Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Not to detract from Haiti relief, but I gotta talk about Twitter.

Let me level with you folks. I joined Twitter maybe a week ago and it's been rough going. That stuff is great for making fun of celebrities and being the "first" to know about viral videos, but as far as real-people go, it's horrible. Probably because none (1% ?) of the real people in my life are on it, so it's nowhere near as compelling/entertaining/wtf-ing as facebook. So this is me saying: are you on Twitter? Should I even bother?

The reason I think I should bother is because it's a big deal in my department. Twitter this, crowdsourcing that...honestly people, I think it's here to stay. If not in this version, then the next, but it's coming for us. If you're a heretofore anonymous reader and you follow me, I won't reveal your identity. And it won't be weird! Twitter isn't weird, right?!???

So what do you say? Surf into the future on the Twitter wave with me?

5 comments:

Susan said...

"jump the shark" means a show is past its prime. ex: the office jumped the shark when pam and jim got together. ex 2: american idol jumped the shark when paula left. it comes from an episode of happy days where fonzie literally jumped the shark on his motorcycle as part of a bet.

Winnie said...

ohhhhhhh! i was seeing all this stuff about Apple having jumped the shark with the ipad. i guess that means the ipad isn't that cool after all?

Susan said...

basically. apple's past it's prime it seems with the ipad. the name alone! yikes.

Winnie said...

UPDATE: i have one more follower now! his name is Thomas Konneker, longtime JOP contributor and roommate of yours truly! keep 'em coming!

mcgregor said...

I've read twitter maybe 3 times in my life, but this must be the funniest account: http://twitter.com/big_ben_clock