I love search engines. Actually, I love the Google search engine. It would be dishonest of me to say that I ever visit -- oh, what are those other guys who run search engines -- well, you know, the other guys. Anyhow, one of the more interesting things about searching for something using Google (and presumably the others) is that you sometimes stumble upon (Stumble Upon . . . there's a concept) things you weren't looking for but had to check out because the subject line, or the teaser, is interesting enough to make you say, "Hey, that looks cool". The result is that you wind up visiting that site thereby derailing your original search and destroying your productivity. I tell you this in my blog because I saw a search result titled, "Twitter is destroying the blogosphere" and just had to follow the link.
The Lazy Canadian, a blogger I don't know (at least, I don't think I know him), suggests just that, namely that the blogosphere is falling under the weight of the Twitter whale. I won't spoil his post by telling you what's in his blog, where he does talk about other things, but it's an interesting comment that does make you wonder.
What do you think? Has the level of conversation and discourse on the Internet been reduced to 140 characters or less? Please post your answer in 140 characters or less . . . or more. Whatever turns you on.
You may not know me, but you sir...
You sir, are famous. You might not've ever met me, but I've seen you on Call for Help and other shows enough times, to be giddy as soon as I saw your name in my Inbox (WordPress e-mails me about pingbacks, comments, etc).
In fact, you're one of the reasons I first got into Linux oh-so-long-ago. I don't use it as often today (simply because my laptop doesn't have enough space to run both it and Vista) but I still utilize it to fix other people's computers, etc, with tools like the GParted Live CD, etc.
Anyway, that sums up the extent what I wanted to say. Basically: "Wow, Marcel Gangé read my blog." and "Thanks for being so Linuxy." I don't suppose you have a twitter account I could follow...? ;)
Microblogging helps blogging
I've seen a definite increase in my blog traffic since I took up microblogging, even though I blog less often. The short subjects that can be microblogged were never really worthy of being an actual blog post, and tools like Twitterfeed help spread news of my blog's existence.
Twitter for me is more a
Twitter for me is more a social search engine. There isn't much in the way of content like you would find on a blog, but there are some great links and answers to be found. If you have enough friends in the right circles, you can get quick answers to questions or suggested reading in places you wouldn't normally look or find via Google... like your blog for instance ;)