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Elexa — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:09:04 -0000

I use twitter and it help me to communication with my friends

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siloso — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:28:58 -0000

It would be a matter of time when parents need to find their kids via Twitter.

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breezeto5 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:01:07 -0000

I must agree with it but asking for Twitter IDs are a little far fetch. Good joke though. ;-)

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rifchia — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:00:57 -0000

It affected my iPhone battery life! Hehe... i am tweeting almost every 30 mins with my iPhone.

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globalrs — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:37:25 -0000

It's kind of addictive. People are now asking for Twitter IDs rather than phone numbers.

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jabancroft — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:28:34 -0000

Oops. Duplicate comment. I'll use this one to say that I first heard of you through Twitter, when you said you were flying in for Ignite Portland 3. And now I "know" you. So there's your proof! :-)

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jabancroft — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:28:23 -0000

You asked if this happens all the time in Portland, and the answer is yes, yes it does. :-)

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jkuramot — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:26:56 -0000

Heh, like meeting a blogger you read, except for everyone.

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Corvida — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:29:54 -0000

Great comment Elliott. This is why I need you to stop by more. I love hearing your thoughts!

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Corvida — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:29:10 -0000

That's pretty funny how Twitter can do that. You look at someone and have no clue who they are and they shout out there Twitter handle and it's almost as if you've been bffs your entire life lol

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Corvida — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:27:34 -0000

You definitely have a point there. Though, the rapid speed and which new connections are made far surpassed anything I've ever seen. The tech community in Portland has learned the art of making connections. Jedi masters!

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Corvida — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:25:59 -0000

Thanks for the compliment Gary.

I've honestly never experienced this at "parties" or maybe I'm comparing things to clubs that I've been to. Even then we chit chat at clubs or parties at clubs, but I've never experienced things the way I did in Portland. It was pretty amazing though. :)

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Gary Walter — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:59:44 -0000

Hey - it wasn't until after Marshall introduced me to you, in the lobby of the Bagdad, that it dawned on me that I'd read your tweets a couple of times. I got so involved in conversation with Marshall's partner, that I never got to talk to you.

Though I've lived in PDX most of my life, this is the way I've always experienced "parties." In fact, the quote from my in The Oregonian mentions how Twitter is like walking through the convention hall at a large conference. But I like your term - "conversation hopping." That works.

I'm glad you enjoyed your visit in Portland - we hope to see you here again sometime!

PS: After reading this post (recommended by @turoczy), I kept reading more and more. You're a good writer!

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brampitoyo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:12:09 -0000

I couldn’t agree more with you, and think that this is partly due to the relatively small size of Portland’s tech community.

When you have a lot of the same people showing up to the same events—averaging about once every week or two—connections are reinforced and new ones are quickly made.

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Matik72 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:08:59 -0000

Yes, it most certainly does.

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jkuramot — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:26:39 -0000

Glad to meet you IRL. This is for sure a PDX thing (not exclusively); the get-togethers here often have spaces for Twitter handle on them.
Twitter brings us together and makes us a tight-knit community, one that's always looking to add new blood (cough).
IMHO Twitter adds an icebreaker element to a cocktail party conversation. You get that "oh, it's you" moment where you go from strangers to pals in a second.

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elliottng — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:53:49 -0000

Corvida, I think what you are describing is typical tech cocktail party behavior...massive creation/reinforcement of many to many connections...weak ties that can become the basis of stronger ties later. I think Twitter reinforces that. Twitter is basically one massive ly connected and personalized cocktail party. But the deeper relationships are built in other places. Through blogging, *maybe* FriendFeed, and definitely via IRL interactions!

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John — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:41:49 -0000

I think twitter truly does have an influence on real life interactions. Before I knew the ways of Twitter, I was lost... but now, I am found :) It's a great way to start a real life conversation at meet-ups like this, assuming that other people in the crowd are on twitter as well. Deciding to be geeky for the night, I even had a shirt made with my twitter picture on the front (http://snurl.com/2o8hs), trying to link my twitter profile with my life's profile :)