Comments on: Why twitter works. http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html John Adams' views on emerging technologies, software engineering, and various hacks Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: que http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-132 que Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:09:46 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-132 You know, there still are DDials active via telnet...<br><br>Check out <a href="http://www.cultoftheoldschool.com">http://www.cultoftheoldschool.com</a> for a list of currently active DDial, STS, GTalk, CS, and BBS systems. Register and become part of the cult! Were trying to bring back the old school ;) You know, there still are DDials active via telnet…

Check out http://www.cultoftheoldschool.com for a list of currently active DDial, STS, GTalk, CS, and BBS systems. Register and become part of the cult! Were trying to bring back the old school ;)

]]> By: John Adams http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-48 John Adams Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:28:03 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-48 jon - I fixed my CSS. Thanks for the comment. jon - I fixed my CSS. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: John Adams http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-113 John Adams Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:03 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-113 jon - I fixed my CSS. Thanks for the comment. jon - I fixed my CSS. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Philip Newton http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-45 Philip Newton Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:50:51 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-45 I've seen "@user: blabla" in blog comments way before I'd even heard of Twitter. If one influenced the other at all, I'd say it's the other way around. I’ve seen “@user: blabla” in blog comments way before I’d even heard of Twitter.

If one influenced the other at all, I’d say it’s the other way around.

]]> By: Philip Newton http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-112 Philip Newton Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:50:51 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-112 I've seen "@user: blabla" in blog comments way before I'd even heard of Twitter.<br><br>If one influenced the other at all, I'd say it's the other way around. I’ve seen “@user: blabla” in blog comments way before I’d even heard of Twitter.

If one influenced the other at all, I’d say it’s the other way around.

]]> By: Jon http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-44 Jon Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:58:35 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-44 Wow your comments are dark grey on black. Wow your comments are dark grey on black.

]]> By: Jon http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-111 Jon Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:58:35 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-111 Wow your comments are dark grey on black. Wow your comments are dark grey on black.

]]> By: Joe Luser http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-43 Joe Luser Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:24:47 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-43 Yup. That about covers it. Minor disagreement with the history of the use of @. That's been going on in blog comments for as long as there have been blog comments. I think the migration was in the other direction. Yup. That about covers it. Minor disagreement with the history of the use of @. That’s been going on in blog comments for as long as there have been blog comments. I think the migration was in the other direction.

]]> By: Joe Luser http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-110 Joe Luser Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:24:47 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-110 Yup. That about covers it. Minor disagreement with the history of the use of @. That's been going on in blog comments for as long as there have been blog comments. I think the migration was in the other direction. Yup. That about covers it. Minor disagreement with the history of the use of @. That’s been going on in blog comments for as long as there have been blog comments. I think the migration was in the other direction.

]]> By: Matt Miller http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-42 Matt Miller Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:34:03 +0000 http://www.retina.net/tech/why-twitter-works.html#comment-42 Couldn't agree more. I was lamenting the demise of IRC just last week, but didn't discover Twitter until this morning. So far my favorite feature is "Track." It's fascinating to see the community's varied responses to the same topic -- a twitter.com outage tonight. mattmillr, if you care to follow. Couldn’t agree more. I was lamenting the demise of IRC just last week, but didn’t discover Twitter until this morning. So far my favorite feature is “Track.” It’s fascinating to see the community’s varied responses to the same topic — a twitter.com outage tonight.

mattmillr, if you care to follow.

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