@kosherblog: Now on the Twitters
In 2003, before I started the Kosher Blog, I thought blogging was pretty dumb. Who needed to follow the minute details of angst-ridden teenagers living in their mothers’ basements? Eventually, I realized that blogging could be used constructively, both as a means for personal record-keeping and a way to connect with others around common interests — and the Kosher Blog was born.
When Twitter invaded teh Internets, my response was the same — who needed to follow the minute details of angst-ridden teenagers compressed into 140 measly characters? Besides, I post personal status updates on Facebook — wasn’t Twitter redundant?
Over Shabbos, when I explained my aversion to Twitter to my friend Bobby, he lamented his inability to follow my kosher escapades, e.g. “Found great avocados at Haymarket this morning.” Then, it was obvious.
You’re all aware that I’ve been largely absent from the blog for the last couples years. After work and fatherly duties, my creative energies are sapped. But I do miss the dialog we have here, and I’ve often wished for a simpler way to share what’s been going on in my kitchen.
So I’m hoping the answer is Twitter. The bar for posting is much lower than on a blog; I realize that will mean less substantive content, but I see it as mainly a bridge to another phase in my life when I can devote the kind of effort necessary to write and photograph at a respectable level.
My five most-recent updates will appear in the sidebar here, and you can follow me (”kosherblog”) directly on Twitter.
Despite being a tech guy, I’m still new to all this — any advice or encouragement will be appreciated!
For anyone who was following my posts (as infrequent as *they* have become), I will not be swayed by the lure of the “140 measly characters” – yet. Hopefully, together our posts (short and long) will keep your appetite for KBlog satisfied.
You’re right — the multi-modal approach is the way to go.
But I’d be happy to integrate a sweinberger Twitter stream whenever you’d like ;)
I understand the reasoning but I’m wondering — part of the appeal of the blog format is the dialogue it creates. For those of us who follow the blog, but do not twitter, is there a way to comment on the blog in response to your new short posts?
And since we can’t comment to the tweets…… CI may be great, but recipe access is only permitted to members – please follow up those CI tweets with blog posts copying recipes
thanks.
It’s been great following you on Twitter… and I find that a nice combination of tweets and blog posts always works best!
I’ve been toying with both Facebook and Twitter. So here’s my question: if you can keep your friends informed of your ephemeral stuff via Facebook posts, what extra value does Twitter create?
Mike– I like that I can create separate personas on Twitter for particular purposes (like writing about kosher food). I don’t need all the extra cruft from Facebook.
As a fellow foodie and (kosher) food blogger in Cambridge, I say, welcome to Twitter…it’s amazing what you can do in 140 characters. I was a non-believer at first too. Maybe one day our paths will cross! Thx for the RT of my pix of Mike’s Bistro.