Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Let’s all sing like the birdies sing

Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Space does not permit a full accounting.

Space does not permit a full accounting.

 And they still haven’t written about herebeforeoprah.com….yet…..

 
The me-me-me clamor brings to mind Emily Dickinson’s poem about the disgrace of fame, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”: “How public — like a Frog — / To tell one’s name — the livelong June — / To an admiring Bog!”

via The Medium – Let Them Eat Tweets – Why Twitter Is a Trap – NYTimes.com.


 As Robert Frost observed in a different context, isn’t parodying Twitter without obeying its frustrating character limit like playing tennis without the net?

via The Parody Tweets That Went On Too Long – NYTimes.com.


COMPANY Pizza Hut Inc.

JOB TITLE Summer Twintern

JOB TITLE, TRANSLATED A summer intern who uses Twitter.

JOB CATEGORY Hot pizza/social media

SALARY Competitive (with other Twitterers).

via Tweeting Becomes a Summer Job Option – NYTimes.com.


“Twitter proves innovation is alive and well in Silicon Valley,” [Google's Eric] Schmidt said in a conference call with investors.

via Google Chief Chats Up Twitter – DealBook Blog – NYTimes.com.

Poisson d’avril! [Guardian]

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Some of my Twitterfied friends took this literally, not noticing that when it showed up online here in the U.S., it was already April 1 across the pond.  Anyway, the tone is just right.

Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink | Media | The Guardian .

Why deliberate, or talk, when you can tweet? [NYT]

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

The assumptions and conventions of today are grinding against those of the day before yesterday. All that’s needed now is somehow to tie in the AIG bonuses…..

  • The use of BlackBerrys and iPhones by jurors gathering and sending out information about cases is wreaking havoc on trials around the country, upending deliberations and infuriating judges. … [J]urors might think they were helping, not hurting, by digging deeper. But the rules of evidence, developed over hundreds of years of jurisprudence, are there to ensure that the facts that go before a jury have been subjected to scrutiny and challenge from both sides. 

via As Jurors Turn to Web, Mistrials Are Popping Up – NYTimes.com.

  • Twitter entered the lexicon two years ago here when it was the darling of the South by Southwest conference, and it is now the event’s dominant platform, seeming to overtake actual conversation. Why talk when you can tweet?

How to Twitter [WSJ]

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Lets all tweet like the tweeters tweet. (WSJ)

Let's all tweet like the tweeters tweet. (WSJ)

It’s not about chatting with your friends — it’s about promoting yourself.

via How to Twitter – WSJ.com.

Twitter: What is it good for? [Scientific American]

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Many Twitter users embrace the technology as a way of feeling “ambient intimacy.”

via Twitter: What is it good for?: Scientific American Blog.