Comments on: Backchannel Fail: When Twitter Distracts from Great Content http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2009/11/28/backchannel-fail-when-twitter-becomes-a-tool-for-distraction-destruction/ Explore the Metaverse Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Rochkind http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2009/11/28/backchannel-fail-when-twitter-becomes-a-tool-for-distraction-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Jonathan Rochkind Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:44:35 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2009/11/26/backchannel-fail-when-twitter-becomes-a-tool-for-distraction-destruction/#comment-1177 "but jeez, trying to go back along the timeline to see what was _actually_ said during her presentation is excruciating. I gave up. There must be a better way to see that stream." For a library technologist conference from a community that uses IRC a lot, someone, after the fact, took the IRC log, and used the Simile timeline visualization tool to present it. Pretty cool: http://reallywow.com/c4l09/timeline “but jeez, trying to go back along the timeline to see what was _actually_ said during her presentation is excruciating. I gave up. There must be a better way to see that stream.”

For a library technologist conference from a community that uses IRC a lot, someone, after the fact, took the IRC log, and used the Simile timeline visualization tool to present it. Pretty cool:

http://reallywow.com/c4l09/timeline

]]> By: Dan Damkoehler http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2009/11/28/backchannel-fail-when-twitter-becomes-a-tool-for-distraction-destruction/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Dan Damkoehler Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:18:56 +0000 http://www.fleeptuque.com/blog/2009/11/26/backchannel-fail-when-twitter-becomes-a-tool-for-distraction-destruction/#comment-1157 I think this may sum up the solution to the backchannel problem: http://bit.ly/8x7hgz (via Tim O'Reilly on Twitter). Truth is, a live backchannel might be just the thing for a free-for-all discussion on Twitter humor but it's annoying and deadly for a serious academic discussion on information flow... One of the reasons there is a difference between a political debate and a radio call-in show is that serious thinking deserves and demands careful, deliberate listening and articulation. We *might* be able to pull some insightful articulation off in 140 characters, but certainly not without thinking before we type and post. I think this may sum up the solution to the backchannel problem: http://bit.ly/8×7hgz (via Tim O’Reilly on Twitter). Truth is, a live backchannel might be just the thing for a free-for-all discussion on Twitter humor but it’s annoying and deadly for a serious academic discussion on information flow…

One of the reasons there is a difference between a political debate and a radio call-in show is that serious thinking deserves and demands careful, deliberate listening and articulation. We *might* be able to pull some insightful articulation off in 140 characters, but certainly not without thinking before we type and post.

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