Twitter

 Musings (with quotes and links) about the Twitterers from the Gray Lady, three years in… 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 […]

Let’s all sing like the birdies sing

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 .

Poisson d’avril! [Guardian]

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, […]

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