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A blog post about Twitter- tweeted on Twitter by my blog
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 4:23AM
Technology these days.
I have now immersed myself even further into the social networking world (as if a blog and Facebook wasn't deep enough), by embracing the social media that could easily be known by members in my family as "the one to do with birds"!
I have become a tweeter.
For a long time, I was a doubter. For an even longer time, I wondered what kind of use anyone would even have for Twitter. I thought it was a pointless spin off of Facebook, just another website for me to tell people who I am "kind of" friends with that I was currently "feeling tired" or "eating a sandwich". After all, who wouldn't want to know my day-to-day routine? I know everyone out there wants to know when I am going to the bathroom!
Anyway, tweets and twitter grew and grew, and I finally decided to reinvestigate. Nicole talked about how great it was. Amazon regularly sent me emails about its daily deals on twitter. Everywhere I looked, a little blue T could be seen next to the blue F.
So I dived in. And I have been very impressed. Obviously, you choose who to follow. So I focused on news outlets, music sources and information centres which interest me. Now, when I log on, I get instant updates from hundreds of different sights. Take the news for example: every time something new happens, I get a tweet about it, whether it be via the BBC, the NYTimes, the Huffington Post, Fox news, or something more local to Madison. Each tweet contains a link to the full article, so I can click on the stories I am interested in, without having to browse through multiple websites.
It's simplicity- or perhaps indicatively of our society- laziness. Everything there, at my fingertips, in once place.
But it's incredible, as in a just a minute I can scroll through tens and tens of stories, and really get a feel for what is going on. It's good for the brain.
Of course, it's also very distracting, as I end up browsing various few music sites and blogs, courtesy of Twitter links.
And I suppose if you are so inclined, you can use it to keep up with the gossip. After all, who doesn't like to vent their feelings from time to time!
With the wonders of technology, I can even post this blog piece straight to my Twitter and Facebook, via a link created between the three. Check either FB or Twitter, and you will be directed here, to read my prose!
In 2011, there really is no excuse for not being connected.
I have now immersed myself even further into the social networking world (as if a blog and Facebook wasn't deep enough), by embracing the social media that could easily be known by members in my family as "the one to do with birds"!
I have become a tweeter.
For a long time, I was a doubter. For an even longer time, I wondered what kind of use anyone would even have for Twitter. I thought it was a pointless spin off of Facebook, just another website for me to tell people who I am "kind of" friends with that I was currently "feeling tired" or "eating a sandwich". After all, who wouldn't want to know my day-to-day routine? I know everyone out there wants to know when I am going to the bathroom!
Anyway, tweets and twitter grew and grew, and I finally decided to reinvestigate. Nicole talked about how great it was. Amazon regularly sent me emails about its daily deals on twitter. Everywhere I looked, a little blue T could be seen next to the blue F.
So I dived in. And I have been very impressed. Obviously, you choose who to follow. So I focused on news outlets, music sources and information centres which interest me. Now, when I log on, I get instant updates from hundreds of different sights. Take the news for example: every time something new happens, I get a tweet about it, whether it be via the BBC, the NYTimes, the Huffington Post, Fox news, or something more local to Madison. Each tweet contains a link to the full article, so I can click on the stories I am interested in, without having to browse through multiple websites.
It's simplicity- or perhaps indicatively of our society- laziness. Everything there, at my fingertips, in once place.
But it's incredible, as in a just a minute I can scroll through tens and tens of stories, and really get a feel for what is going on. It's good for the brain.
Of course, it's also very distracting, as I end up browsing various few music sites and blogs, courtesy of Twitter links.
And I suppose if you are so inclined, you can use it to keep up with the gossip. After all, who doesn't like to vent their feelings from time to time!
With the wonders of technology, I can even post this blog piece straight to my Twitter and Facebook, via a link created between the three. Check either FB or Twitter, and you will be directed here, to read my prose!
In 2011, there really is no excuse for not being connected.
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