Productive Twittering using Twhirl
Twitter is a community website where users post publicly or privately what they are doing during their day in succinct comments (140 characters).
In my opinion, the magic 140 characters and getting a feel for peoples day to day lives are the biggest reasons for it’s success. It keeps communication precise, moving it away from long emails and IM ping-pong.
Twhirl is a great app for getting your twitter feeds. Why? I work a fine balance of communicating with people and getting some coal face work done on Saasu.com. This productivity dilemma of being “fuzzy” versus “bundy-clock” in my work style is improved with the right tools like Twhirl. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn all require time to keep track so when a tool comes along that will at-a-glance give me the updates I need, then I’m on board. Thanks to @alegrya and @jodiem at BarCamp Sydney who pointed it out.
To learn more about what the fuzzy worker concept is read Stephen Collins acidlabs blog.
Hey Marc
Real time information is neat but doesn’t privacy become more of a issue with software like this i.e. compared to other services such as facebook?
mike
i can make my comments private so it feels ok to me, even though i make them public. i wouldnt use it for confidential client discussions or comments though as an example. the privacy risk feels similar across these social systems, with varying degrees of permission control – so i just tread carefully.
fyi, i’ve google searched peoples addresses before on my way to a meeting with them only to find the first link that comes up is one of their employees myspace page! that was a little freaky I must admit.