Thanks, Jason... just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting "left out of the loop" or had to subscribe to yet *another* source of info...
Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason > Huck > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:31 AM > To: jQuery (English) > Subject: [jQuery] Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Twitter Account for jQuery & jQuery UI > Projects > > > Twitter posts (or "tweets") are limited to 140 characters, so they're > not going to replace full-fledged announcements. Rather, most of the > time, they'll just be headlines with a URL which points to...you > guessed it...the plugin repository, the main site, this list, various > blogs, etc. > > So, I wouldn't worry about news being distributed exclusively via > Twitter. You just might find out about something a little bit sooner > if you use the service. In fact, even if you don't have a Twitter > account, you can still subscribe to an RSS or Atom feed of the updates > via your favorite feed reader. > > I don't know how much automation is currently in place or planned, but > it might be nice to set it up to auto-announce new additions to the > plugin repository, new posts at planet.jquery.com, etc. > > - jason > > > > > > On Apr 30, 8:05 am, "Rick Faircloth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Rey... > > > > First, a disclaimer... I'm not a Twitter user, so I don't "get it", as I've > > heard Twitter users say of no-users. :o) > > > > That being said, I wanted to ask why another source of info, beyond the > > jquery.com site, the ton of individual plug-in sites, doc sites, etc, is > > needed. > > > > It seems that we're spreading the sources of info even thinner, rather than > > deeper. > > > > I was surprised to see the Twitter accounts starting up. > > > > So, I'm hoping to understand the desired benefits of using Twitter. I know > > you stated > > below that you hope to "maximize the reach of announcements about upcoming > > jQuery & > > jQuery UI updates and releases." How does Twitter do that better than the > > mailing list? > > And will the mailing list continue to be adequate for this of us who don't > > "Twitter"? > > > > Can you clue me in? > > > > Rick > >
