I happened upon a post in Fred Gallagher’s personal blog, wherein said member of the webcomic aristocracy discusses Twitter and its application to the online writer. The crux of the matter is this:
When it comes down to it, Twitter is just another way to create content. The problem is that it can really impinge the other content creation you should be doing. It’s not just the constant distraction it can be, but the fact that it’s too easy a way to throw out some of those random ideas and thoughts that you really should be saving to pull together in a far more thoughtful and meaningful way.
I think this is why I have had even less of an inkling to write rants than i used to. You only have so much time in a day, and so much attention. I really need to be more selective in how that attention is spent. Twitter, as good as it is, is not really the kind of content i want to be producing. It’s like throwing out one liners rather than writing a full story.
