It's sort of the difference between books and magazines. But then, what is Twitter? Maybe a note pad--the kind we used to keep by the phone before voice mail? Or possibly a dead tree newspaper. IM is more like parallel work sharing chat or Wholey's fish tossing.
I can see the next S.A.T. question . . . LiveJournal:Book::FaceBook: _________
And then the kids can complain that it requires special cultural knowledge, because books and newspapers are ancient history.
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Date: 2009-06-29 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-30 01:49 pm (UTC)But then, what is Twitter? Maybe a note pad--the kind we used to keep by the phone before voice mail? Or possibly a dead tree newspaper.
IM is more like parallel work sharing chat or Wholey's fish tossing.
I can see the next S.A.T. question . . .
LiveJournal:Book::FaceBook: _________
And then the kids can complain that it requires special cultural knowledge, because books and newspapers are ancient history.