Comments on: Blogging vs Twittering

By: Rene Dudfield

Rene Dudfield — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:05:53 +0000

Dear Phil Hassey,

twitter reminds me of sms speak. I think it’s great for illiterate people who can’t type… much more accessible for them. It’s also more recognizable to people who use sms, since it is a very similar medium.

Many early web logs were exactly like your twitter page. I don’t think there is a need to write blog posts in the form they are on many peoples pages.

They’re just different forms of writing really, and there is room for them… and many more forms of writing and expression too

Respectfully,
R.

By: Jason Maas

Jason Maas — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:57:58 +0000

Hi Phil! I’ve just been reading your blog (sometimes a few days late) and I prefer that, but I finally created a Twitter account so we’ll see if I can keep up with that. Now I just need to start carrying a cell phone.

By: Jomskylark

Jomskylark — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:50:24 +0000

I prefer the blog. It allows you to be more thorough and it still maintains that clean, condensed look.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:08:05 +0000

If I have to choose I’d rather have your blog, but your tweets are more “in the moment” than a blog ever could be, so I say do both.

By: Walt

Walt — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:29:38 +0000

Both. They’re hugely different.

Twitter is great for immediate feedback, but once it’s a few minutes old it tends to get lost in the shuffle unless retweeted all over the place. I don’t think I’ve seen one thing that you’ve tweeted (I’m @waltpsu by the way).

With blog posts like this, though, they’re in my RSS reader until I mark them read. So it’s pretty much guaranteed that I’ll see it when you post here (but maybe not for a day or two).

Both valuable, but one can’t really replace the other IMHO.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:59:30 +0000

I follow both; Twitter and Blogging serve differing needs.

Twitter is a nice in the moment, what is happening right now, what’s the quirky thought du jour. Basically blogging for people with ADD.

Blogging is still required for detailed plans and arguments. There are somethings that can’t be described fully in 140 characters.

By: Mike Fletcher

Mike Fletcher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:58:10 +0000

Twitter? What’s that ?

I subscribe to the blog, haven’t ever considered subscribing to a tweet and certainly didn’t know you were tweeting away.

By: weiszguy

weiszguy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:43:48 +0000

I’ve been following your blog. Didn’t know you twittered.

By: David Turnbull

David Turnbull — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:19:41 +0000

I agree with Joachim. I especially liked the in-the-moment feel for progress that your tweets give, though.

By: Joachim Bengtsson

Joachim Bengtsson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:46:04 +0000

I follow both, of course! And most people are tweeting when they’re blogging nowadays so I rarely even have to open my feed reader

Twitter is great, it’s fun to follow your progress in game making. Your blog is great, too, though; they’re not either-or; tweets give up snapshots of your life and development, while blog posts elaborate and get into juicy details. Do both!