Comments on: Personal Trainer or Personal Twitter?

By: Be Fit With Biray » Is the Internet Making Us Healthier? Prove it!

Be Fit With Biray » Is the Internet Making Us Healthier? Prove it! — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:40:59 +0000

[...] Can Twitter be used as a teaching tool to introduce the art of mindfulness for the net-generation? One could argue that Twitter demonstrates the practice of recognizing what you are doing and feeling, when you are doing and feeling them. (Check out my thoughts on Twitter here.) [...]

By: Adam Acme - Phoenix Photographer

Adam Acme - Phoenix Photographer — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:20:41 +0000

I was anti-twitter at first. “Why do I want or need people to know that it’s 3PM and I still haven’t gotten dressed, etc….

Well, it is what you make it. I follow some people on twitter who only post very useful information. Even though it asks “what are you doing”… you can use it to share whatever you choose (or not choose)

I use twitter as a way of keeping up with what’s new and also to read good articles w/ out having to subscribe to a bunch of RSS feed which I may not be able to keep up with. IF I don’t have time, I just don’t check twitter.

I found befitwithbiray thru twitter. I was tracking Arizona, and came here to check it out.

Later!

Adam Nollmeyer
Phoenix, AZ
http://twitter.com/AcmePhoto on twitter!

By: Be Fit With Biray

Be Fit With Biray — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:19:24 +0000

I’m all for efficiency as well. You’re right, who wants to update their “status” in three different places? But I’m also a believer in not putting all your eggs in one basket. Not everyone has a Facebook profile or follows Twitter. But here’s the beauty of Facebook apps – not only can you update Twitter FROM inside Facebook, but when you update your Twitter status, it automatically updates your Facebook status, as well. How’s that for efficiency!

By: spacekicker

spacekicker — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:14:18 +0000

“Just because the same application is available elsewhere shouldn’t be the sole reason you dislike the service.”

See I disagree. I think that a large part of the internet evolves based on economy of motion. Redundancy often gets thrown to the side. Why would I, having the choice of a free Iphone, take a free cell phone? I feel the same with twitter. If I can update my mood, or little blurbs instantly on my myspace or facebook (and for all practical applications this is the majority of peoples own personal websites) why would I bother registering, applying and updating another function if the same function is available at my community space. it because redundant, and needless. Economy of motion, that’s what I’m sayin.
Yay for dialogue on technology. We’re nerds

By: Be Fit With Biray

Be Fit With Biray — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:29:51 +0000

Just because the same application is available elsewhere shouldn’t be the sole reason you dislike the service. In fact, a twitter application is available within FACEBOOK. You can also grab a Twitter widget at add it to any website or blog (as I did in my post).

The question isn’t really about the application itself – whether you use Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace. The question relates to the need of updating your thoughts/actions and relaying them to your community instantly… (and of course, the health benefits or drawbacks from this behavior).

Thanks for the comment Spacekicker. I welcome your thoughts as always (even the second you get them… lol).

By: spacekicker

spacekicker — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:56:06 +0000

I don’t like twitter. I’ll tell you why. Because the same application is basically available in Myspace or Facebook. You can put what you are “feeling” at the moment in either of those and they are already connected to your outside contacts making it easier to see.

I’ll be curious to see what you end up doing though. You’ll probably change my whole mind on the thing

By: Alisa Cooper

Alisa Cooper — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:00:21 +0000

Hi Biray,
I’m following you on Twitter, so I hope you are doing some interesting stuff. lol.

The problem with fitness professionals using Twitter is they’re all out to make money, so it’s just a big sales pitch most of the time. They don’t really provide any benefit to make you want to follow.