http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/02/20/tweet-to-compete-that-says-it-all/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:29:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/02/20/tweet-to-compete-that-says-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-213409 Tom Roux Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:39:11 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=2152#comment-213409 (CONTD.) ...While I agree with you that Twitter is a powerful emerging tool, it scares me to think about the ramifications of such an easily impulsive and compulsive medium. Speaking as a college communications professor, I think Instant Messaging has forever butchered the grammatical competencies of a generation of young people and I believe Tweeting has the same potential to futher damage the sanctity of the written (typed) English language (and all others, for that matter). (CONTD.)
…While I agree with you that Twitter is a powerful emerging tool, it scares me to think about the ramifications of such an easily impulsive and compulsive medium. Speaking as a college communications professor, I think Instant Messaging has forever butchered the grammatical competencies of a generation of young people and I believe Tweeting has the same potential to futher damage the sanctity of the written (typed) English language (and all others, for that matter).

]]> http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/02/20/tweet-to-compete-that-says-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-213408 Tom Roux Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:37:35 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=2152#comment-213408 Joe, Great post. I particuarly enjoyed Meserve's discussion of the many ways social networking sites can be extremely valuable to a company or an individual. In fact, I just blogged about <a href="http://www.timrosablog.com/main_blog/2009/02/opinion-are-you-a-networking-lion-or-a-lamb.html" target="_blank">the virtues of LinkedIn<A> last week. Recently, I tapped into Facebook to prepare for my upcoming 20th high school reunion, so I'll be ahead of the curve come August. And hey, if it promotes my new consulting business at the same time, all the better for me. However, most users can appreciate the distinct difference between the seriousness of purpose of LinkedIn vs. the frivolity of Facebook. I can't imagine that the 44% of IT Executives surveyed have much time to waste on swapping iSmiles and engaging in yellow snowball fights on Facebook. </a> Joe,
Great post. I particuarly enjoyed Meserve's discussion of the many ways social networking sites can be extremely valuable to a company or an individual. In fact, I just blogged about the virtues of LinkedIn<A> last week.
Recently, I tapped into Facebook to prepare for my upcoming 20th high school reunion, so I'll be ahead of the curve come August. And hey, if it promotes my new consulting business at the same time, all the better for me.
However, most users can appreciate the distinct difference between the seriousness of purpose of LinkedIn vs. the frivolity of Facebook. I can't imagine that the 44% of IT Executives surveyed have much time to waste on swapping iSmiles and engaging in yellow snowball fights on Facebook.

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