NEWS: Twittering Your Life Away

GEEK: Twittering Your Life Away

I heard of Twitter.com for the first time today when I was reading the Sunday New York Times "Fashion and Style" section. Do you "twitter"? What the fuck am I talking about? I barely know. Here's what the paper said about Twitter:

So, how does this work exactly? According to the Twitter.com FAQ section:

Twitter.com is my worst nightmare. If you had dozens of friends who twittered, you could possibly receive hundreds of texts on your phone every day. I hate to sound like an old lady but seriously, what ever happened to sitting with your thoughts and feelings? What ever happened to not having to constantly tell everyone what you're doing? What about calling a friend and taking the risk of actually talking to another human being?

I am not a fan of text messaging. I text people as needed for what I consider business purposes. "I'm going to be late." "What's the address again?" "Are you there yet?" I can't stand texts that consist of the late-afternoon philosophies of my friend who just got high. I'd rather my friend call me so that I can say, "You should consider getting a job and every time you text me it costs me ten cents. Stop it."

Twitter.com has a simple "What, Why and How" explanation:

There's no way to read what people are twittering about without signing up, so I now have a Twitter account. What I won't do in the name of research. Most updates going on in Twitter-world are of the "I'm eating soup" variety. Rarely to never did I see anybody announcing that they were running late to their board meeting or hosting a really fabulous shindig. Here are some examples:

There's this 27-year-old guy, Nick Starr, who as of today will most likely be a Twitter celebrity because his mini-blogs were mentioned in the New York Times.

Don't worry you guys! Nick lived and four-hundred of his closest friends received his suicide note. Phew! Before you think networking on Twitter saved his life, think again. Nick apparently fell asleep in his car before he had the chance to jump off a bridge and must have woken up with a change of heart. (Thanks Clarence!)



I went straight to Nick Starr's account to see how life was for Nick post suicide attempt and just like Owen Wilson it seems like Nick is doing really great!

Here are some of Nick's most recent adventures:

Seems like he found God!

And celebrity!

Anyway, now that I'm a Twitter.com member I'm staring at the screen, tempted to fill in the blank right under the heading, "What are you doing?" I have no twitter friends and I'm not about to update the void that I just finished writing this article. I think I'll just go jump off of a bridge.

I read about this!
I think it would cause me to kill myself, I can't even stand it when people post bulletins on myspace...

people should find a fucking hobby!

I twitter and have been twittering for a while.
It's enjoyable way to distract myself from the mundane.
Don't Text though.

It is the mundane though!

Thousands of years from now our ancestors will find the lost cache of Twitter and wonder, in their own telepathic stream-of-consciousness, "who the fuck cares?"

wow that sounds worse then myspace

Uh, you don't have to have an account to read other people's accounts. And you don't have to get messages sent to your phone. I guess what you won't do in the name of research. is a little bit more research.

what better way to passs the time in everyone's dull life then to .....twitter? seriously wtf cant even HALF of us do something meaningful or productive from time to time instead of finding new ways to tell people who your crush is or letting people see what kind of ridiculous thoughts are on your mind sure i have a myspace account and cant stand stupid bulletins but at least i dont have to worry about getting a charge for them cause of all the childish little surveys that say your wish will come true and god messages i get

This need for attention is like a cultural disease. There may be five people in the entire history of mankind whose every waking moment was interesting enough to be recorded. This is nonsense.
Besides, twitter sounds like masturbation that someone took the fun out of.

This article was about as interesting to read as an "I'm eating chicken soup" twitter text.

I just read an article about some stupid website.
8:53am 5, Nov 2007 via direct post.

This article had nothing to do with masturbation...

I just read a really long blog about how stupid mini- blogging is. 7:54 am via direct post.

Do you use IM? Twitter is just a form of IM, except you decide who you're listening to (following), and it runs forever. You can ignore it when you want to and come back to it later. No one I know has tweets sent to their phone. Tweeting from your phone can be useful though.

If you don't find it useful, don't use it. Very simple. No need for panty wadding.

Btw, if you're on a Mac: Use Twitterific and Growl. And follow Gruber.

The internet has become nothing but a celebration of narcissism.

I thought this article was going to be about masturbation too. Nope, just asinine technology.

Yeah, next thing you know women are going to be flaunting their naked bodies on it for the world to see.

i suppose people do it for the same reason other people blog; like writing in a diary but for the more tech savvy sort. I've 221 blog posts on my myspace detailing my thoughts, concerns, emotions and life in general for the past 2 years; it's a sort of way for some people, like myself, to vent instead of dumping emotional baggage on to unconcerned friends. Twitter, much like Pownce, is just another UI to reach multiple friends/family at once instead of contacting them individually. IMO phones that show your cellphone contacts where you are in the city is much worse technology. I mean..what if they caught you in a naughty toy store or at someones house you're not supposed to be at!?

Could we maybe get more celebrity masturbation articles?

You're kidding me with this crap right?

Ha!

Awesome, I hadn't found this yet.

ZOMG I'm blogging on the freeway and just spilled my latte!
2:03pm 5, Nov 2007

The power of being connected 24/7. Wireless.

Interesting, though I guess the main focus of the article was the trivial, moronic use of Twitter rather than get the most of things, as you seem to be doing.