Are blogs and Twitter like Jon and Kate?
Cats: blogs|I must confess to you, my dear bloggies, that I’ve been cheating on you.
It’s true. I’ve been living a dual on-line life: One here on GT and the another on Twitter.
For the longest time I tried to keep the two worlds separate, like Jon tried to do on Jon and Kate plus Eight.
GT is still my first love, and Twitter is the mistress.
But as time’s gone on, Twitter has become a bigger part of my on-line life. Twitter’s fast and sexy. It breaks the news to me. It’s there – always faithful and loyal – when I want it, a steady stream of contact. But when I don’t want it, I turn it off and it goes away.
I’ve met many of the local Twitterati at the Third Wednesday Meet-ups, Tuesday Twushi (Twitter + Sushi), at #halifaxchicks and Podcamp. We share much in common and without Twitter, they would have remained strangers.
I’m not leaving you, dear bloggies. You’re my first love. But I can no longer pretend that Twitter isn’t a part of my on-line life.
This is why I’m adding the Twitter widget in the sidebar.
I hope this doesn’t cause friction. I’ve felt the anti-Twitter vibe in the blog world. But it’s OK, the two can co-exist in peace and harmony if they try.
So let’s not have a big public bust-up like Jon and Kate. Let’s all try to get along, shall we?
June 25th, 2009 at 11:21 am
alright, alright, maybe I’ll get onto twitter.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:34 am
You…you…you twussy!
Nothing dirty, I’m just saying-
Twitter Hussy = Twussy
June 25th, 2009 at 11:35 am
It took the plus sign out, somehow.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:39 am
You better not be tweeting Adam Lambert.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Twit twit twoo….
I think it is almost unavoidable.
I don’t twitter as much as I should. “Uhm…here I am sitting at my computer again” does not make for an interesting tweet. I must make more of an effort to interact cause that’s where it’s at!
June 25th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Darling, if you can handle another addiction, why not? I too am happily juggling my new love – BLIP – with my old partner.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
I signed on to Twitter out of curiosity, but had no idea what was supposed to happen after sign up. I haven’t been back, but since then I have been informed that a few people are following my inactive account. Another avenue for SPAM!? Yay!
So you type in some random name and follow them? I’m confused. Probably just as well…I have enough distractions.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
January was the lap yop and I-pod….last month was the blackberry…..Twitter is next!! but I will need some guidance. maybe in the summer when the boys are home over a few cold beer?
June 25th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
lap yop….I still haven’t got used to the key board….and my typing was bad before…I will suck on twitter!
June 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Okay, okay, in the interests of inter-platform peace I’ve done it!!
I spent this morning reading the instructions and watching the tutorials and I think I get it now. I can’t find your widget to follow you.
Of course I shoulda spent the morning gardening….
June 26th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I joined a few days ago, but I’m still a noobie who doesn’t know what she is doing.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Deepti, ok what’s your handle
Cormac, Twussy, hahaha, love it
Becks, he followed me but turned out to be a bot.
Barbara, must try BLIP, but the name always turns me off
June 30th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Dick, you follow chat forums with your marshal arts, maybe they also have twitter feeds.
Nanc, anytime anyplace, although we’ll probably be drinking beer and doing Swiffer Idol
June 30th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Queenie, what’s your Twitter handle, Queenie?
Cube, tell me your handle