On twitter and my first book
So here are some reactions on twitter from myself. Originally when I posted about twitter I had no idea about it really so I threw it out there in this post titled, “What is the purpose of twitter” in hopes that someone, anyone would explain it to me. Also, giving myself a 2 week in period in which I would utilize the service etc etc. Turns out, twitter is great! At least, it’s great if you are talking about a specific topic. From my first “tweet” (this sounds dumb to me), I got a lot of information back on the topics I was speaking about. From feedback, some people actually read my blog or were already following me and others were added from my email to twitter and already had twitter accounts so immediately started following my “tweets” etc. This turned into a great thing. When I tweeted about content management; everyone hit me on IM, sent me email or tweeted back. When I spoke about my car, people who had the same car tweeted back. As an experience i’d have to say it’s been a positive one. At first I had Twitterific (the application that I use) sending me updated tweets every 15 minutes. As I added more people that became simply too much to deal with so I had to cut it down to an hour and even that became a little difficult to manage. Eventually I found a good balance for myself and things worked out. Now, for my self, I don’t tweet often or as often as others because I don’t have the time. Usually I only tweet when I’m about to begin work on something and have a question, or a statement based on something I have already done. Personal things I tend not to tweet; so for instance there is no “I’m drinking coffee right now” sort of thing. Anyway, as stated Twitter has been a positive experience for me all around so I will most likely continue to use it when i’m about to do something of interest and would like to hear feedback. (If you are interested in content management, iphone development or cars feel free to follow me @christophwarner)
That aside, I am writing a book! The outline is almost done (if you’ve ever wanted to hear more from me on opensource content management systems you have till Monday 05/18/2009 to say something) so now is a good time to get some of the topics you want covered in; The book is going to be for beginners that are looking to immerse themselves into the next level of content management and intranets. I’m finding that the idea of writing a book seems like the easiest thing in the world. Actually writing a book is probably one of the most difficult things I have done. Even more so than any program, the linux kernel, embedded programming or anything of that nature. The delicate balance between writing on a topic and giving it good coverage and explaining it to the layman is simply an art that shouldn’t be written off so lightly. Sure, many people have written books but writing a GOOD one is the point and i’m only on the outline! So I still have 250 pages to go!! =( trying to stay motivated.
It’s going to be a busy, busy summer, if i’m not updating as much or I miss a month or two I’d like to apologize in advance; but at least you’ll have something to look forward to towards the end of the year!
