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Tweets on 2008-12-23

  • Having last minute crisis of confidence. Have so far bought no Xmas pressies at all. Should I stick it out or join the herd? 🙂 #
  • Helping an old lady get some temporary heating over Christmas. #
  • Wondering whether my fingernails are growing quicker than they used to or whether time passes quicker now I’m old. #
  • World of Goo FTW! #

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Why Twitter?

Stephen Chapman asked in a comment earlier:

As you are obviously an educated guy – can you explain Twitter to me. I just dont get it!

I have no interest in knowing what my friends are doing all day (I have seen such entries as “having a coffee”, “having another coffee”, “the sandwich lady is near to my desk” etc).

And I doubt anyone wants to read about my whole day!

What am I missing!???

http://thestateofthenationuk.blogspot.com/

I don’t get what there is to get. Some other people ask “why read/write blogs?” – it’s more or less the same, but on a slightly different scale, and plenty of people don’t understand that either.

If you are reading twitters of people who are dull enough to narrate the boring minutiae of their lives, then you are reading the wrong people, as there are many more fascinating twitterers out there. In the very same way there are people who write interesting blogs and there are people who don’t, and each has their opinion about who is worth reading and who isn’t.

I was first interested in Twitter because I think it might be a useful way for elected politicians to communicate with constituents – and indeed, a number of MPs and councillors now do just that.

However, although I am a councillor who twitters, I don’t do it as a campaigning way of communicating with residents. In the same way, this is a personal blog about a person who happens to be a councillor, rather than a councillor blog. Not everyone gets that either.

Since starting to use it, it’s increased in size and the number of people who use it. It’s now a useful resource that a number of my friends are using. I can get occasional updates from people I care about the other side of the planet and I’m following enough witty people to find interesting things to read every time I log on.

The most important thing about Twitter is the way it plays well with hundreds of other web services in ways that develop on a daily basis. So Twitter can update my Facebook status, and my blog can archive them. Postcrossing can update Twitter when I send a card (jury’s still out on the benefits of that, to be honest). And there are new and interesting ways of slicing twitter feeds every day, so I think it’s safe to say that Twitter will continue to be interesting in the new year.

I entirely understand that not everyone gets it, so, thanks to the magic of WordPress, if you want to read this blog without reading the Tweets, you can do that using this link (which is also available as a feed).

Tweets on 2008-12-21

  • @owenblacker follow @markpack for a daily crepuscular bulletin in reply to owenblacker #
  • Onward with the bumper weekend of festive fun. Off to the Playhouse for this year’s panto. #
  • Bus in Angel Row has an alarm and is saying “This bus is under attack. Please dial 999” in a Nottingham accent. #
  • Widow Twankee just announced the Strictly result to a horrified audience! #
  • Making an incredibly evil dessert to take with me to festive gathering tomorrow: mince pie / stollen Queen of Puddings… #
  • @martinjansen kann Songbird Podcasts sorgen und auch mit iPod arbeiten? in reply to martinjansen #
  • Oh dear. CHF Kitty more or less better from latest bout, and now… UTI Kitty seems to be symptomatic again. 😦 #
  • Plastic box containing evil dessert sitting on stairs. Cat sniffed it and took a big leap backwards. #

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Tweets on 2008-12-20

  • Telling cat, who is objecting to hoovering, that we wouldn’t need to hoover so often if he didn’t shed so much fur. #
  • @jonxyz I always thought the water level changing in toilets in windy weather was to do with the venturi effect on the soil pipe vent. in reply to jonxyz #
  • @helenduffett is that to the tune of “still crazy after all these years” ? in reply to helenduffett #
  • Wondering who it was at our party who left a blue and yellow hairbrush in our bathroom. #

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Tweets on 2008-12-19

  • Hmmm. Nothing says Xmas quite like cat poo under the tree. #
  • @helenduffett 836? eek. Makes my morning stroll around all those staircases look puny. in reply to helenduffett #
  • Ooh. Someone on the radio just said gin and tonic. What a very good idea. Don’t mind if I do. #
  • Tired legs. Ought to be making mince pies again and tidying the kitchen. #
  • Not sure it’s entirely right I can get 3doz mince pies out of one jar mincemeat. Have made 75 mince pies so far this year. #
  • Don’t really feeling like contributing to society this morning. Just wanna go back to bed and sleep til dark. #
  • Hmmm. Plates of chocs and french fancies. Maybe life is worth living. #
  • Have now eaten whole bowl of Quality Street and am feeling sick and fat. #

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Tweets on 2008-12-18

  • @simonrudkin while you’re enjoying your 55wank, I had a 2cup in reply to simonrudkin #
  • Xmas cards in post. Guess the Euro ones won’t arrive in time 😦 #
  • Considering a planning application for the old Odeon site. Lots of letters about this one. #
  • @simonrudkin the application passed. Not entirely sure the Bromley representations were proportionate. in reply to simonrudkin #
  • Rudely awoken by cat deciding to use headboard as a tight rope. #
  • RT @libdemvoice On LDV today – posts about Clegg’s first year, starting with one by Clegg himself: http://tr.im/2f20 #

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Tweets on 2008-12-17

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