Comments on: Jane Austen: Proto-Twitterer http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 20:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-676388 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676388 back when i was a history grad student studying the british colonies in the late 17th century i learned that letters were passed around, and heavily annotated, and updated by each new reader. not too much different than blog comments, or a wiki article. back when i was a history grad student studying the british colonies in the late 17th century i learned that letters were passed around, and heavily annotated, and updated by each new reader. not too much different than blog comments, or a wiki article.

]]> By: MB http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-676136 MB Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676136 Even in the late 80s, we used to get twice daily mail service in Nottingham. Even in the late 80s, we used to get twice daily mail service in Nottingham.

]]> By: MadMolecule http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-677684 MadMolecule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-677684 <i>*crosses Tzctlp off party invitation-list*</i> *crosses Tzctlp off party invitation-list*

]]> By: hello whirled http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-676164 hello whirled Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676164 <blockquote>our human patterns are surprisingly consistent</blockquote> I love that observation. Let's just say it again: I. love. that. We who find ourselves here today blundering through the late 1900s/early 2000s occasionally delude ourselves into thinking that we are somehow ... different. Not so sure about that. Happy new year!

our human patterns are surprisingly consistent

I love that observation.

Let’s just say it again: I. love. that.

We who find ourselves here today blundering through the late 1900s/early 2000s occasionally delude ourselves into thinking that we are somehow … different. Not so sure about that.

Happy new year!

]]> By: ROSSINDETROIT http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-677701 ROSSINDETROIT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-677701 Because the only important parts, the content and selected audience are the same. Medium and format are irrelevant. Because the only important parts, the content and selected audience are the same. Medium and format are irrelevant.

]]> By: Dan Mac http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-676683 Dan Mac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-676683 Similar: The City of Vancouver is considering a similar scenario to pick up garbage in the commercial core on a daily basis, eliminating garbage dumpsters. Similar: The City of Vancouver is considering a similar scenario to pick up garbage in the commercial core on a daily basis, eliminating garbage dumpsters.

]]> By: Tzctlp http://boingboing.net/2009/12/31/jane-austen-proto-tw.html#comment-677296 Tzctlp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-677296 What a lot of nonsense. What is the need to find similarities when in reality they are tenuous at best, and most likely non existent? The medium, the format and the audience (just for starters) are completely and utterly different. What a lot of nonsense.

What is the need to find similarities when in reality they are tenuous at best, and most likely non existent?

The medium, the format and the audience (just for starters) are completely and utterly different.

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