I’m off to my last video interview of the day, but lots of people have been sending me emails about Twitter being down — it’s already on Digg too. I can just hear the productivity of tons of geeks going up. I bet it’s less than a week before major corporations start blocking Twitter.
Scobleizer
Rackspace's Startup Liaison Officer
Hard to block something that works on phones via SMS too.
Hard to block something that works on phones via SMS too.
Heh.
Heh.
[...] Scoble notes that geek productivity is up 200 percent. Twitter is down. Heh. [...]
Robert, I’m into this Twittering thing, but the problem is I wanted to twitter from a conference in LA this week (The CSUN Center on Disabilities Technology COnference) but I have been informed by a number of my blind customers and vendors that the signup for Twitter is in-accessible. The account creation requires a user to see the CAPCHA (the visual code input thing) for verification. There apparently is no way around it. Google has audio accessible CAPCHA, so does MSN, so do most mainstream signup services.
Can you tell your friends over at Twitter that they are basically not allowing blind people to use thier service. And I think it is one that could appeal to a lot of people in the blind community as a really easy communication medium. Hopefully they can pass along a workaround or enable a non-visual verification tool.
Dan Hubbell
Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Accessible Technology
Robert, I’m into this Twittering thing, but the problem is I wanted to twitter from a conference in LA this week (The CSUN Center on Disabilities Technology COnference) but I have been informed by a number of my blind customers and vendors that the signup for Twitter is in-accessible. The account creation requires a user to see the CAPCHA (the visual code input thing) for verification. There apparently is no way around it. Google has audio accessible CAPCHA, so does MSN, so do most mainstream signup services.
Can you tell your friends over at Twitter that they are basically not allowing blind people to use thier service. And I think it is one that could appeal to a lot of people in the blind community as a really easy communication medium. Hopefully they can pass along a workaround or enable a non-visual verification tool.
Dan Hubbell
Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Accessible Technology
only 200%?
only 200%?
Thanks for the chuckle! I loved the title of this post!
Thanks for the chuckle! I loved the title of this post!
Dan, I’ll pass that along.
Dan, I’ll pass that along.
[...] Productivity up 200%, Twitter is down (No Ratings Yet) Loading … [...]
twitter is UP.. life is good… and at least back to normal as we know it… what am I babbling about?!? twitter has us all mesmerized.
Rex
twitter is UP.. life is good… and at least back to normal as we know it… what am I babbling about?!? twitter has us all mesmerized.
Rex
I don’t care *at all* about Twitter, never been to the site, don’t care to hear the minutiae and minute-by-minute updates (or whatever they are.) Since I’ve never used it, maybe I should ask my boss for a raise since my productivity never dipped
I wonder how much longer this will be interesting?
I don’t care *at all* about Twitter, never been to the site, don’t care to hear the minutiae and minute-by-minute updates (or whatever they are.) Since I’ve never used it, maybe I should ask my boss for a raise since my productivity never dipped
I wonder how much longer this will be interesting?
Thats an interesting way of looking at it Chris
I might go talk to the boss too!
Thats an interesting way of looking at it Chris
I might go talk to the boss too!
[...] Scobleizer: Productivity up 200%, Twitter is down “…lots of people have been sending me emails about Twitter being down — it’s already on Digg too. I can just hear the productivity of tons of geeks going up. I bet it’s less than a week before major corporations start blocking Twitter.” [...]
What’s all the twitter about?
In the past few days there has been growing buzz about a relatively new website, Twitter. The site allows you to post a caption describing what you are doing right now. Officially “Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the …
That’s the best headline ever. And I blame you, Scoble, for introducing me to Twitter and destroying my ability to focus – the cell phone buzzes all damn day, and I can’t … stop … checking it.
That’s the best headline ever. And I blame you, Scoble, for introducing me to Twitter and destroying my ability to focus – the cell phone buzzes all damn day, and I can’t … stop … checking it.
If you really want to get away from twitter you’ll have to go relativistic because You Can’t Twitter at Relativistic Speeds
(http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2007/03/20.html#a239).
Just something silly that struck me while reading a science article.
If you really want to get away from twitter you’ll have to go relativistic because You Can’t Twitter at Relativistic Speeds
(http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2007/03/20.html#a239).
Just something silly that struck me while reading a science article.
[...] offering a dead-easy API …the downside: their servers tend to be ridiculously slow, or they go down (for maintenance) at all. meanwhile, Twitterholic unveils A-list twitters – there are currently only 5 people/accounts [...]
twitter, we are addicted this modern convenience!
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twitter, we are addicted this modern convenience!
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[...] internet is all a Twitter Latest fad or long term tool? I have no idea, but with all the talk about Twitter I finally caved in and [...]
[...] If you don’t yet use Twitter, don’t start. It’s pointless e-mail on steroids. I had to laugh when I saw a post by the one-and-only Robert Scoble on the 19th titled “Productivity up 200%, Twitter Down.” [...]
[...] zijn echter manieren om productief om te gaan met twitter (yeah right). Net zoals er filtermethoden bestaan voor e-mails, kan je dat ook doen voor twitter. Met of zonder [...]
twitter, we are addicted this modern convenience!
twitter, we are addicted this modern convenience!
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