Productive Twittering using Twhirl
Twitter is a community website where users post publicly or privately what they are doing during their day in succinct comments (140 characters).
In my opinion, the magic 140 characters and getting a feel for peoples day to day lives are the biggest reasons for it’s success. It keeps communication precise, moving it away from long emails and IM ping-pong.
Twhirl is a great app for getting your twitter feeds. Why? I work a fine balance of communicating with people and getting some coal face work done on Saasu.com. This productivity dilemma of being “fuzzy” versus “bundy-clock” in my work style is improved with the right tools like Twhirl. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn all require time to keep track so when a tool comes along that will at-a-glance give me the updates I need, then I’m on board. Thanks to @alegrya and @jodiem at BarCamp Sydney who pointed it out.
To learn more about what the fuzzy worker concept is read Stephen Collins acidlabs blog.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Hey Marc
Real time information is neat but doesn’t privacy become more of a issue with software like this i.e. compared to other services such as facebook?
mike
April 10th, 2008 at 6:19 am
i can make my comments private so it feels ok to me, even though i make them public. i wouldnt use it for confidential client discussions or comments though as an example. the privacy risk feels similar across these social systems, with varying degrees of permission control - so i just tread carefully.
fyi, i’ve google searched peoples addresses before on my way to a meeting with them only to find the first link that comes up is one of their employees myspace page! that was a little freaky I must admit.