Comments on: One Hundred and Forty Characters That Are Revolutionizing Hockey Coverage

By: Zolpidem.

Zolpidem. — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:11:40 +0000

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By: johnny griswold

johnny griswold — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:46:39 +0000

I used to think that Twitter was the most ridiculous website until i ditched all the “regular” people and followed hockey people. Now I refresh Twitter every day just for all of my up to the second hockey news! It’s great!

By: Gustafsson

Gustafsson — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:54:05 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter http://twitter.com/about

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:01:04 +0000

I have no idea what “twitter” is- how does it work, how much does it cost, how do I access it? Is it live/interactive like chat?

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:58:13 +0000

Phil, while I don’t quite share your cynicism toward this particular technology, I admire your Old School sensibilities, and you raise some fair points about the value contemporary culture places on “immediacy” and or immediate gratification.
We’re still in the infancy I think of this latest communications tool. It will either mature/innovate or be swamped by something better. The larger point I was trying to get at is how rapidly technology is vanquishing our quaint and traditional notions of news gathering and dissemination. While it has its shortcomings to be sure, fostering participatory, often hospitable communities for like-minded puck lovers is a wondrous virtue.
I appreciated all three comments. Happy holiday puck sodas to all of you.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:16 +0000

And now for the opposing viewpoint: I’m infinitely happy not to be a twit(ter) and worry about hearing some millionaire athlete (or self-styled gonzo journalist with his twit followers) bleat about “loyalty” in 133 characters. I have not been deprived of valuable knowledge by hearing about it a couple days later. In fact, I would rather not have heard it at all. Likewise the Chris Pronger trade; learning who Philly gave up for him an hour or two later than you did does not mean I’m a less-aware hockey fan. We all know now, don’t we? It’s like the so-called “exclusive” pay sections of sports message boards–”Ha! I knew about the signing a day before you poor non-subscribers.”
For those who will never be satisfied without the next new “thing”, Twitter or whatever it may be, I say: knock yourself out slobbering about it. And Henry V would just run you through with his sword when you wave that device at him.

By: Burgundy

Burgundy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:40 +0000

Great post!
You are so right – I feel more than many other events and sports, Hockey is a big time category on Twitter.
And much like OFB, twitter has become a critical component for my own blog traffic/popularity.
Twitter has been a great environment for me to talk to hockey fanatics like myself. Many of my friends don’t want to engage in the same depth of conversations my fellow twitter followers do.
-@Stay_classy

By: Junior

Junior — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:52:36 +0000

Great post; I had somehow missed the Havlat thing. It’s amazing being able to essentially monitor developments in real time with this tool.
It seems to me more likely that Henry V, if tweeting, would merely direct his followers to a blog or site with the full text of his entreaty; the point is that although it’s true we are spared an “OMG wounds, feasts & blood being shed” (with a tinyurl chaser) being annexed in memory to the speech in question, but it’s unlikely IMHO that twitter will or would actually change the content of the actual message to be conveyed.