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By: Farewell to 2009! Another year over [Part 1] « eat like a girl

Farewell to 2009! Another year over [Part 1] « eat like a girl — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:24:45 +0000

[...] although I was in Ireland, so it went unacknowledged on the blog. I wrote a piece about Twitter, Twitter me this, my lovelies , indeed my rhubarb escapades were documented on the Times Online. I made Asparagus and [...]

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:00:55 +0000

Yeah, immediacy is great if you’re always available, unfortunately I am not. So, it’s not a natural fit for me.

I agree with the community aspect. So good! :)

By: klauninger.net » Blog Archive » In praise of asparagus and twitter

klauninger.net » Blog Archive » In praise of asparagus and twitter — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:46:43 +0000

[...] certainly not just me who’s been on the receiving end of twitter gifts, Eat Like a Girl has written a lovely post about the food connections on twitter turning sublimely into the physical, culminating, for her, [...]

By: In praise of asparagus and Twitter - Front Page News - NewsSpotz

In praise of asparagus and Twitter - Front Page News - NewsSpotz — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:18:17 +0000

[...] certainly not just me who's been on the receiving end of twitter gifts, Eat Like a Girl has written a lovely post about the food connections on twitter turning sublimely into the physical, culminating, for her, [...]

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:04:47 +0000

Thanks Rebecca! We have a great community, it’s lots of fun :) If you’re London based, come join us!

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:53:54 +0000

Lol! I agree Kang. There’s a lovely intimate community on there now, a shared space for us obsessives. I’ve certainly made friends and met many people, and it’s been a great experience.

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:43:29 +0000

hello! Dan is a wild garlic hero! I like the random nature of it although sometimes it is just mad! Thanks for the link – I’ll take a look later.

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:42:43 +0000

I LOVE your post about wild garlic adventures. (http://foodurchin.blogspot.com/2009/05/adventures-of-dan-wild-garlic-man.html)

My wild garlic is all gone now and I am very sad :(

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:41:54 +0000

Hi Bob! I do agree with you. I love how it democratises things (as blogging also does) but it can be hard to manage, and in truth, takes time that I might have used to blog something. So, I’ve cut back a bit, but I still dip in, because it’s too hard to resist it!

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:40:28 +0000

YAY! Thanks Danny. Mine all deleaved now though :(

By: Kieran

Kieran — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:20:49 +0000

I was slow getting on Twitter, but I must say I love the immediacy of it. As a food blogger, I find loads of people will contact you via twitter who would never leave a comment on the blog. It’s a great community, good for keeping up with what’s going on, and there is inspiration from people like you on it :)

By: Ageing Hipster

Ageing Hipster — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:48:36 +0000

I feel much the same way as Jeanne. The internet is great in so many ways but some days I feel that everything in my life is being mediated through a twelve inch screen and a keyboard. Does the internet help me write better (than when I just had a word processor)? Take better photos (than when I used film and had to wait whole days for the results of my efforts). Cook better (than when I had to rely on a hundred or so cookbooks and whatever was in season/ in the butchers…). Not convinced that it does, but it sure helps me spend a lot more time typing.

When I was growing up, my My Mum told me that watching TV would give me square eyes. She didn’t know the half of it…

Great blog, Jeanne. (what’s Redbubble? I fear to look…).

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:01:31 +0000

Very impressed with Celia’s allotment, and *llove* that shot of asparagus poking out of the ground!

As for Twitter, nah, it’s not for me. As it is, I feel I already spend far too much time on the net (blogging, Flickr, Redbubble, Google Reader, e-mail) as opposed to living “real life” and seeing my offline friends, and I certainly don’t want to feel as if I have to interrupt real-world social events to Tweet. But I realise that in this respect, I am probably in the minority among my fellow-bloggers ;-)

By: Cucinista

Cucinista — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:34:40 +0000

I resisted Facebook… I resisted myspace… I resisted Twitter… and then I gave in. To Twitter. I think it’s great. I have just signed up and it’s actually something I can use and enjoy.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:38:11 +0000

I agree – you have to be quick on the uptake (update?) on twitter or you lose out on a lot of things, but isn’t that the whole point of it? Real time and all that?

I too have met a few like-minded individuals through twitter, a couple not even to do with food but that’s the great thing about it; it’s a sociable community and you can butt into people’s conversations and nose into people’s lives.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:04:19 +0000

Hi! I just found your blog and have been browsing for ages. I haven’t bowed to twitter yet, but love the idea that a tweet can produce not only a new friend, but a trip to an allotment and a stack of produce!

It’s so great to know there’s a strong London blogging community.

Hurrah for the London Bloggers!

By: Kang

Kang — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:49:42 +0000

When I first signed up, I didn’t really understand the need to share my inbetween activities with the rest of the world – and in 140 chars – but in time, as I twitted, followed more twitters, and got the follow-back and twitted some more, I began to feel an attachment to twitter and not just the service – but the people on it, and it really does feel like I am completely connected to a mass social world out there – and somehow, I think people on tweet know more about me than my immediate family.

Today, if something big (or tiny, or naff all) happens in my life, the first people I tell are the peeps on twitter… and that includes twitpic-ing my dinners.

I suppose that’s where twitter fits into my life: I feel like I’m part of this big family now, say something and people do care and reply and comment on the inbetween events that happen in my life. The technology, I guess, has brought more friends into my life and for that, I love it.

By: goodshoeday

goodshoeday — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:57:47 +0000

I think twitter is a great place to meet lots of like minded people (I too have a wild garlic from Dan) especially it seems on the foodie stuff – but you are right its also a bit weird (as are some of the people who randomly follow you!).

Saw this today about attention spans and character # limits and thought it was funny:

http://tinyurl.com/d6jumn

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:09:41 +0000

Funny, I’m also thinking of blogging about my wild garlic adventures through twitterland, it’s been great meeting fellow foodies like your good self.

And I’ve got used to the strange looks on the train.

By: Ageing Hipster

Ageing Hipster — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:19:57 +0000

And another thing… you might find this interesting: http://www.jonathancrossfield.com/blog/2009/05/why-are-you-on-twitter.html …