1.04.2010

NY Times article explains why Twitter can actually be quite helpful...


Why Twitter Will Endure, By DAVID CARR
Published: January 1, 2010
So you’re drowning in a sea of information. Perhaps the answer is more information.

I can remember when I first thought seriously about Twitter. Last March, I was at the SXSW conference, a conclave in Austin, Tex., where technology, media and music are mashed up and re-imagined, and, not so coincidentally, where Twitter first rolled out in 2007. As someone who was oversubscribed on Facebook, overwhelmed by the computer-generated RSS feeds of news that came flying at me, and swamped by incoming e-mail messages, the last thing I wanted was one more Web-borne intrusion into my life.

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