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When I first heard about Twitter, and during my “observe and learn” time, I worked on the (mistaken) premise that people would answer the Defining Question. “What are you doing?” And because of that mistaken premise, I was expecting to see things happen that I haven’t really experienced so far. So what was I expecting? … Continue reading “Things I expected to see in Twitter (but haven’t as yet)”
Whenever I come across a new social media tool, I don’t tend to jump in just to be cool, I’m way too old for that. [Sometimes I have to wait anyway, because the thing is in private beta and for some reason private betas find it hard to cross the Atlantic, even in the 21st … Continue reading “Musing about things I can do with Twitter that I couldn’t easily do before Twitter”
There have been a number of comments on my recent posts re Twitter and the Enterprise; I thought it would be worth while spending a little time answering them in some detail. First, let’s take a look at the questions: How can a system that uses messages restricted to no more than 140 characters be … Continue reading “Thinking about Push and Pull and Twitter in the Enterprise”
[Note: This post is a follow-up to my two previous posts on the subject over the last day or so]. I can hear the doubters and scorners now. “We don’t need another tool”. “Why don’t you concentrate on new business models instead of all this tripe?” “I have enough information already”. So why am I … Continue reading “Continuing with the theme of Twitter in the Enterprise: Twitter and Agile”
At first I had no idea what was happening; suddenly, a raft of messages with the letters PEA (in capital letters, as shown) started appearing across my Twitterspace. Laura Athavale Fitton, who’s usually clued up on these things, filled me in on what was happening. [Thanks, Laura]. Short version: Susan Reynolds, “author, painter, designer and … Continue reading “More on Twitter in the Enterprise: Susan Reynolds and PEAple”