Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 06 nov 17

I’ve now turned off the plugin on my blog that syndicates my posts to Twitter. I don’t know yet if it’s temporary or permanent.

I’ve known for quite some time that I need to cut down on my Twitter usage. Most of the time it doesn’t make me happy, doesn’t make me feel more closely connected with my friends and doesn’t make me feel like I’m caught up on the news. In fact, the only thing it does is make me feel angry and frustrated. It keeps me in this loop of outrage, disgust and the feeling of moral superiority that so many of us are a part of and help feed.

CPG Grey has made a great video on how we spread and feed anger and it perfectly captures how Twitter feels to me.¹

So I need to cut back on Twitter. I started a while ago, probably a year ago, by deleting Twitterrific from my phone and computer. I allowed myself to dip back into it from time to time using Twitters horrible web interface and for a few months I kept it casual. Then I reinstalled the app for a while, removed it when I realized that it started taking up too much time again but from that point on I haven’t been able to keep myself away from browsing via the web.

That is where I am right now. I mindlessly check Twitter whenever, wherever, and I always come across something that makes me feel bad or angry or sad or outraged.

With syndication off that would mean I would just be a passive spectator and that would hopefully feel like such a waste of time that I don’t even bother going there.

Cross your fingers for me!

If you don’t feel like this regarding Twitter, good for you! I’m not here to convince you to leave. Nor am I here for you to convince me that I’m wrong. ↩

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Replies and comments

colinwalker
6 november, 2017 11:57

@MrHenko Best of luck Henrik? I was where you are about a year ago and since deciding to not tweet it got much easier to stay away.
MrHenko
6 november, 2017 12:24

@colinwalker Nice to hear! I hope it’ll be the same for me.
colinwalker
6 november, 2017 12:44

@MrHenko I’m sure it will. But this has got me thinking about how networks try to claw us back in. I feel a post coming on. ?
MrHenko
6 november, 2017 12:52

@colinwalker Sounds like the premise for an interesting post. Looking forward to it!

Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 04 nov 17

Pay no attention to this, it’s just a test.

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colinwalker
5 november, 2017 00:03

@MrHenko Too late ?
MrHenko
5 november, 2017 00:06

@colinwalker Da dum tiss!

Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 04 nov 17

Kära Örebroare,

Idag är det inte Halloween.

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Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 04 nov 17 and tagged it with snapshots

The kids are with their grand parents so Linn and I are having our first lunch, just the two of us in forever. Glorious bento! ?

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Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 03 nov 17

Thank you for your reply, Daniel. I’m glad you commented on my description of the environment and situation I was in.

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Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 03 nov 17

Thank you for your reply, Chris. I’m glad you liked the idea and I agree on how powerful it would be if feed readers picked up the conversations. That kind of integration of post and replies is one of the benefits that the silos has today.

Let me know if you do take the time and make your own microcast.

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Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 03 nov 17

Tänk om det var Obama som var POTUS och det var hans twitterkonto som stängts av av en anställd. De som hejar nu hade nog inte gjort det då.

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Microcast: A question about audio quality of microcasts

Henrik Carlsson posted this note on 03 nov 17 and tagged it with Microcast

Download and listen to Microcast: A question about audio quality of microcasts

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Jeremy Cherfas
3 november, 2017 13:43

Ah, the old chestnut about audio quality of podcasts. So I’ll give my standard answer. If what you’re saying is interesting, audio quality is less important. Asymcar is my goto example for that. And if what you say is not interesting, no level of production value will make me listen longer.
In between is a grey area. So, specifically addressing Henrik’s question, that microcast was perfectly OK, except that once we had dealt with the weather and the question, I had had enough. On all outdoor recording wind noise, handling noise and bumps are the most distressing to me because they are always a shock to my ears. But if I know it is going to be over in three minutes, I can survive.
I’ve recorded outdoors and walking along myself, almost always with either the built-in microphone on the earbuds or else with an external Zoom iQ-6. The Zoom is actually worse, because it is so much more sensitive to wind and handling. A few times, when I was doing Dog Days of Podcasting, I cheated and recorded while walking along only to shadow myself with a decent mic when I got home. That’s fun because you get the spontaneity of unscripted speech with much better sound quality.
Daniel Goldsmith
3 november, 2017 18:13

Once the voice that I’m listening to is clear, I don’t really sweat it about the quality too much. Thankfully, most microcasts are single-voice, thus avoiding the awful skype encoding mess that ruins many longer-form podcasts. I found this microcast clear and understandable, Henrik, and it was fun to imagine you pushing your baby stroller through the frosted fields of Sweden.
johnjohnston
3 november, 2017 18:44

@MrHenko I like the concept of publishing short audio without edit or worrying about equipment. Happy to listen to variety of sound quality.
MrHenko
3 november, 2017 20:57

@johnjohnston Thank you for replying, John!