tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646966.post7666075717089340922..comments2009-01-08T17:17:46.298-08:00Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924943461128606986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646966.post-37181844822400911742008-08-29T02:11:00.000-07:002008-08-29T02:11:00.000-07:00I'm guilty of tweeting from the conference. I followed "Gnomedex" to add real time commentary to the talk - make it more of a conversation. In some cases, it really added a lot - someone would toss up a link to the speaker's paper or grab a quote that I wanted to save for later. <BR/><BR/>I never used it to go looking for something more interesting because I was bored. One, because I wasn't bored, and two, because that would be just rude. The problem becomes: how can the speaker tell when you're twittering to add to their talk, or when the audience is surfing the web and not paying attention? You can't really, everything just comes off as impolite. So, even though it added something, I've decided in the long run I'd agree that it would have been better if we had all just shut our screens and broke them out for breaks only. Plus, sometimes you're so busy capturing a moment digitally that I feel like we do less actual processing of it. <BR/><BR/>Like I think you've mentioned as well, sometimes Twitter reminds me of a high tech way to pass notes in junior high. :-)Cassie Wallenderhttp://www.firewallender.comnoreply@blogger.com