Pwn what's distracting you
Lately in the Twitter world, I would run across tweets that say turning off twitter for less distraction. Twitter in itself isn't distracting since it's a website you go to so you can read the tweets. The real culprit is Twitterrific or Twirl or any other pull driven app for the Twitter service.
My social circle for work has doubled because of Twitter. In the past couple of months, I've been adding more people to follow. I was also using Twitterrific then and I found it very distracting as it pulls tweets for me every minute. The very oh so distinct chirping sound from Twitterrific, it can either be addictive or distracting. I get the distraction so I started pruning my list every now and then but what does that leave me? A dead end for networking and short reciprocal follow list. At the same time, I may get someone offended for un-following them.
I still keep my follow list in line with work. If I decide to follow someone, it means I find them as a good resource, of interest value and for networking purposes.
It is the unnecessary pull technology of apps like Twitterrfic or Twirl that we can do without. I am already plagued with push technology from my rss. I prefer to fetch tweets manually at my convenience via twitter.com. There you go, I opted for less distraction but not at the cost of un-following people. Hate the pull tech not the twitter.
[ Last updated: June 23, 2008 @ 06:53 AM ]
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