The Low-Tech Times

The Low-Tech Times recommends for people to stop twittering and to stop reading other people’s postings (aka tweets).  If you’ve never heard of Twitter, then my advice is to not bother signing up.

Twitter is a service allowing hyper-connectivity between people.  Twittering is the process of using the service to post about what you are doing by way of cell phone text messages, instant messages, and various other methods.  Typically, users post many times throughout each day about what they are doing.  According to the Twitter site:

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

My take on this service is that it is totally unnecessary and probably results in large amounts of wasted time.  Why do I need to know everything that my friends, family, and co-workers are doing all of the time?

In related news, cartoonist and Web 2.0/marketing blogger Hugh McLeod cancelled his Twitter account last week.  He says he liked Twitter, but feels his time would be better spent using other means to express himself.  The Low-Tech Times applauds Hugh’s decision.

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