Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
vgr's profile
Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao
@vgr

Tweets

Venkatesh Rao

@vgr

Conversational account. For work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian. IKEA builder.

Los Angeles, CA
venkateshrao.com
Joined August 2007

Tweets

  • © 2020 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Imprint
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      You’ve heard “communication moves to the lowest fidelity medium that will do the job” Corollary: “communication moves to the least synchronized medium that will do the job” Synchronization = temporal fidelity. I’m gonna start calling phone/video/irl “TeFi” systems.

      1 reply 6 retweets 29 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      TeFi scale (0-10) 0 - 4: Various asymmetric and/or more or less public social media 5 - 6: Private messengers, push notifications off 7: Private messenger or SMS, push notifications on 8: Voice 9: Video 10: IRL 11: IRL, no connectivity 12: IRL, no distractions at all (books, tv)

      1 reply 2 retweets 15 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Above 10/10 on my scale, you’re in hypersynchronized state. Parallel threads that might take your mind to another time/place are cut off. You’re forced into single-threaded present. Synchronization is not just about temporal alignment. It’s about attention monopolization.

      1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Since most of us are not level 42 monks who can focus 110% on the herenow unaided, comms technology tends to have affordances based on the one way we CAN all get there: alarm style UXs. A phone ring (and now a push notification ding) is an alarm to trigger stress response.

      1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
      Show this thread
    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Interrupt/alarm based comms tech handshake protocols is fundamentally limited by the stressfulness of the initiating event. Which is why we all hate them and try to wean ourselves off them except for actual mild to severe emergencies where a stress response is appropriate.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      Show this thread
    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Only family gets to live in push notification+ zone for most of us, partly because family is a sort of persistent, continuous partial mild ongoing emergency called “life itself”. You need that shared situation awareness.

      2 replies 3 retweets 13 likes
      Show this thread
    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      This line of thought suggests to me that the major divide is not between online and offline. It is between stream escalation vs stream interruption. Here a stream can be understood as a shared situation awareness social information flow with a consensus temporal-fidelity level.

      2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      Show this thread
    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      The background stress level of a stream is a function of the mean time between state updates. Though I tweet a lot, sometimes ~100 a day, I can be off for days or weeks without feeling any FOMO at all.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      Show this thread
    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Addendum: I missed email on my TeFi scale! Where it’s coupled to scheduling it’s an 8 or so. Otherwise it’s a 5-6.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      Show this thread
    10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Addendum 2: Cat is now meowing at me since it’s feeding time. That’s a push notification I can’t turn off 😂😾

      1 reply 3 retweets 13 likes
      Show this thread
      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Aug 2019
      • Report Tweet
      • Report NetzDG Violation

      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao

      Attaching a related newer thread here.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1157697615913312256?s=21 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Venkatesh Rao @vgr
      I want to do another thread related to the previous one, on temporal fidelity, on “I-it time” versus “I-you time”. Object relations time versus social relations time. And indirectly about interest vs social graphs. And more concretely about documents in social media. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1157668998588141569 …
      Show this thread
      10:29 AM - 3 Aug 2019
      • 2 Likes
      • portalnyc Nixon
      0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2020 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Imprint
        • Cookies
        • Ads info