Comments on: Sorry, Twitter. It’s Not You, It’s Me.

By: astartupaday

astartupaday — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:53:22 +0000

That’s what’s called “Twitter Math”. It’s the same math they used to calculate their $1,000,000,000 valuation.

By: SwanDiamondRose

SwanDiamondRose — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:44:07 +0000

i dunno, this is all based on that leggy blonde in 3 inch heels going hiking. i’m pretty good at that. what happens to the math then?

By: A Startup A Day 2.0 « A Startup A Day

A Startup A Day 2.0 « A Startup A Day — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:01:21 +0000

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By: astartupaday

astartupaday — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:33:36 +0000

Rob – thanks for the comment. Athough, ironically, my name is Kevin Leneway. Chris Pearson is the designer who built this lovely theme.

Regardless, you make a really important point that I didn’t mention in the post. Twitter is (by design) meant for quick, throwaway comments. I’ll usually spend a good 30 mins to a hour coming up with an idea, and when I throw it out there I want to bring the right amount of attention to it. Blogs are meant for that, while Twitter is not.

Again, all about using the right tool for the job.

By: astartupaday

astartupaday — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:28:37 +0000

mcsquare – Thanks for the nice words. I’ve had one person explicitly build a site off one of my ideas, and I’ve set aside one or two to work on myself. Here’s an example of one: http://www.rosettaphone.net

I’ve got another that I’ll be launching in about a week, and will definitely post about it when it’s ready.

By: Celebter

Celebter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:41:03 +0000

Agreed. Twitter is perfect for people who don’t have much to say.

By: Kuldeep Kapade

Kuldeep Kapade — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:59:18 +0000

I always prefer blogs over twitter. Twitter is good for quick thought dumping, but there no substitute for freedom provided by blogs.

our startup Redanyway (http://www.redanyway.com) an easy way to share your posts. same way as twitter is for microblogs or u can think it of as ff limited to blogs. lemme know wht do u think

By: bhseo

bhseo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:35:31 +0000

Just grab a WP plugin for “asides” posts and you can have twitter-like functionality right here on your blog, without silly char limits and the inability to use real html.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:07:36 +0000

And who are you again? Oh! You’re Chris Pearson and you have a blog. I never heard of you before. Perhaps cause you were on Twitter. Now I am at least aware of you. Anything on twitter is most likely mundane, boring and too much noise to signal. I know no one on twitter and I never will attempt to follow anyone on twitter.

You aren’t the first to say they’re returning to blogging and I hear this more and more. If you can’t write it down in words (more than 140) how are you going to be able to explain it to anyone?

Anyway, welcome back to the real world.

By: mcsquare

mcsquare — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:36:06 +0000

great article, I’d like to know if you’ve already implemented some of those ideas or someone else has done it. Can’t believe I just discovered this blog today.