Good Questions

May 19, 2009

Q: What is Twitter good for? A: Mindcasting

Filed under: Tech — garyduke @ 12:08 pm

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(From Jay Rosen .)

Jay makes a very good case for Twitter — assuming, of course, that you’re not a crackhead (Chris Pirillo definition of Twitter: “crack for the distractible.”)

Though I’ve not been a regular Twitter user, I can easily defend it’s value. With intentionality it can be a powerful part of your personal information system.

Mindcasting. It’s a good word.

December 27, 2005

Demonstration of the Control Click Blog This Feature

Filed under: Tech — garyduke @ 2:53 pm

Blog This!You can easily blog interesting web content with Flock, in just a few clicks.Example: 1. Highlight a passage on a web page that you would like to blog about. 2. Right-click that selection and choose Blog This. 3. The blog editor opens with that selection already inserted. Not only that, the selection is properly formatted as a Blockquote and appropriate citation is included.

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