Comments on: From sites to blogs to Twitter to… http://www.b1.com/blog/2009/02/23/from-sites-to-blogs-to-twitter-to Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jay Ball http://www.b1.com/blog/2009/02/23/from-sites-to-blogs-to-twitter-to#comment-364 Jay Ball Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:00:43 +0000 http://b1blog.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-364 Hi Ben Twitter is obviously in its early days where it is moving from a free wheeling 'wouldn't-it-be-cool' idea into something more structured and more commercial (I'm not saying that this is particularly a good thing). The people doing well tend to be the ones who already have a pretty popular blog or who are a 'name'. Everyone else is jumping on and having a play (which is a good thing IMHO). How will business use it? Well, to create their own names (like Scoble did for Microsoft); to do fast news updates (the political parties are going this route although it is also good for events); and as link farms (look what I know). The one thing that gets me a bit at the moment is the whole push to retweet. As much as I do retweet the stuff I think is cool, the focus on it by so many sites and twitterers feels a little too spammy for my taste. At the bleeding edge with Gordon... what a scary thought. Cheers J Hi Ben

Twitter is obviously in its early days where it is moving from a free wheeling ‘wouldn’t-it-be-cool’ idea into something more structured and more commercial (I’m not saying that this is particularly a good thing).

The people doing well tend to be the ones who already have a pretty popular blog or who are a ‘name’. Everyone else is jumping on and having a play (which is a good thing IMHO).

How will business use it? Well, to create their own names (like Scoble did for Microsoft); to do fast news updates (the political parties are going this route although it is also good for events); and as link farms (look what I know).

The one thing that gets me a bit at the moment is the whole push to retweet. As much as I do retweet the stuff I think is cool, the focus on it by so many sites and twitterers feels a little too spammy for my taste.

At the bleeding edge with Gordon… what a scary thought.

Cheers

J

]]> By: Ben Evans http://www.b1.com/blog/2009/02/23/from-sites-to-blogs-to-twitter-to#comment-367 Ben Evans Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:09:22 +0000 http://b1blog.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-367 Clearly i don't know how to post comments either as I seemed to do that twice... sorry. Clearly i don’t know how to post comments either as I seemed to do that twice… sorry.

]]> By: Ben Evans http://www.b1.com/blog/2009/02/23/from-sites-to-blogs-to-twitter-to#comment-366 Ben Evans Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:08:38 +0000 http://b1blog.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-366 The distinction I'd make, as a Twitter user of about 3 days (who removed himself from Facebook as frankly it was all a bit embarrassing), is that I think blogs are about the writer and their views. The value in Twitter arises from people engaging with one another quickly and easily, but in a more 'broadcast' way. I'd liken it to Instant Messaging without secrets - it's got potential to be a useful business technology. There is a recent IDC report on tech megatrends which talks about companies who succeed in the next decade embracing social web as a platform for work. I can see Twitter being one of the easier platforms for businesses to get their heads around. The good news Jay is that you are still in my mind classified as one of the early adopters... interestingly #10 Downing Street was in the list when I looked so you're up there with Gordon on the bleeding edge. The distinction I’d make, as a Twitter user of about 3 days (who removed himself from Facebook as frankly it was all a bit embarrassing), is that I think blogs are about the writer and their views. The value in Twitter arises from people engaging with one another quickly and easily, but in a more ‘broadcast’ way. I’d liken it to Instant Messaging without secrets — it’s got potential to be a useful business technology. There is a recent IDC report on tech megatrends which talks about companies who succeed in the next decade embracing social web as a platform for work. I can see Twitter being one of the easier platforms for businesses to get their heads around. The good news Jay is that you are still in my mind classified as one of the early adopters… interestingly #10 Downing Street was in the list when I looked so you’re up there with Gordon on the bleeding edge.

]]> By: Ben Evans http://www.b1.com/blog/2009/02/23/from-sites-to-blogs-to-twitter-to#comment-365 Ben Evans Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:58:59 +0000 http://b1blog.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-365 The distinction I'd make as a user of about 3 days who also removed himself from Facebook as it was all getting a bit silly, is that I think blogs are about the writer and their views. Twitter is about how people inform / engage with one another. Twitter for work seems to me more like instant messaging in it's potential to be a useful business technology. The distinction I’d make as a user of about 3 days who also removed himself from Facebook as it was all getting a bit silly, is that I think blogs are about the writer and their views. Twitter is about how people inform / engage with one another. Twitter for work seems to me more like instant messaging in it’s potential to be a useful business technology.

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