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Twitter is the fucking coolest note-taking app. It’s like Evernote with a slot machine attached. Sometimes you get incredible feedback or a response that gives you 10x more value than you expected, and sometimes you get people discussing your genitalia! So exciting https://t.co/GzFu6ErvXH
Interesting conversation with a writer friend earlier about the fragmentation of information. We both agreed that fragmentation isn't actually a bad thing - what's missing & needed is better threading. Twitter threads are a specific instantiation of a solution to bigger problem
So here’s how I think I think about it: a book is a sort of prosthetic. A book is a frame, put together by an author and her support team, a specific window, a specific lens, a particular way of seeing. The book is FOCUSING *FOR* YOU. Am I making sense? https://t.co/YJEjlgDuQr
Fantastic example of how Twitter can function as a distributed megamind that helps you find what you were looking for. This is why I’m a twitter addict https://t.co/mGlzdEDTGI
https://t.co/rXaiQL9zyq My loyalty to this hellscape is unparalleled because of this 😍😭❤️
figured out the origins of chop suey typography thanks to twitter (googling wasn't helpful until I learned the right search terms, via a typography specialist someone @-mentioned) https://t.co/OKptzwMNeY
1. I had an idle curiosity 2. googled around (i'm usually pretty good), couldn't find anything 3. tweeted about it 4. someone @-mentioned a typography specialist who pointed me in the right direction 5. I find out the answer and share it all in ~2hrs, while I do other things
Again someone has kindly gifted to me something I was looking for but couldn’t quite find by myself https://t.co/mfL56QoS35
Twitter helps B find a webcomic they’ve been trying to find for years https://t.co/8boztF45tO
me: here's an interesting thought I just had new friend: nice! here are dozens of related interesting thoughts! me: i fucking love this website https://t.co/u2Lwcx4P1P
I am never logging out of this beautiful hellsite 🥰 https://t.co/2nyBs5JKJZ