May 2008 – Page 6 – Silence and Voice

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-14

I am explaining Twitter to my Leadership class. Say hello to them. #
@arjunsingh Thank you for the shout out, Arjun. They said hello in return! #
@nnoakes Hello back to you, Nick. Thank you! #
@dmcordell You are so right. Thank you for saying hello, and I will send these new leaders to you in six weeks when the course ends. #
@arjunsingh Technology never ceases. #
@dougsymington Thank you, Doug. Travel safely to lead another day! #
@butwait Thank you for the reference. I will pass that along to my students on our #Blackboard page. #
@etheoreal What do you think about it? #cp2tech01 #
@injenuity Sorry for the delay! The # as in #cp2tech01 is so that our online group @cp2tech01 can follow one another via http://twemes.com/ #
Dragging this morning. Too bad, as it is beautiful outside today. #
Welcome to the Twitterverse, @Catalina_h #
@MBisanz Welcome to the Twitterverse. When will you update? #
@Monie Welcome to the Twitterverse. #
Twitter seems slow right now. Perhaps because my students are opening accounts? #
@dmcordell I talked about this here http://twitter.com/JeffreyKeefer/statuses/811086275, but think a blog post may be in order. On my list! #
Gooing to Starbucks. Wonder of a four shot latte is enough this morning? #
Exploring Netvibes with @etheoreal and @bronst as part of a #cp2tech01 mini-field trip and tool exploration. #

Sue Simmons Swears on the News. So?

Did you see, or rather hear, Sue Simmons on NBC in New York curse? Take a look:

See what happens with real-time authenticity? Those of us who work with media outlets (including online ones such as a blog or Twitter) never know when things may just come out, as if on their own Who hasn’t done something like this (and if not yet, just wait . . .)!

Is society getting more corrupt? More free? Perhaps values are not even the issue–perhaps the rapidity of information exchange and heightened authenticity? What are some of the repercussions? Dangers? Opportunities? Challenges? Benefits?

I do not think this is an area for concern, after all. Gas just went to $4.03 by me. We are still in a war with no end in sight. The housing market is a disaster. Thousands just died in Myanmar and China. Tibet is imprisoned. The Democrats are (again) destroying themselves. Polar Bears are listed as threatened. Tuition is up.

Need I go on? Sue is a real person. Did we ever expect otherwise?

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-13

@abalone What about it (especially compared to PageFlakes)? #cp2tech01 #
@abalone Are you exploring independently, or with a partner? If alone, is it hunt and peck, or are you using a more systematic approach? #
Doing the final tweaks for my slides for tomorrow (or more specifically), for tonight. #
@hrheingold Suddenly see you 8 times in a row. You make nice wallpaper, Howard! #
@bevtrayner Travel safely, Bev. #
@nnoakes When will we see you join us at #cp2tech01? #
@karlastevenson Very cool. Thank you! #
@brlamb Let me know when you will be here in NYC. Will buy you and yours a drink of whatever beverage is to your liking. #
@maniactive Congrats. I like creating our own celebrations. #
@RobinYap I used to do that, but now most people here do not use them, so they stand there talking not knowing I cannot hear them. #
@brlamb Travel safely. #
Robert Rauschenberg died http://tinyurl.com/3vs4gm. RIP. #
Long morning preparing for Thursday’s project team meeting and steering committee meeting. Lots left still to do. #
Waiting for some Goon Mandoo. #
Will have to do the #cp2tech01 tool / wave assignment today. #
Wonder if the workshop participants of #cp2tech01 are expected to just study CoPs, or to form one as well? #
Going to class. #

Twitter Cartoons, or Alternative Ways to Truth

Looking for a Twitter image for my class slides, I came across these. Let’s see, which ones ring most accurate?

and finally, one that feels like me around most of the people I know:

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-12

Finally coming back online with a computer, and not just a BlackBerry. Mobile computing is good in a crunch, but not to rely on. #
@krosenfeld I was falling asleep while pressing and ironing shirts late last night. #
@krosenfeld I like to try public transit whenever I travel, and for all of our transit troubles in NY, the subway system is rather efficient #
@krosenfeld Interestingly as well, mass transit is not class or status based, as I find in many other cities. Rather democratic, to be sure. #
@coyenator Starting to wonder if there was a weekend in there someplace . . . #
Looking forward to the #CP2tech01 conference call this afternoon. #
Ate a Veggie Delight sandwich at Subway. Starting the week off healthily. #
Working on notes for a project steering committee meeting this Thursday. #
Joining the #cp2tech01 phone conference at the beginning of Week 3. #
@abalone Wonderful. Just got onto the call. #
@skydaddy yumm #
Interesting way of introducing people on the #cp2tech01 call. Introduce yourself and mention which tool you most like or are challenged by. #
#CP2tech01 I like WebCrossing and Twitter (of course). #
#CP2tech01 call is discussing waving in different contexts. Feeling lost. Skype is breaking up and quite a challenge to listen to. #
#CP2tech01 Not sure I understand the wave concept. Can’t see it. #
#CP2tech01 Completely lost. Getting frustrated. Perhaps the workshop in general forgot all people cannot see the chat? #
@shirleyearley Not quite addicted (me), rather I am amazed at its plethora of uses. #
#CP2tech01 There are a lot of tools, and they can be a challenge if we are new to them. #
@BronSt I think that is a good suggestion for NetVibes. I have an account, but do not know how to use it as you mentioned. #CP2tech01 #
@CP2tech01 I think that it is easy to open accounts, but an entirely different thing to know what to do with them. #
@abalone Yes; thank you. The challenge is when people say I will send this link or that one, or about muting, etc. #
@abalone Is that listed / indexed on the wiki anyplace yet? #
@derekcx Still no avatar pic? #
@coyenator That is the case for nearly everybody I have spoken too. I wonder why that is the case that it happens only after prolonged use? #
@shirleyearley Netvibes seems like a good choice for me. Just created a new account, as it was not very robust last year. #
@CP2Tech01 I am not sure what igoogle tools are. #
@CP2Tech01 Is igoogle the same as Google email or Google chat? #
@BronST Where did you load that screenshot? #
Have to leave to run to another meeting #CP2Tech01. Thank you for assistance all with translating the skype texts. #
Final meeting at work and into the train. Tonight will finish my lessons for tomorrow’s Leadership course. #
Want to use Twitter in the graduate Leadership class I begin teaching tomorrow night. Any ideas how? #
@leelefever Oh, you love it, Lee! #
@cindybrock Congrats, #
@brlamb Vacation? #
@BronSt Thank you. #
@bdieu Thank you, Bee. So, just the normal Google apps then? #
I shared the list of required and recommended texts for my Leadership class that begins tomorrow. Why do people rarely do this publicly? #