Twitter

The case against Twitter

July 6, 2009

My Twitter account is restored. I’m sure you’re all relieved. So, to celebrate, I am sharing with you a a series of moral arguments against using Twitter. I came across it on Twitter. Make of that what you will. Here are a couple of them: Virtue Ethics Argument (1) One ought always to act in [...]

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Twitter account suspended! [Updated]

July 5, 2009

I’ve made no secret about my enjoyment of Twitter. I’ve come to rely on it not only for the “social networking” aspects, but for news updates and sports scores; it’s also become a substitute RSS reader for me – since using Twitter regularly, I find I check Google Reader less and less, where it used [...]

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Real priests wear rose

March 22, 2009

I lost 5 followers on Twitter today with the remark, “Real priests wear rose.” So in the comments, please suggest short items equally scandalous by which I can weed out the rest of the chaff among my followers on Twitter. Rose (NOT pink!) is the liturgical color for Gaudete (the third Sunday in Advent) and [...]

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Synchronicity

March 3, 2009

I mentioned on Twitter recently that I have achieved a long-held dream (yes, I’m a nerd): 2-way push syncing between Google Calendar and iPhone. Several people asked me how I did it, and this post is for them. It’s no special trick on my part; I just finally used the tools that I knew were there [...]

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All a-Twitter for St. John Chrysostom

February 11, 2009

The first time I heard about Twitter, I thought it was ridiculous. Then, when the buzz didn’t die down, I signed up for an account. No one I knew was on it, and it seemed silly. Twitter asks the question, “What are you doing right now?” I took it literally, thinking I needed to broadcast [...]

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