Comments on: Conference of the Birds* http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/ commentary (and even the hurling of peanuts) welcome Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:45:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nima http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-174 Nima Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:45:36 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-174 Having now witnessed (and been able to interact with) real-time, grassroots conversations in the midst of revolutionary change... i'm a twitter fan! #iranelection! Having now witnessed (and been able to interact with) real-time, grassroots conversations in the midst of revolutionary change… i’m a twitter fan! #iranelection!

]]> By: Shirin http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-168 Shirin Fri, 29 May 2009 18:38:29 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-168 I tried this out and typed "Baha'u'llah" into the search page at a couple different points yesterday and got chills seeing real-time posts come up from ALL around the world as different localities approached that special hour marking the anniversary! I tried this out and typed “Baha’u'llah” into the search page at a couple different points yesterday and got chills seeing real-time posts come up from ALL around the world as different localities approached that special hour marking the anniversary!

]]> By: Karina http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-167 Karina Tue, 26 May 2009 22:43:55 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-167 Wow, interesting viewpoints! Greg, I guess the jury's still out for many people. And Tina, you're not alone -- seems like a common first impression. Lessan! You're a profound man (check out the link to his blog in my blogroll -- always very thought-provoking topics!). Thanks especially for the personal examples! Thanks also, Sarah, for the quick tutorial! And guns, killing, and hating... this surely must be my "cynical" friend Sean ;-) Haha! I'm loving the revival of seang.net, btw! And I snipped the birds from images.google using Jing; and then edited the image in Aviary... which is an awesome free editor you can open within your browser (http://bit.ly/1fgAlI). Wow, interesting viewpoints!

Greg, I guess the jury’s still out for many people. And Tina, you’re not alone — seems like a common first impression.

Lessan! You’re a profound man (check out the link to his blog in my blogroll — always very thought-provoking topics!). Thanks especially for the personal examples!

Thanks also, Sarah, for the quick tutorial!

And guns, killing, and hating… this surely must be my “cynical” friend Sean ;-) Haha! I’m loving the revival of seang.net, btw! And I snipped the birds from images.google using Jing; and then edited the image in Aviary… which is an awesome free editor you can open within your browser (http://bit.ly/1fgAlI).

]]> By: SeanG http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-166 SeanG Tue, 26 May 2009 19:39:34 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-166 hey KP did you design that conf of the birds graphic yourself? nice. when it comes to twitter you have to just tell yourself that guns don't kill people...people kill people. or something like that. although I guess you can decry the platform for giving people the ability to kill people with annoying tweets all day long. alternatively you can say don't hate the player but hate the game. twitter might be the game. so in this case you can hate that. or you can assume that guns dont kill people. all these sayings are pretty useless i have decided. tweet 4 life. hey KP did you design that conf of the birds graphic yourself? nice. when it comes to twitter you have to just tell yourself that guns don’t kill people…people kill people. or something like that. although I guess you can decry the platform for giving people the ability to kill people with annoying tweets all day long. alternatively you can say don’t hate the player but hate the game. twitter might be the game. so in this case you can hate that. or you can assume that guns dont kill people. all these sayings are pretty useless i have decided. tweet 4 life.

]]> By: Sarah http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-165 Sarah Tue, 26 May 2009 17:10:00 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-165 Twitter 101 -- Write about whatever you're interested in. Find people interested in stuff you like (others will find you too). Follow them, @ them (send them a public message), or DM them (private message). Tag key words by placing a # before them so they show up in the search. If you come across a tweet you like, RT ("retweet") it. Always shorten URL's if you're going to include any in your tweet. And, have fun with it! Twitter 101 — Write about whatever you’re interested in. Find people interested in stuff you like (others will find you too). Follow them, @ them (send them a public message), or DM them (private message). Tag key words by placing a # before them so they show up in the search. If you come across a tweet you like, RT (“retweet”) it. Always shorten URL’s if you’re going to include any in your tweet. And, have fun with it!

]]> By: Lessan http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-164 Lessan Mon, 25 May 2009 06:31:56 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-164 From my observations, Twitter is a medium for communicating with potentially anyone. Those who deride it are quite right in what they say, if you had the chance to communicate with anyone and all you did was talk about what you are doing, it does get very silly. That may not be so bad if only your friends are listening, which is what Facebook amounts to, but Twitter is not about that. It's about thinking creatively on what it means to be connected to other human beings, whom you would otherwise NEVER get to meet or talk to or listen to. And there is no prescription of what you should say, topics evolve as people learn more about it, and maybe start to get a glimpse of the real implications of the interconnectedness of humanity. For example, I stumbled across a twitter user who works at NASA, had a look at the people they were following and started following some myself. As I dug deeper into the network, I found many web designers, people working on artificial intelligence, knowledge management, creative design, and a bunch of other topics I was interested in. On another occasion I came across a web developer in Jerusalem, and followed through to people working with NGOs there. I realized that you could look at it as a directory of topics, you pick ones you are interested in and find people who are talking about those topics, then you can listen, get involved in the conversation, and even make contacts. And this is just one possible usage... From my observations, Twitter is a medium for communicating with potentially anyone. Those who deride it are quite right in what they say, if you had the chance to communicate with anyone and all you did was talk about what you are doing, it does get very silly. That may not be so bad if only your friends are listening, which is what Facebook amounts to, but Twitter is not about that. It’s about thinking creatively on what it means to be connected to other human beings, whom you would otherwise NEVER get to meet or talk to or listen to. And there is no prescription of what you should say, topics evolve as people learn more about it, and maybe start to get a glimpse of the real implications of the interconnectedness of humanity.

For example, I stumbled across a twitter user who works at NASA, had a look at the people they were following and started following some myself. As I dug deeper into the network, I found many web designers, people working on artificial intelligence, knowledge management, creative design, and a bunch of other topics I was interested in. On another occasion I came across a web developer in Jerusalem, and followed through to people working with NGOs there. I realized that you could look at it as a directory of topics, you pick ones you are interested in and find people who are talking about those topics, then you can listen, get involved in the conversation, and even make contacts. And this is just one possible usage…

]]> By: Tina http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-163 Tina Mon, 25 May 2009 05:42:33 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-163 Ok, I must be one who doesn't get it. I'm sorry but it does just totally seem like the same this as the FB status to me... Ok, I must be one who doesn’t get it. I’m sorry but it does just totally seem like the same this as the FB status to me…

]]> By: Greg http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/conference-of-the-birds/#comment-162 Greg Mon, 25 May 2009 04:44:53 +0000 http://nuttygallery.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-162 Twitter is the site everyone loves to hate. I think most people don't know what to make of it -- but they don't want to be "uncool" and admit they don't get it. Instead, there's lurking and trying to figure it out, and lots of smack talk about how much they hate it in the meantime. Twitter is the site everyone loves to hate. I think most people don’t know what to make of it — but they don’t want to be “uncool” and admit they don’t get it. Instead, there’s lurking and trying to figure it out, and lots of smack talk about how much they hate it in the meantime.

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