Blogging vs Twittering
So I noticed that I haven’t written a blog post for about one month. There’s a correlation between that and trying out twittering for the last two months.
The questions I have are:
– Which is better? My blogging or my twittering?
– Should I do both? Why?
– Do you follow my blog and my twitter feed?
Thanks!
-Phil
March 12th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Umn .. okay, so I only missed one week. Maybe I’ll just chalk this post up to a clerical error. But I’d still appreciate the feedback on my tweeting / blogging. 🙂
March 12th, 2009 at 2:46 am
I follow both, of course! And most people are tweeting when they’re blogging nowadays so I rarely even have to open my feed reader 😉
Twitter is great, it’s fun to follow your progress in game making. Your blog is great, too, though; they’re not either-or; tweets give up snapshots of your life and development, while blog posts elaborate and get into juicy details. Do both!
March 12th, 2009 at 3:19 am
I agree with Joachim. I especially liked the in-the-moment feel for progress that your tweets give, though.
March 12th, 2009 at 5:43 am
I’ve been following your blog. Didn’t know you twittered.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Twitter? What’s that 😉 ?
I subscribe to the blog, haven’t ever considered subscribing to a tweet and certainly didn’t know you were tweeting away.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:59 am
I follow both; Twitter and Blogging serve differing needs.
Twitter is a nice in the moment, what is happening right now, what’s the quirky thought du jour. Basically blogging for people with ADD.
Blogging is still required for detailed plans and arguments. There are somethings that can’t be described fully in 140 characters.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Both. They’re hugely different.
Twitter is great for immediate feedback, but once it’s a few minutes old it tends to get lost in the shuffle unless retweeted all over the place. I don’t think I’ve seen one thing that you’ve tweeted (I’m @waltpsu by the way).
With blog posts like this, though, they’re in my RSS reader until I mark them read. So it’s pretty much guaranteed that I’ll see it when you post here (but maybe not for a day or two).
Both valuable, but one can’t really replace the other IMHO.
March 12th, 2009 at 11:08 am
If I have to choose I’d rather have your blog, but your tweets are more “in the moment” than a blog ever could be, so I say do both.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I prefer the blog. It allows you to be more thorough and it still maintains that clean, condensed look.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Hi Phil! I’ve just been reading your blog (sometimes a few days late) and I prefer that, but I finally created a Twitter account so we’ll see if I can keep up with that. Now I just need to start carrying a cell phone. 🙂
March 15th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Dear Phil Hassey,
twitter reminds me of sms speak. I think it’s great for illiterate people who can’t type… much more accessible for them. It’s also more recognizable to people who use sms, since it is a very similar medium.
Many early web logs were exactly like your twitter page. I don’t think there is a need to write blog posts in the form they are on many peoples pages.
They’re just different forms of writing really, and there is room for them… and many more forms of writing and expression too 🙂
Respectfully,
R.