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On-topic article reference about Twitter

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:35 pm
by MarleysGh0st
Some folks have been discussing Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.

Here's a Personal Tech article about Twitter:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/techn ... rsonaltech
Then one day, I saw Twitter in action.

I was serving on a grant proposal committee, and I watched as a fellow judge asked his Twitter followers if a certain project had been tried before. In 15 seconds, his followers replied with Web links to the information he needed. No e-mail message, phone call or Web site could have achieved the same effect. (It’s only a matter of time before some “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” contestant uses Twitter as one of his lifelines.)
I think the reporter isn't familiar with effect of the PAF time limit when trying to work with large PAF teams! :wink:

But some of the other observations about the twitter community sound familiar. :mrgreen:

Re: On-topic article reference about Twitter

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:53 pm
by Ritterskoop
My newspaper staff twittered (or tweeted, is an acceptable AP reference, we just learned), from the night Panthers' game a month ago. It was hugely received.

Re: On-topic article reference about Twitter

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:18 pm
by andrewjackson
I joined Twitter yesterday. We set it up for Texian Army news.

It is now officially uncool.

Re: On-topic article reference about Twitter

Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:23 pm
by sunflower
I can't join it. I don't even want to know how it works! I have enough trouble keeping up with the Bored and Facebook! No more!!