Since i've been called out regarding threesomes, I'll instantiate one here and share the sentiment i expressed in my latest tweet: "Ode to the tweethaters: someone must sit behind the wave and declare the idea of tide unproven, their skepticism of fluidity unchanged."
That came to mind after reading william brall and tahsin shamma's points that the value isn't there. There's a difference between what you can't see and what isn't there. I don't have to understand tides to derive pleasure from going to the beach and enjoying a swim at my leisure. I'd rather you get in the water yourself than have to explain it to you. Results of using twitter: the laconic art learned under the selection pressure of 140char or less. And, i lost 3 inches from my waist by economizing. Getting back to some -me time... On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Tahsin Shamma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I think it definitely is a personal choice. > > > > If I went to a party, I would rather have one night-long deep > conversation > > with 1 person than 50 short conversations with many people. Sure I spend > a > > lot of time on the web, but I also feel that the web has lessened > > interaction between people on a personal level, to a degree that everyone > > is > > just a blurb of their real personality. > > > Agreed - one long conversation in meatspace is definitely better - I still > don't buy the notion of a bunch of folks going to a bar, and between sips, > tweeting the conversation - but to each his own. > > > > > > > If I were to liken Twitter to anything, it would be like setting up your > > own > > personal forum/IM chat, a place where only you and your friends and > anyone > > you'd like to share your id with can constantly chat. > > Yeah - I think @daveIxD likened it to IRC - which seems the closest > 'analog' > pardon the mixed usage. > > > > > > > I agree, the medium is the message, and the medium itself is still too > > impersonal for me to really communicate with someone. > > > it can be inane and impersonal sometimes - but it can act as a gateway drug > to great intimacy with folks, but it's still more group focused, and there > is still no I in threesome. (thanks @*jayamorgan< > http://twitter.com/jayamorgan> > )* > > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 > twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Jay A. Morgan ________________________________________________________________ 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
