Comments on: The future of blogging: short message style http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139 Internet trends: marketing research & predictions Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:33:28 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: GenTxt R GenNxt: short text go mainstream http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-11811 GenTxt R GenNxt: short text go mainstream Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:40:23 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-11811 [...] Wired’s Kristen Philipkoski once reported “The Web Not the Death of Language”..We have entered a new era of expression. Communicating using instant messenger, text messaging, even blogging […its future could well be short messaging style ] are changing the way humans communicate. Loud applause please! W00T an expression of joy coined by online gamers,was crowned Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007.The word typically spelled with zeroes, and not the letter o, reflects the growing use of electronic communication in our lives using numeric keyboards to type words with self-evident numeral-letter substitutions. [...] [...] Wired’s Kristen Philipkoski once reported “The Web Not the Death of Language”..We have entered a new era of expression. Communicating using instant messenger, text messaging, even blogging […its future could well be short messaging style ] are changing the way humans communicate. Loud applause please! W00T an expression of joy coined by online gamers,was crowned Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2007.The word typically spelled with zeroes, and not the letter o, reflects the growing use of electronic communication in our lives using numeric keyboards to type words with self-evident numeral-letter substitutions. [...]

]]> By: » Blog Archive » Bacn: four days to tipping point Trendsspotting http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-4297 » Blog Archive » Bacn: four days to tipping point Trendsspotting Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:56:05 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-4297 [...] Remember the formula: a catchy word + 1-2 influential bloggers + twitter (or other sms style spreading mechanism).? [...] [...] Remember the formula: a catchy word + 1-2 influential bloggers + twitter (or other sms style spreading mechanism).? [...]

]]> By: ouija repairman http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1585 ouija repairman Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:32:30 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1585 thelookout -- that same quote went through my head, and I had to look up the author. Mighty wiki tells us it's misattributed to Mark Twain but actually came from Blaise Pascal. In any case, I think it's an accurate statement. Appealing to short attention spans requires a redistribution of the resource of time, the ultimate resource, really. Authors of concise text invest a lot of time in its creation. I probably could have spent more time on this comment. thelookout — that same quote went through my head, and I had to look up the author. Mighty wiki tells us it’s misattributed to Mark Twain but actually came from Blaise Pascal.

In any case, I think it’s an accurate statement. Appealing to short attention spans requires a redistribution of the resource of time, the ultimate resource, really. Authors of concise text invest a lot of time in its creation. I probably could have spent more time on this comment.

]]> By: Sandeces » Noticias y rumores http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1462 Sandeces » Noticias y rumores Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:26:38 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1462 [...] El formato no me parece excesivamente interesante, pero por lo que se ve est? en la l?nea del futurible blogero m?s popular, mensajes cortos que capten r?pidamente la atenci?n. [...] [...] El formato no me parece excesivamente interesante, pero por lo que se ve est? en la l?nea del futurible blogero m?s popular, mensajes cortos que capten r?pidamente la atenci?n. [...]

]]> By: thelookout http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1402 thelookout Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:45:06 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1402 Personally, I like short posts, as Lin Yutang said 'Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.' I heard a story about someone who apologised for writing a long letter to someone, saying 'sorry for the length of the letter, I didn't have time to write a short one.' The message being that the more time and effort you put into writing something, the more you can condense and distill the message(s) you're putting across. Personally, I like short posts, as Lin Yutang said ‘Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.’

I heard a story about someone who apologised for writing a long letter to someone, saying ’sorry for the length of the letter, I didn’t have time to write a short one.’ The message being that the more time and effort you put into writing something, the more you can condense and distill the message(s) you’re putting across.

]]> By: Karen Putz http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1401 Karen Putz Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:50:54 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1401 As a mom who works part-time and runs a non-profit-- I appreciate the posts that are short and to the point. Give me some humor and a unique angle, and I'll read. Otherwise, I'll give up after the first paragraph. As a mom who works part-time and runs a non-profit– I appreciate the posts that are short and to the point. Give me some humor and a unique angle, and I’ll read. Otherwise, I’ll give up after the first paragraph.

]]> By: Viktor Prochazka http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1370 Viktor Prochazka Wed, 30 May 2007 06:14:48 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1370 yes and no, shrt messages are nice, but I hate to simplify all the IFs and BUTs. Life and business has it's core that can be shouted out in a short message... but behind the message is always huge complexity which we need to understand in order to understand. And I want to see the big picture. I want to understand. yes and no, shrt messages are nice, but I hate to simplify all the IFs and BUTs. Life and business has it’s core that can be shouted out in a short message… but behind the message is always huge complexity which we need to understand in order to understand. And I want to see the big picture. I want to understand.

]]> By: adrian boioglu - tot mai sus » Blog Archive » tendinte: sms blogging http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1367 adrian boioglu - tot mai sus » Blog Archive » tendinte: sms blogging Wed, 30 May 2007 01:28:02 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1367 [...] cineva spunea ca majoritatea blogurilor din technorati top 100 au posturi de 100 pina la 500 cuvinte. deci vremea povestilor a trecut…  [...] [...] cineva spunea ca majoritatea blogurilor din technorati top 100 au posturi de 100 pina la 500 cuvinte. deci vremea povestilor a trecut…  [...]

]]> By: buzzdroid http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1365 buzzdroid Wed, 30 May 2007 00:13:24 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1365 I think more accurately, the trend in blogging is away from longer posts. It's a fine line of an argument, but one with a distinction. You don't have to have SMS to succeed. Look at a site like <a href="http://mybiggestcomplaint.com" rel="nofollow">MyBiggestComplaint</a> where short headlines prevail but offer more content rich material if the reader / user is interested. Notice also Matt Mullenwegg's post from his own blog. Rarely if ever anymore do these post exceed 100 words. Most of these blogs that have shorter posts seem to be blogs that aim to simply redirect a visitor elsewhere, like at truemors. I think more accurately, the trend in blogging is away from longer posts. It’s a fine line of an argument, but one with a distinction.

You don’t have to have SMS to succeed. Look at a site like MyBiggestComplaint where short headlines prevail but offer more content rich material if the reader / user is interested.

Notice also Matt Mullenwegg’s post from his own blog. Rarely if ever anymore do these post exceed 100 words.

Most of these blogs that have shorter posts seem to be blogs that aim to simply redirect a visitor elsewhere, like at truemors.

]]> By: Rumors, News, Truemors http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139&cpage=1#comment-1364 Rumors, News, Truemors Tue, 29 May 2007 22:43:02 +0000 http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=139#comment-1364 [...] future of blogging is short message style no score link spread News 1 minute ago bytrendsearch [...] [...] future of blogging is short message style no score link spread News 1 minute ago bytrendsearch [...]

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