Comments on: Why the media doesn’t get Twitter http://morriswm.williamhenrymorris.com/2009/why-media-doesnt-get-twitter/ where pr, higher ed, media and technology collide Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:26:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wm Morris http://morriswm.williamhenrymorris.com/2009/why-media-doesnt-get-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Wm Morris Thu, 14 May 2009 02:00:07 +0000 http://morriswm.motleyvision.org/?p=90#comment-15 I don't have a smart phone either and probably won't for a year or two. I tend to be a cheapskate when it comes to tech stuff. I wait for the technologies I want to come down in price and multiply in options (I really hope Android continues to take hold because I'm an open source/platform kind of guy). But even so I still get value out of Twitter because a) I'm on the computer a lot at work and home b) there are a lot of great PR/marketing pros on Twitter esp. those working in the world of higher ed. These are folks that I wasn't connected to in my other online groups. and c) there are times when breaking news in the Twin Cities region is of value to me and I can often get that in a reliable way from Twitter. I don’t have a smart phone either and probably won’t for a year or two. I tend to be a cheapskate when it comes to tech stuff. I wait for the technologies I want to come down in price and multiply in options (I really hope Android continues to take hold because I’m an open source/platform kind of guy).

But even so I still get value out of Twitter because
a) I’m on the computer a lot at work and home
b) there are a lot of great PR/marketing pros on Twitter esp. those working in the world of higher ed. These are folks that I wasn’t connected to in my other online groups.
and c) there are times when breaking news in the Twin Cities region is of value to me and I can often get that in a reliable way from Twitter.

]]> By: kent http://morriswm.williamhenrymorris.com/2009/why-media-doesnt-get-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-14 kent Fri, 08 May 2009 14:18:40 +0000 http://morriswm.motleyvision.org/?p=90#comment-14 I joined Twitter over a year ago, far before it was a fad and found it to be interesting for about a day, largely because no one I knew or cared to follow was tweeting. Today, as more and more people are tweeting, I can see what a great service it is to some people...not me at this point, for much the same reasons as last year, but with one major realization: I don't have a smart phone and therefore find Twitter to have little added value over other applications I use more regularly. I joined Twitter over a year ago, far before it was a fad and found it to be interesting for about a day, largely because no one I knew or cared to follow was tweeting. Today, as more and more people are tweeting, I can see what a great service it is to some people…not me at this point, for much the same reasons as last year, but with one major realization: I don’t have a smart phone and therefore find Twitter to have little added value over other applications I use more regularly.

]]> By: Th. http://morriswm.williamhenrymorris.com/2009/why-media-doesnt-get-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Th. Mon, 04 May 2009 22:01:54 +0000 http://morriswm.motleyvision.org/?p=90#comment-13 . I have to admit that I don't really get Twitter yet. Don't judge me. .

I have to admit that I don’t really get Twitter yet. Don’t judge me.

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