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By: Escape from Twitter Rules « Hannah’s notes on New Media

Escape from Twitter Rules « Hannah’s notes on New Media — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:36:47 +0000

[...] technology with only two features which enabled it to quickly become socially interesting. Or like Anne Helmond says ‘does simplicity equal technologically boring or is technologically boring not thinking [...]

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:45:03 +0000

Yes, that’s why I praised Habari for it’s simplicity and then posed the question “does simplicity equal technologically boring or is technologically boring not thinking about the technique behind the tools anymore?”

I currently use Habari on a test server, to try it out and I love it. It’s simplicity is both its beauty and usability.

By: Andy C

Andy C — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:27:21 +0000

That’s quite interesting. I am part of the small but solid Habari user base.

The pure simplicity of the Habari administration interface and the beauty of the article editor (blank canvas) is attractive not boring IMHO.

Less is more.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:07:10 +0000

During his presentation at PICNIC08 he actually mentioned Twitter as a prime example of a ‘boring’ technology with only two features which enabled it to quickly become socially interesting.

The reason why I currently have a private profile on Twitter is because Google indexes every single Tweet! This is because Google basically indexes everything that has a RSS feed.

By: artgrrl

artgrrl — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:31:15 +0000

This quote from Shirky is interesting and also your thought “Simplicity. However, does simplicity equal technologically boring or is technologically boring not thinking about the technique behind the tools anymore?” makes me questioning Twitter as a blog and the relations it has to search engines. How many people would wonder about the techniques behind RSS feeds of Twitter/blogs? Can I turn Shirky, quote around, if a social communications tool is socially interesting or popular, is the technology boring?

I just downloaded your thesis and will read it soon.