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Here are some of the blog posts and websites that caught my attention this week; I think they are worth sharing with you:
Disambiguation: Behind the 8-Ball – Ian M Rountree writes about the phrases that we use in Western civilization, where they come from, and how they require context to be understood. He links to a recent post of mine about the phrase inside baseball.
How to write about your life – Penelope Trunk, founder of Brazen Careerist, talks about a few things in this post, including what’s boring and what’s interesting, plus her own experiences with writing a memoir. The post ends with three good pieces of advice about writing. Bonus: she also wrote a great post called Twitter can save your life, which made a lot of sense to me despite the link-bating title.
in which the impact of twitter on my life is examined, and thanks is given to @ev and @biz – writer/actor Wil Wheaton also weighed in on Twitter this week, talking about his experiences with writing, publishing, and communication. Here’s a snippet to give you an idea of what this one is about: Just being an entertaining author or filmmaker or performer isn’t enough; you need to get your work in front of an audience, especially if you hope to make a living from your art. There is a whole lot of reality at the root of the old cliché about who you know and networking. I didn’t expect it, and it’s not even my primary reason for using it, but Twitter has ended up filling that gap in my professional life, and the results have been nothing short of astounding. Well written, @wil.
Why French Fries are Like Marketing – this short post by Matt Blumberg is over five years old, but it’s a goodie. Just click through and read it; it makes a lot of sense.
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Loved these links. Thank you. Twitter – I’m still not convinced it’s not a case of the Emperor Wears No Clothes. I’m sure there is a networking benefit, useful information and so on, but balanced with the amount of time it would seem to use up? I think getting caught up in there could be limiting if your sights are set high. My personal experience thus far – information overload and disintegrated thinking.
There was an interview on CBC radio yesterday with a journalist who’d holed up somewhere for several days with only Twitter and Facebook for news, to see how effective a way of getting one’s news they might be. One thing he mentioned was a newspaper in France that told its reporters they MUST get active on Twitter; the idea being that if they don’t, readers are being led to the work of other journalists rather than their own.
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@monica – Twitter isn’t for everyone, but a lot of different people can get value from it, even if they only watch what’s being talked about. It can certainly turn into a time sink if you use it without purpose.
@Blondi (welcome, I think this is your first comment here) – that’s an interesting anecdote from France, considering that it’s a mainstream media outlet that’s attaching a lot of value to digital media.