Twit as describe by the English Oxford dictionary is the meaning of a ' reproach ' or a foolish person .Tweet as describe by the English Oxford dictionary is the meaning for chirp of a small bird .
Tweeter as describe by the English Oxford dictionary is the meaning of loudspeaker high frequencies .
And now as for twittering that the whole of cyber and technology world seems to be extremely frenzy about and even willing to divulge every itsy bitsy details of one's personal and private life . How far have you ' exposed ' your very own self , your dignity , your personal information - practically your LIFE ???
What most people do not realise is that the standard settings of these sites such as twitter , myspace , googletalk , thezone and so on are set in such a way that any posting is immediately pinged ( meaning ' sent ' ) to aggregation sites (such as Feedburner), which aggregate part or most chats , e-conversations and articles and present them on their site. Some of these sites are also owned by or affiliated with search engine sites .
Furthermore, the aggregation is made using the initial post, so if you write a harsh comment or article and then after consideration mellow it down, chances are great that the original chat phrase or article is updated in the aggregation or search engine sites.
Sources say that Twitter is bad for productivity and others claimed it is addictive – implying that Twitter can suck time out of your day that could be spent more productively (and creatively) elsewhere.
But what are the implications for creativity? Is using Twitter likely to have a positive or negative impact on your creative work?
No self-respecting post about Twitter would be complete without a sprinkling of tweets from the author’s Twitter followers, so here are some of the responses I received yesterday when I asked ‘ Is using Twitter good or bad for your creativity ? ’ ;
10 ways Twitter can be a time waster:
1. The Brevity – Trying to compose a meaningful message in 140 characters or less can turn into a chore. Especially when you end up slicing and dicing your tweets with surgical precision, trying to shave off a character or two and not change the meaning of your tweet. (Don’t worry: eventually, tweeting becomes second nature.)
2. The Mindless Chatter - Yes, some people tweet what they had for breakfast. Yes, some even tweet when they are in the bathroom. No, you don’t have to listen.
3. The Antics – People on Twitter like to have fun. Whether it is TGI Fridays, or some other avatar-changing wave, or re-tweeting a link to watch the goons , there are those who love playing on Twitter. You can ignore them or not follow them if their game-playing and fun-loving tweets really become disruptive to your work flow.
4. The Following Emails – I have a love/hate relationship with the emails that tell me who is following me. I get a charge out of seeing the diverse people who chose to pay attention to my tweets and find several interesting new people to follow in the process. But going through those emails is a big time suck. Whatever you do, don’t subscribe to Qwitter to see who does not follow you and when. Those emails will drive you crazy and inevitably batter your ego to a pulp.
5. The Firehose – If you follow a lot of people, there is no way you will be able to pay attention to all the tweets you receive. Don’t even try.
6. The Vacuum – There is nothing worse than putting out an important Tweet to which you are hoping to receive a response and then getting nothing back. When there is nobody responding to your questions or requests, you can just feel time ticking away with nothing being accomplished.
7. The Compulsion – If you are the type of person who is constantly checking emails just in case you received another one, then you may be the type of person who compulsively keeps check for replies.
8. The Sea of SMS – Note to everyone just starting out with Twitter: do not turn on SMS to receive tweets. If you do activate SMS, do so with the greatest of care and only if you have an unlimited SMS plan. SMS’d tweets can cripple productivity by interrupting you every other minute. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
9. The Fail Whale - Even though Twitter does seem a lot more stable of late, there is nothing that puts a damper on the immediacy and speed of Twitter communications than the dreaded – but awfully cute – Fail Whale. While it is hard to fathom so many of us putting up with that kind of failure, somehow we all work around it.
10. The Hate – When there is negativity on Twitter, the speed of re-tweeting and Google pickup can suddenly thrust you into the non-productive realm of crisis communications and reputation management. Paying attention to what is being said about you on Twitter and throughout the social media-sphere is smart, but letting the bad stuff get to you and drag you down can stop you getting important things done.
So seriously , is Twitter good for your productivity or a waste of your time and life and how do you feel about ' exposing ' yourself beyond the norm ? Think again before you hit on those keypads of yours on your current state of affairs .
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