Comments on: Scoble’s Secret to Twitter – I call it ‘flow’

By: Returning to “Traditional” use of Twitter

Returning to “Traditional” use of Twitter — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:50:00 +0000

[...] you know my series on flow (it kicked off here), you know what I was doing and how cool it was. I got the idea partially from Robert [...]

By: What you miss in the flow

What you miss in the flow — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:09:53 +0000

[...] been almost two weeks since I started using Twitter as a primary source of news, links, and other fascinating bits of information. The [...]

By: ‘Flow’ - day 7 - My Twitter thousands

‘Flow’ - day 7 - My Twitter thousands — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:56:06 +0000

[...] Day 1 [...]

By: This morning’s bugs with getting in to the ‘flow’ - starting day 5

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:02 +0000

[...] Day 1 – Day 2 – Day 3 – Day 4 – http://twitter.com/sol – [...]

By: Sol Young

Sol Young — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:01:28 +0000

Twitter has a search for finding people by location, but not management by it. I've been somewhat unsuccessful finding people locally that pique my interest for 'flow' addition.

Tools will come that allow pruning and highlighting of location based posts, as well as strong contact management. Twitter provides the simplicity and volume and are smart to leave these tools to the people needing the complex (filters, etc).

By: John Cass

John Cass — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:31:56 +0000

I think twitter has some real social interaction design problems with managing the followers, though I am sure its a matter of using some other tools.

How about managing by location?

By: Sol Young

Sol Young — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:01:28 +0000

Twitter has a search for finding people by location, but not management by it. I've been somewhat unsuccessful finding people locally that pique my interest for 'flow' addition.

By: John Cass

John Cass — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:31:56 +0000

I think twitter has some real social interaction design problems with managing the followers, though I am sure its a matter of using some other tools.

How about managing by location?

By: Twitter ‘Flow’ - Day 4 - Application Ideas and Metrics

Twitter ‘Flow’ - Day 4 - Application Ideas and Metrics — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:18:13 +0000

[...] Day 1 [...]

By: ‘Flow’ - day 3 - the volume is up

‘Flow’ - day 3 - the volume is up — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:39:08 +0000

[...] Day 1 [...]

By: ‘Flow’ - day 2

‘Flow’ - day 2 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:12:37 +0000

[...] friendship (wife, co-workers, family). I bumped my friend count up to ~500 before my first flow entry last [...]

By: Sol Young

Sol Young — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:21:35 +0000

Agreed – the flow has to be maintained and focused. The people's comments I subscribe to need to be in line with my interests and not completely random topics.

I'm using it as a way of hearing the aggregate voice. I'm presently turning up the volume and considering how to properly filter.

It's not something to pay attention to constantly – more of a window to keep off in a corner and peek at from time to time (it has to be managed). Within 10 seconds I can get a feel for where the web's heads are (and chime in).

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:07:57 +0000

I think the amount of flow that you have shows, the amount of ineffectivity with which you work. You are so scatterbrained with so much information (it is like the old chatrooms, with hundreds of conversations all intertwined, but you never actually got out of it). At least that is how it is with me. I think a more intelligent and efficient being stays away from twitter (or at least limits it to very short amounts during the day).

That is just my take on it, Cheers