Fred Stutzman is one of the best technology orators I know of. His ability to distill cutting-edge concepts into laymen’s terms has always been impressive and not surprisingly Fred’s done it again: suggesting we consider Twitter updates to be equivalent to reading subject-only emails.
How does this become relevant in the context of work?
“The enterprise Twitter gives rise to a new channel of communications that offloads from the inbox…the enterprise Twitter might just be the electronic, distributed water cooler of lore”
The workstream as we initially envisioned it plays this very role: a high-level flow of events, activities and important communications populating in real-time. This means a worker can have ‘awareness’ without the need for distracting deep-dives. As you see things that truly require your attention you dive-in or out as the situation demands.