tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post1882352948434256188..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Blogging Twitter of The Future!Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-7759966291441859902012-06-11T16:04:08.359-07:002012-06-11T16:04:08.359-07:00Twitter is useful if you want to search something ...Twitter is useful if you want to search something that is happening now. I haven't been able to get into it. I've never been interested in blogs that consist of nothing but links and when I sign into twitter I have to spend a lot of time scrolling through fluffy tweets and link spam.jollyspaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999141103840765243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-22454666609645657962012-06-11T11:23:05.531-07:002012-06-11T11:23:05.531-07:00> [T]witter. . . evacuate[s] human communicatio...> [T]witter. . . evacuate[s] human communication of any substance<br />> not already available to my cat: "hey, you, hungry!" "so warm!"<br />> "annoyed now!" "purrrrrrrr!"<br /><br />Maybe that's going to be the new standard for "effective" communication.<br /><br />No doubt you've heard of this one:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_test<br />"Many government agencies require documents or forms to meet specific<br />readability levels." (Not that it helps. ;-> )<br /><br />But maybe the cat test is the new threshold for TL;DR.jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-49298881149666911782012-06-11T10:23:35.151-07:002012-06-11T10:23:35.151-07:00If you haven't, I'd suggest checking out &...If you haven't, I'd suggest checking out "stand-up philosopher" Jason Silva's videos (useful for the aspiring bulimic): <br /><br />http://thisisjasonsilva.com/ <br /><br />He's figured out that combining MTV video production with Kurzweil nut-hugging equals legions of rabid fans. <br /><br />I seriously thought you were tilting at windmills with all this nonsense a couple of years ago, but it has invaded my favorite forums as of late. <br /><br />LIttle pockets of the internet that would in previous years have been dedicated to Discordianism, The Church of the Subgenius or some other self aware silliness are over run with these transhumanist dorks.<br /><br />All you have to do is say something like "you know you'll never be uploaded into a computer, right?" and the ad hominem attacks flair right up.Chad Lotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532435215151055258noreply@blogger.com