Comments on: The border between blogging and Twittering

By: Gireesh Sharma

Gireesh Sharma — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:29:34 +0000

When you have a serious thought blog it, when it is light or a joke or time pass – Twitter it.

By: Monique Amour

Monique Amour — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:36:33 +0000

You can do both without overlapping…Twitter is a microblogging tool, so depends on the subject, the depth of approaching that subject, the time at your disposal…and a lot of other factors…

By: Ross Dawson

Ross Dawson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:05:02 +0000

It’s an issue for now in that we use these channels differently over time – we are making dynamic decisions on how we share.
Brita, your comment does evoke for me a world in which all these channels will merge – thus my interest in the distributed commenting platforms… it will certainly be fascinating to watch this eveolve.

By: Britta Bohlinger

Britta Bohlinger — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:51:59 +0000

Interesting question – but is this really an issue? Twitter is microblogging and won’t allow us to go as much in depth on any chosen topic as a blogpost could. It seems you and I are among those who blog and microblog in an interative manner: weaving links between one’s blog and microblog, linking with various audiences who’ve got differing levels of attention span available at different time of the day, week or month. We would need to start including RSS readers in this debate, after all, it’s production AND consumption of content.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:10 +0000

I was having a similar conversation with a colleague the other day. I feel Twitter is perfect for awareness raising and knowledge sharing, and maybe adding your two cents’ worth within the 140 character limit. Blogging is suited to a more in-depth exploration of the topic, a space for analysis. I always try to contribute something new in my blog articles; someone else has no doubt blogged about the topic generally already, so there’s no point reinventing the wheel.