Comments on: Bah humbug – why I don’t lifecast http://www.jeremytoeman.com/bah-humbug-why-i-dont-lifecast-27/ my personal rant blog Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:57:21 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jeremy http://www.jeremytoeman.com/bah-humbug-why-i-dont-lifecast-27/comment-page-1/#comment-16 jeremy Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:12:10 +0000 http://www.jeremytoeman.com/bah-humbug-why-i-dont-lifecast-27/#comment-16 Stefan, thanks for the comment, and good points! Yes, I have a child, but he's still in drooling mode, so there ain't much to tap into yet. Regarding my friends and family? We talk and email a lot. I don't WANT their mass email updates, I want the one on one. Fine there are the occasional moments (birth of a child, pictures from a trip, etc) that a group email makes sense, but I don't really see why any of these technologies makes their/my world a better place. IMHO it's a case of technology for technology's sake. Stefan, thanks for the comment, and good points!

Yes, I have a child, but he’s still in drooling mode, so there ain’t much to tap into yet. Regarding my friends and family? We talk and email a lot. I don’t WANT their mass email updates, I want the one on one. Fine there are the occasional moments (birth of a child, pictures from a trip, etc) that a group email makes sense, but I don’t really see why any of these technologies makes their/my world a better place.

IMHO it’s a case of technology for technology’s sake.

]]> By: Stefan Constantinescu http://www.jeremytoeman.com/bah-humbug-why-i-dont-lifecast-27/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Stefan Constantinescu Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:15:36 +0000 http://www.jeremytoeman.com/bah-humbug-why-i-dont-lifecast-27/#comment-15 Do you have any children or people you really love? If you can tap into their stream of consciousnesses 24 hours a day 7 days a week, wouldn't you? People on the A-list use lifecasting in order to build a brand around themselves, so do a lot of other bloggers. Sign up for Twitter or Jaiku (my favorite) and tell your friends to use it. Use it with only them and you'll find that the strength of your relationship increases exponentially. So while you don't give a shit what Scoble is eatting for lunch or Winer thinks of Apple now, wait until you follow the handful of people who actually mean something to you. Trust me, nothing pisses me off more than seeing people use these new social services incorrectly. Then it dawned on me, who am I to say Robert is using FaceBook or Twitter wrong? People use the tools in the way that they prefer and that is exactly how the internet is meant to function. Do you have any children or people you really love? If you can tap into their stream of consciousnesses 24 hours a day 7 days a week, wouldn’t you?

People on the A-list use lifecasting in order to build a brand around themselves, so do a lot of other bloggers. Sign up for Twitter or Jaiku (my favorite) and tell your friends to use it. Use it with only them and you’ll find that the strength of your relationship increases exponentially.

So while you don’t give a shit what Scoble is eatting for lunch or Winer thinks of Apple now, wait until you follow the handful of people who actually mean something to you.

Trust me, nothing pisses me off more than seeing people use these new social services incorrectly. Then it dawned on me, who am I to say Robert is using FaceBook or Twitter wrong? People use the tools in the way that they prefer and that is exactly how the internet is meant to function.

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