Posted 2 years ago
Why a Twitter block?
During my discussions with people about The Dossier, I’ve had a number of questions about why we put in a Twitter item before some of the other items we have planned. The answer is simple: my Mom.
My Mom was very excited about The Dossier, since she likes to keep her ideas together in a notebook that requires replacement every few years as she changes things. Now, I don’t talk to my Mom all the time, but she likes to know what’s going on in my life. Having said that, she’s never, ever going to read Twitter. She just doesn’t care that much about it.
Enter the Twitter item. Suddenly, she doesn’t need to have a Twitter account, or remember to visit Twitter occasionally to find out what I’m up to. She simply opens my dossier and can see the last few things I’ve tweeted.
This all falls into the philosophy of The Dossier: keep track of information that might be of interest to you about people in your contact list, without having to go other places to get it.
