Comments on: Twitter and the Wired Writer http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/ Life at the intersection of television and digital Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:13:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Robbo http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15187 Robbo Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:01:09 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15187 At the risk of creating a Twitter ouroboros: http://www.millsworks.net/blog/2008/12/18/twitter-ouroboros/ Cheers. At the risk of creating a Twitter ouroboros:

http://www.millsworks.net/blog/2008/12/18/twitter-ouroboros/

Cheers.

]]> By: » Twitter Ouroboros? Hardly Knew Her? http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15186 » Twitter Ouroboros? Hardly Knew Her? Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:47 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15186 [...] than the Large Hadron Collider, I will nonetheless point you to a post by Jill Gollick, entitled Twitter And The Wired Writer, all about writing within Twitter and the creative constraints of crafting characters and narrative [...] […] than the Large Hadron Collider, I will nonetheless point you to a post by Jill Gollick, entitled Twitter And The Wired Writer, all about writing within Twitter and the creative constraints of crafting characters and narrative […]

]]> By: J http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15185 J Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:15:58 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15185 I like the idea of reading what other people write, but I can't imagine my life at the moment being very "update" worthy... "Shoveled some snow today." "It snowed again. Slipped on some ice." "...I hate NH" I like the idea of reading what other people write, but I can’t imagine my life at the moment being very “update” worthy…

“Shoveled some snow today.”
“It snowed again. Slipped on some ice.”
“…I hate NH”

]]> By: Should You Twitter? » Internet Marketing For Small Business http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15178 Should You Twitter? » Internet Marketing For Small Business Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:25:25 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15178 [...] Twitter friend Jill Golick whom I met Via Ink Canada Facebook Edition just posted an article called Twitter and the Wired Writer. Now you can go read some more before you make up your [...] […] Twitter friend Jill Golick whom I met Via Ink Canada Facebook Edition just posted an article called Twitter and the Wired Writer. Now you can go read some more before you make up your […]

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15177 admin Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:12:23 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15177 Try saying that in 140 characters! But it's true, you and I love to play with form and that's a big part of Twitter. And then there's the listening in to the ongoing worldwide conversation. And the fact that it's a "heard-it-here-first" place. A lot of stories are getting broken by the Twitterverse. Try saying that in 140 characters!

But it’s true, you and I love to play with form and that’s a big part of Twitter. And then there’s the listening in to the ongoing worldwide conversation.

And the fact that it’s a “heard-it-here-first” place. A lot of stories are getting broken by the Twitterverse.

]]> By: Robbo http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15176 Robbo Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:34:35 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/12/twitter-and-the-wired-writer/#comment-15176 Yeah, Jill! I started on Twitter because of Fred and Ze Frank - that whole "Colour Wars" summer camp game / social experiement that Ze Frank ran a while back. He's notorious for herding the mice of the interwebs (that would be us) into new territory with the express purpose of simply "playing" - and then he frickin' just moves on - leaving the rest of us lab rats to floundr about and wonder what the fuck we're supposed to do in this strange terrain now. My first response to to Twitter - when it emerged on my radar - was: "Oh give me a fucking break, like I need yet another online waste of time. No thank you very fucking much." - And that was that. Until I stuck my head through the surface of that glass darkly and saw what law on the other side. There are an amazing range of things happening within Twitter - and an ever greater number of possibilities left unplundered. Writers in the Twitterverse? Damn straight! There are (including myself) a number of people attempting to craft a new form of narrative that lives exclusively within the limited range of the 140 character paragraph. Yes, you and I are guilty (more than others) of being excessively verbose - eschewing the over-use of "u" and "r" and "4" and the myriad of other abominations against the "proper" use of the English language. I take heart whenever I see the posts from @stephenfry where he embraces enthusiastically the inherent textual limitations of the form and still manages to craft expressive and inspiring bon mots that fit the form and convey precisely what he seeks to evoke. It has, in fact, become a matter of pride amongst the writers within Twitter (or those similarly manically obsessed) to be able to "perform" within the constraints of real time and deliver linguistic and narrative gems that neither exceed nor rest within the allowable 140 characters but which finish, fully complete and fully justified at EXACTLY 140 characters. It ain't no sonnet. But it's a cool cultural invention that can (and should) be played with. Everyone should jump into the pool. The water's fine. cheers Yeah, Jill!

I started on Twitter because of Fred and Ze Frank - that whole “Colour Wars” summer camp game / social experiement that Ze Frank ran a while back. He’s notorious for herding the mice of the interwebs (that would be us) into new territory with the express purpose of simply “playing” - and then he frickin’ just moves on - leaving the rest of us lab rats to floundr about and wonder what the fuck we’re supposed to do in this strange terrain now.

My first response to to Twitter - when it emerged on my radar - was: “Oh give me a fucking break, like I need yet another online waste of time. No thank you very fucking much.” - And that was that.

Until I stuck my head through the surface of that glass darkly and saw what law on the other side.

There are an amazing range of things happening within Twitter - and an ever greater number of possibilities left unplundered. Writers in the Twitterverse? Damn straight! There are (including myself) a number of people attempting to craft a new form of narrative that lives exclusively within the limited range of the 140 character paragraph.

Yes, you and I are guilty (more than others) of being excessively verbose - eschewing the over-use of “u” and “r” and “4″ and the myriad of other abominations against the “proper” use of the English language. I take heart whenever I see the posts from @stephenfry where he embraces enthusiastically the inherent textual limitations of the form and still manages to craft expressive and inspiring bon mots that fit the form and convey precisely what he seeks to evoke.

It has, in fact, become a matter of pride amongst the writers within Twitter (or those similarly manically obsessed) to be able to “perform” within the constraints of real time and deliver linguistic and narrative gems that neither exceed nor rest within the allowable 140 characters but which finish, fully complete and fully justified at EXACTLY 140 characters.

It ain’t no sonnet.

But it’s a cool cultural invention that can (and should) be played with.

Everyone should jump into the pool. The water’s fine.

cheers

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