Comments on: Twitter http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/03/twitter/ The small world of Alexander Girgis Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Alex http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/03/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Alex Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:31:40 +0000 http://www.alexander-girgis.de/?p=16#comment-10 Theo, I was actually waiting for you to ask that question. There are three true things I have to say about this: 1) I do not want to address German readers only and I'm fairly confident that most of my contacts are rather fluent in English. 2) Most of the things I read are in written English and it feels natural to comment in English 3) I like the language ... a lot :-) I know we are debating over this since we went to school together which makes it about 15 to 20 years. So please forgive me if I do not want to argue about it here. I really want to talk about the content of the articles not the value or shortcomings of different languages (well maybe there will be an article at some point, but not right now). We can of course continue debating on this directly if you think there are aspects we did not consider in the last 15 years which I seriously doubt. :-) Theo, I was actually waiting for you to ask that question.

There are three true things I have to say about this:
1) I do not want to address German readers only and I’m fairly confident that most of my contacts are rather fluent in English.
2) Most of the things I read are in written English and it feels natural to comment in English
3) I like the language … a lot :-)

I know we are debating over this since we went to school together which makes it about 15 to 20 years. So please forgive me if I do not want to argue about it here. I really want to talk about the content of the articles not the value or shortcomings of different languages (well maybe there will be an article at some point, but not right now). We can of course continue debating on this directly if you think there are aspects we did not consider in the last 15 years which I seriously doubt. :-)

]]> By: Theo http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/03/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Theo Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:43:04 +0000 http://www.alexander-girgis.de/?p=16#comment-9 Das ist hier ja alles auf Englisch, da versteht man kein Wort. Und auf der Twitter-Seite auch. Warum? Das ist hier ja alles auf Englisch, da versteht man kein Wort. Und auf der Twitter-Seite auch. Warum?

]]> By: Christina http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/03/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Christina Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:22:56 +0000 http://www.alexander-girgis.de/?p=16#comment-8 Actually, the sociologists even have a term for it: ambient awareness :-) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html Actually, the sociologists even have a term for it: ambient awareness :-)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07awareness-t.html

]]> By: Alex http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/03/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Alex Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:49:15 +0000 http://www.alexander-girgis.de/?p=16#comment-7 Too bad, I specifically hoped to stay in contact with friends that live to far away to visit, take Switzerland for example, its a little too far for a Sunday trip (at least for the moment). About the milk thing ... there was no shopping of milk today. I just wondered about the psychological effect of knowing what friends do all the time. It's almost like back in elementary school where friends shared almost everything - and the bonds of friendship where pretty strong back then. I wonder if there is some scientific study around friendship and the forming of bonds which takes the twitter phenomenon or at least virtual social networks into consideration. Too bad, I specifically hoped to stay in contact with friends that live to far away to visit, take Switzerland for example, its a little too far for a Sunday trip (at least for the moment).

About the milk thing … there was no shopping of milk today. I just wondered about the psychological effect of knowing what friends do all the time. It’s almost like back in elementary school where friends shared almost everything – and the bonds of friendship where pretty strong back then.

I wonder if there is some scientific study around friendship and the forming of bonds which takes the twitter phenomenon or at least virtual social networks into consideration.

]]> By: Michael http://www.alexander-girgis.de/2009/08/03/twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Michael Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:48:53 +0000 http://www.alexander-girgis.de/?p=16#comment-6 Even so I have a twitter acount. I wasn't able to feel the thrill of changing every single fact of my every day life. So I gave up writing but read the tweets of friends now and then. We'll see if your tweets will change something ;-) ... Have fun! And by the way how many bottles of milk have you bought today? Even so I have a twitter acount. I wasn’t able to feel the thrill of changing every single fact of my every day life. So I gave up writing but read the tweets of friends now and then. We’ll see if your tweets will change something ;-) …

Have fun! And by the way how many bottles of milk have you bought today?

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