Comments on: Fame and fortune, and Twitter.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:20:00 +0000

@William: Those are very good thoughts, thank you. Also, I think it is your choice as to the capitalization of online services–I prefer capitalization, but some sites purposefully spell their company without the capitalization.

By: William Collen

William Collen — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:37:46 +0000

I think the reason people get upset about the inanities on twitter and facebook (should those words be capitalized? They are proper nouns, but it seems the internet doesn’t like capitalization) is that their presentation is more formal. In a conversation, the rules are very relaxed, wheras the written word commonly carries relatively more weight / meaning. I agree that tw. and fb. are more like conversation, but people still feel the aura of the written word, and get mad when what they read isn’t worth reading.

By: Tobias

Tobias — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:31:53 +0000

It’s probably just that you’re my room mate, but I suppose only time will tell.

By: Josh Duff

Josh Duff — Wed, 26 May 2010 04:35:40 +0000

It may just be because we share granola stashes and yards, but I’ve actually found myself edified by your “inane” tweets so far :-x