tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613785.post1346365597418966396..comments2024-01-17T10:32:51.673+00:00Comments on Rupert Rawnsley's WebLog: TwitterRuperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338870148803242763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613785.post-48709401041085772592008-12-12T12:38:00.000+00:002008-12-12T12:38:00.000+00:00Always glad to be of service, Rupert :oDAlways glad to be of service, Rupert :oDrichardgaywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048284902181721082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613785.post-54079536062494849912008-12-11T17:12:00.000+00:002008-12-11T17:12:00.000+00:00You are right, Fry completely captures the spirit ...You are right, Fry completely captures the spirit of the relationship. He also writes so much better than me, that I realize I am not just a bad product visionary, I am also a bad writer. Furthermore, his much longer post, seen in contrast to mine, also disproves the long held view that brevity is wit.<BR/><BR/>You've really cheered me up, thanks for chipping in Gaywood. NOT!Ruperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338870148803242763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613785.post-9116137355904472102008-12-11T16:14:00.000+00:002008-12-11T16:14:00.000+00:00Stephen Fry nailed it I think in his last blog pos...Stephen Fry nailed it I think in his <A HREF="http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/2008/12/11/gee-one-bold-storm-coming-up%E2%80%A6/" REL="nofollow">last blog post</A>, where he talks about how people form emotional attachments to objects that, whilst irrational, can be exploited by clever designers. The iPhone has that in spades.<BR/><BR/>As for Twitter's character limit, I think it's a feature, not a bug. It encourages brevity, which in turn means (unless you add silly numbers of followers) it can never be a tiresome slog to read through your updates. How many of us have hundreds of unread messages in an overflowing email inbox? <BR/><BR/>I have also found it encourages creativity -- I redraft tweets quite heavily for maximum impact in minimum space. As in, say, haikus, contraints can sometimes promote creativity, not stifle it.richardgaywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048284902181721082noreply@blogger.com