollars to be precise.
06 Oct '09 - 21:34 Einfach Süß
05 Oct '09 - 20:08 And Now For Something Completely Different
40 Years eh? Damn Silly.
