Not sure if that is a “coined” phrase or not, but if not, it’s mine! I’ve been blogging on texaseducation, twittering, and signing up for a few other web thingys, like friendfeed. I seem to like that one the best, so far and I try not to commit to much else, it’s all so overwhelming. I found the term, “real time web” from a new twitter friend, he uses twitter peep, like that better Jesse Newhart had much to say about twitter and all things twitter.
Real Time Web is something I’ve been a bit fascinated with and sort of keep coming across lately, especially being on twitter. When I tell friends I’m twittering, they usually reply “what is that?” I sent my sister an invite, and low and behold I found out that when you do that and they sign up, you automatically follow them too…interesting. She signed up, but has yet to tweet something other than that first tweet.
What I have found is, one of the fascinations with twitter is, the “real time web.” Tweeple find out things, new stories, whatcha doing kinds of things, and just about anything else you can type about, in real time. I sometimes think that may be one of the biggest reasons twitter is catching on and becoming so big. But hey, that’s just IMHO.
Also another new phrase, I see constantly popping up on the web is “Social Networking”, and although social networking is possible in person, especially in schools or in the workplace, it is most popular online. Using such things as twitter, facebook, friendfeed, and many others are pretty much considered social networking.
I’ve come a long way from the days of emailing and a list serv that I joined almost a decade ago. Robert Scoble (the Scobleizer) has much to say about where he thinks twitter should go.
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