Sachendra: "What I cannot understand is why "What are you doing right now" (Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku) has become so popular."
I see this as a reference to how blogs were typically used when I first heard of them 10 years ago. At that time a blog was more of an online journal for that person. They were more of a "stream of consciousness" and a lot more personal. At that time, the idea of having an online journal was opposite of how most people used the web. Now blogs seem to always be themed. "Hi, I'm John, a graphic designer, so here is my graphic design blog." Or, "I love cooking, so here is my blog about cooking." Not that there are fewer personal blogs out there, but I find myself visiting them less, and visiting specific themes instead. For me, the "Twitter" sites are pushing communications closer to audiences, similar to how blogs initially did. Rob This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information of Northwestern Mutual. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify Northwestern Mutual immediately by returning it to the sender and delete all copies from your system. Please be advised that communications received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center are secure. Communications that are not received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center may not be secure and could be observed by a third party. Thank you for your cooperation. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
