Comments on: 10 Locals You Should be Following on Twitter

By: putneyswope

putneyswope — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:52:29 +0000

Pogue on twitter: http://tinyurl.com/cq3mc9

By: Walker

Walker — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:10:31 +0000

Ha! Hope you’re up to the task! ;)

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:41:31 +0000

Damn Walker, this is a lot of pressure.

By: nbcsquire

nbcsquire — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:38:03 +0000

Walker, Where’s @jganahl ??? the guy is a rock star. Anyone who’s been on TV doing the same thing for 30 years is a celeb. Not to mention, he was one of Victoria Secret’s top 25 sexiest weathermen in the country. I’m just saying.

Thanks for the list, love seeing the debate.

By: putneyswope

putneyswope — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:18:11 +0000

From today’s Dispatch: http://is.gd/hnKm.

The best description I ever heard — which supports the vastly different ways people use it — was something like: ‘a really loud, fun cocktail party, a (couple) business meetings, a focus group, plus several others social situations, etc, all at once’ (that’s a paraphrasing of I can’t remember whom).

I sometimes think of the day-to-day social aspects as being like the modern-day equivalent of a high-school hallway between classes (except without all the trappings and adolescent angst of high school — usually — plus less lucrative hallway-drug-dealing, etc).

Did someone say tweetup? http://tinyurl.com/lablounge

By: MikeReed

MikeReed — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:27:35 +0000

I’ve always found Twitter to be more of a platform than a protocol. Once people explained what #hashtags were I was convinced. On a platform you would be able to add and manage metadata. With Twitter you can’t. There are many other examples of things you would do right on a platform that you can’t do with Twitter (because it is a protocol) and 3td parties end up offering it (for better or worse).

The list isn’t edgy- that’s my only problem with it.

But, this post gave me a creative idea about remixing people’s twitter posts- and for that I am thankful.

Lastly, I’m recommending that we all stop following the people we should follow once and for all- and follow the people we shouldn’t follow. You know- whatever you think, think the opposite and all that. See what happens…

By: knowinsky

knowinsky — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:02:25 +0000

Umm. I would have to disagree with some of the people on the list. For me, Twitter is about building relationships, meeting really interesting people and exchanging great ideas. The best place to meet some of these folks are tweetups. There are tons around town all the time. If you want to know who to follow, just go to one of those and meet folks face to face.

By: JonMyers

JonMyers — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:17:05 +0000

Lyndsey. You’re absolutely right. Twitter is tough to explain. I think the reason it’s tough is because it’s the first platform that has gotten any scale, which was designed to tie together disparate mediums. Cell, IM, iPhone app, web browser, etc.. It’s still up in the air how you publish and interact with information on these mediums. Probably always will be. That design I think is part of the appeal for me.

By: JonMyers

JonMyers — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:10:40 +0000

Has anyone been fooling around with Bright Kite? It strikes me as “location services + twitter”. I haven’t played with it much yet.

By: cherylharrison

cherylharrison — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:58 +0000

The three most engaging Tweeple/local “celebrities” are, IMHO, @kurtludlow10tv, @nbcsquire and the famous @10tv bot. They have a right to be well known in the community, but they are well known on Twitter in particular for being frequent, entertaining posters.

I wrote a list of local media personalities and businesses on Twitter, if you’re interested.

-Cheryl
@CherylHarrison

By: Roland

Roland — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:39:51 +0000

I like to use twitter to update where I am when I’m out on some motorcycle trip. I like to be that guy on GPS Twit that has the markers in the middle of nowhere. :)

Otherwise, I use twitter for business and to follow other CU friendlies. Not so much as a source of important information.

By: leighhouse

leighhouse — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:39:26 +0000

There’s a grader tool out there, too, that ranks twitterers by location: http://twitter.grader.com/index.php?Action=TwitterUsersByLocation&Location=columbus%2C+oh

By: my medium is dying

my medium is dying — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:51:17 +0000

has anyone noticed … it’s always tough to explain something called “Twitter.” people automatically get defensive if they do it. it’s like Facebook. such a silly name.

why didn’t they give it a more stately name?

also, Walker has competition? i thought he was an enigma

By: shroud

shroud — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:08:07 +0000

Great post and a great conversation. It’s nice to see folks digging in to the different aspects of Twitter and what makes someone (or something) a “Must-Follow” on Twitter.

Personally, I follow stuff in all different categories – friends w/ random chatter, newsbots, local newsfolks who are interactive and NOT bots (Kurt Ludlow and Jason_WCMH are probably my personal favs in that category), celebs, and some Twitterati.

I think there are a LOT of good, useful applications for Twitter. And a lot of mindless garbage.

Which makes it just like the rest of the Internet…

By: MichaelPaull

MichaelPaull — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:46:46 +0000

The more I use twitter the more I find that it is a different thing to different people, and it has one big strength that makes that possible: it is a feelings-free zone; you are free to follow people who interest you and unfollow those that don’t. Just about every time I hear or read someone saying what Twitter is and what it’s for, I find myself wondering what they’re smoking. That makes it tough to recommend people – I think Walker’s list of local notables who tweet was cool to read and I enjoyed checking it out.
(edited for grammar)