Twitter makes me a lazy blogger — or more efficient?

April 29th, 2008

As you can see, its been a while since my last post to this blog. Sure, a lot of it has to do with time that I have available (and, suddenly, I have more time, sort of). Because lets face it, if you are a blogger that blogs every day — or even every week — you need to have something along the lines of an editorial calendar. And, I know some very disciplined bloggers who are like that, or who have so much stuff thrown their way that they don’t really have to think up ideas on posting on their own.

But I do. So, even though I haven’t been blogging lately, I have definitely been tweeting. In fact, until I left Collective Intellect a few weeks back, I was tweeting on two accounts — CollectiveIntel and CopyDiva. Two different accounts, two different approaches to my tweet stream.

Since I am a fan of brevity, perhaps Twitter is simply a better medium for me, with the 140 character limit. Hmmm. And the instant gratification of using Twitter, which anyone who follows me can read what I post, means I don’t have to wonder if my 140 character epics are being read. Yes, it is.

Also, tweeting seems more relationship-oriented. I am not a Brad Feld or a Wonkette, with a following that’s waiting to read and respond to my every word. But, I do get direct messaged on Twitter, or replies to questions or tweets I post, which satisfies my need for dialogue more than blogging can (though certainly, comments are still thrilling).