After seeing this fun video with Kyle Machulis|qDot Bunnyhug, it reminded me that I wanted to sign up for Twitter awhile ago — not that I'm facing any great shortage of social networking, but out of curioisity and because the company behind it is called Obvious. (Yes, again consider how my motivations are half-generic, and the other 50% is so far out in space.)
To my delight, I found out that my Second Life posts are already being Twittered by Koz Farina's blogHUD. Sans images, but with clever shortlinks to the full details, incl. pictures. And if there's one woeful thing about Twitter, aside from avatar icons, there's too many words. So let's think about this: we've got microblogging and photoblogging. Why not put the two together, an expansive pictorial view like what Flickr Leech offers? Fun-size squares!
Heck, if you really need words, lemme have a maximum of 4 words/pic to tag it for searching later.
Ah… I got carried away, but essentially (albeit more expansive), that's what blogHUD already does. See 3pointD's "The Beautiful Simplicity of Twitter (and BlogHUD)" for a comprehensive overview.
In the meantime, my passion for crossposting grows.
Torley,
Your page is like a stoner's dream. The colors, the wording, the mental imagery.
As I continue scrolling, the little contrails of color follow me down the page–especially the greens!
I can't shake the Torley feeling.
Later, I will hynogog to one of your colorful videos…
Torley lives on even when I'm in a state of not being stoned, which is a credit to your oomph.
1 - Whatever.
2 - Textures? Did you say luscious? When?
3 - I handed some $$ and got myself Squarepusher's "Hello Everything" and this reminded me of you beside blasting me away drowning in a see of bliss.
4 - Torley's s-lingo is pendant 2 Finnegan's Wake (HCE) ONLY I ask a crying Jim Joyce, does it make any sense to write when you can SPK? What SL did to me, a moderately successful writer in English, is I stopped writing and started oral, purportedly confusing the neighbors with the Lin-go and joining an actualized medieval.
5 - Keep it up!
I propose that the picture-Twitter be called "Thumber"!
@Patrick: Hahaha "a stoner's dream"! I get more comments about hallucinogens than other chemicals, but verily, this is how I see the world, I'm thrilled (more than that, I don't have a word…) to share it with you. Thank-you.
@starcomber: TT LUSH has been delayed after my computer mishaps earlier this week and because I've got some more ideas kickin' around! I really enjoyed watching Squarepusher live performances on YouTube a few weeks ago, bloke is a madman on e-bass. LET'S DANCE!
@Elix: As in "thumbnails"?
Of course as in thumbnails, Torley.
(Though… by applying the same mechanic, that would mean Twitter comes from twits. Teehee.)