Let’s all sing like the birdies sing


Space does not permit a full accounting.

Space does not permit a full accounting.

 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 — / 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.


About Owen Youngman

Professor Emeritus of Journalism and formerly Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Formerly senior vice president/strategy and development and director of interactive media, Chicago Tribune.