Comments on: Twitter's an Energy Guzzler & Other Hard Truths for Web 2.0 App Addicts

By: Darda

Darda — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:03:18 +0000

what do you think of twitter?

By: John Taylor

John Taylor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:38:33 +0000

I found your blog on Google. I've bookmarked it and will watch out for your next blog post.

By: Happy Earth Day! What does your online presence say about your business? « OvalEye Web Solution

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:07:37 +0000

[...] Keeping an open connection with servers sucks up energy such as using Twitter, Facebook, newsfeeds, and anything that the interaction with the website is prolonged vs. a static page that the server sends the information and that is it. Something you can do- sign out when you are not using the Social Media site. Many advances in technologies are being made to calm the increased energy usage from servers meeting the needs of web 2.0. Read more about these new technologies at earth2tech. [...]

By: Whiplash. In case you blinked and missed the news of April 12 - 17, 2009 | Energy Circle

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:46:42 +0000

[...] Our own Peter Troast talked about the low hanging fruit available to small business owners that don’t necessarily own their space, and provided simple, cost-saving solutions. Berkeley California is ready to blend the low hanging fruit and give it to landlords intravenously. The Berkeley City Council is proposing far-reaching energy efficiency regulations, complete with punishments for non-compliance, as part of the Berkeley Climate Action Plan. New Energy News, citing what it called “the most wonkish report to date from the invaluable American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE),” California is already the most energy-efficiency state in the country. Energy Circle’s own Will Mallett paid a moving tribute to the caulking gun – a fitting contribution to the Earth Day weatherizing message. And, finally, as Earth Day approaches, we ask what exactly should the punishment for energy-wasters be? Richard Dixon, head of WWF Scotland proposes, um, prosecution. Oy. And look out Twitter – word is you are wasteful. [...]

By: Carbon Footprint of Spam: Hello, the Internet Uses Energy

Carbon Footprint of Spam: Hello, the Internet Uses Energy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:20:59 +0000

[...] search report, that’s their official figure). Always-on web services like our dearly-beloved Twitter suck up considerable energy, too. So, surprise! It takes energy to run the Internet. What these numbers don’t account for is [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:50:16 +0000

Maybe Citrix should focusing on making their core product not suck as bad as it does.

By: Eco-Beat, 4/15 | EcoSilly

Eco-Beat, 4/15 | EcoSilly — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:01:33 +0000

[...] Twitter is an Energy Hog Uh, I don’t know how to break this to you … but web 2.0 is apparently a giant energy guzzler — especially mobile apps like Twitter. There, I said it. Now go tweet it. Or don’t. What do we do? [...]

By: Eco-Beat, 4/15 | FollowGreen.com

Eco-Beat, 4/15 | FollowGreen.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:40:57 +0000

[...] Twitter is an Energy HogUh, I don’t know how to break this to you … but web 2.0 is apparently a giant energy guzzler — especially mobile apps like Twitter. There, I said it. Now go tweet it. Or don’t. What do we do? [...]

By: rickrobinson

rickrobinson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:32:23 +0000

The trade-off between constant connectivity and resource usage has always been part of system design – as have various techniques for optimising the use and re-use of the available connections …

… but Twitter itself doesn’t use constant connections, or a dedicated connectoin per-user – it requires users to poll the service regularly through a standard HTTP connection (i.e. so Twitter’s servers heavily re-use their connections between users) – and indeed limits the number of times each user is able to poll. This strikes me as a pretty sensible compromise between delivering value and using resources … and not at all wasteful enough of resources to justify the Hummer analogy – for Twitter at least.

By: What to read on the GigaOM network

What to read on the GigaOM network — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:58:26 +0000

[...] 15, 2009 | 7:58 AM PT | 0 comments Apple reveals the top iPhone apps to date (TheAppleBlog) Twitter’s an energy guzzler (and other hard truths for Web 2.0 app addicts) (Earth2Tech) Good news for new media job seekers (NewTeeVee) Keep passwords in sync using RoboForm [...]