Twitter (random thought)

[RM]

I don't understand the usefulness of this technology, but it seems to be gaining in popularity. So, I was thinking.......

If we expose some younger folks to "Summertime Dream", and when it gets to the line "Birds in all creation will be twittering in the trees", we could point out that Lightfoot was ahead of his time.

[Patti]

That might be ok, but I'm not sure if us older folks should encourage the younger folks to be climbing trees.

[jj]

I don't understand the usefulness of this technology

that makes two of us...I thought I might investigate after hearing an interview where it was being highly touted (by John Roberts, news guy) but that hasn't happened

I think you're claim would be reinforced, if Gord had titled that spotted briefs/boxers tune as Wild Blackberrys instead

..."people always ask why the world is on the run"

rm, the women can have your body...i want your mind

[Patti]

Sadly, wild strawberries don't seem to be as plentiful as they used to be.

[charlene]

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So, I was thinking.......
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oh dear....

[RM]

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So, I was thinking.......
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oh dear....

Ma'am,

That's not funny.

So anyway.......I found this blurb about Twitter:

What is the Purpose of Twitter?

“With Twitter, you can stay hyper-connected to your friends and always know what they’re doing. Or, you can stop following them at any time. You can even set up quiet times on Twitter so you’re not interrupted. Twitter puts you in control and becomes a modern antidote to information overload,” the Twitter website touts.----

Hyper-connected to my friends ? I think I'll pass.

[charlene]

I don't have 'hyper' in my vocabulary. For any purpose.
I'll pass too.
I don't even have a cell phone.

[BILLW]

Sadly, wild strawberries don't seem to be as plentiful as they used to be.

When you get a chance visit us here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (aka the DelMarVa Peninsula) there are wild strawberries everywhere. Many are naturalized strains from the many "pick your own" farms that have been seeded by birds and other criiters. And some are just the plain "wild" variety. I even have a patch or two in my yard.

Bill :)

[Patti]

When you get a chance visit us here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (aka the DelMarVa Peninsula) there are wild strawberries everywhere. Many are naturalized strains from the many "pick your own" farms that have been seeded by birds and other criiters. And some are just the plain "wild" variety. I even have a patch or two in my yard.

Bill :)

That sounds good, Bill. :)

[joveski]

i'm 31 and still dont know what twitter is (even though everyone's talking about it!)

[RM]

i'm 31 and still dont know what twitter is (even though everyone's talking about it!)

I'm shocked to hear that.

Here's what I envision a twitter exchange would be :

Tweet : "what are you doing"
Reply to Tweet : "tieing my shoes"
Tweet : " r u going somewhere"
Reply to Tweet : "the grocery store"
Tweet : "kewl what are u gonna buy"
Reply to Tweet :"i have a list"
Tweet : "what's on the list"
Reply to Tweet : "food"
Tweet : "kewl"

[joveski]

ah, so its another version of internet chat?

[RM]

ah, so its another version of internet chat?

That's my impression. Maybe somebody in here knows more about it.

[charlene]

you can't spell twitter without 'teit'..
it's a way for followers (those who subscribe to your twitter) to read all about the inanity and insanity of your life in short little bursts of info-only 140 characters. And you can do likewise. it's not really a forum for chat. just info.
The Mayor of Toronto is addicted. good gawd.
Sports stars are twits too:
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1430958

[RM]

And you can do likewise. it's not really a forum for chat. just info.


That's probably closer to the truth.......but you can 'tweet' a message to a specific member in you're "circle of friends". Or, you can twitter to the entire group at once.

Here's a twitter on Lightfoot :

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=gordon+lightfoot

[Shutup and Deal, I'm Losin']

I don't understand the usefulness of this technology, but it seems to be gaining in popularity. So, I was thinking.......

If we expose some younger folks to "Summertime Dream", and when it gets to the line "Birds in all creation will be twittering in the trees", we could point out that Lightfoot was ahead of his time.

You don't want to encourage them too much. You know how those darn young people are...








;)

[charlene]

Here's a twitter on Lightfoot :

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=gordon+lightfoot

my goodness...

[jj]

this helped me catch the drift....

YouTube - Twouble with Twitters



i can't even deal with chatting...when i go into the office they expect us to login to MS Messenger ...i tired to participate initially but it's zaney and exhausting, to me anyhow... now i just ask at the end of the day, 'is there anything i was asked to day that someone else didn't already respond to?'

similarily, my new cellphone is decent, it has a battery that doesn't have to be depleted before recharging it (ie. no memory), it has GPS so i can continue to avoid asking for directions and it receives calls or takes messages even in rocky areas (which the last one couldn't)...but it also will ring if someone wants to send you a pic they have just taken and sent via their cellphone cam...it's crazy...today i thought there was something urgent and i answered during a busy session...up came text saying "wadda u think of these shoes?" ...then a pic came up showing the fresh shoe pic...then it rang again and up came "how about this pair?"...then i turned off my cellphone...or i thought i did...but it rang again...then i took out the battery

[charlene]

did you like the shoes?
;)

[jj]

sure, i eventually replied (sitting in rush hour), "get which ever one best protects your feet from the ground"

i now feel like i am "with it"...that was my 3rd text message reply sent in 2 months ...today, texting... tomorrow, the twittersphere

[charlene]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090326.wltwitter26/BNStory/lifeMain/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp

[RM]

Tweet : cant find my keys
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I cannot believe anyone over the age of 12 would be interested in twittering. Maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.

[charlene]

join the club..I'm a charter member. I'll be your sponsor.
;)

[RM]

Tweet : found 'em
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Ma'am,

I'll stop now.

[Peter Bro10]

Is this what they meant in the movie Bambi, by "twitterpated"
Funny, I thought they meant something else!

[jj]

Is this what they meant in the movie Bambi, by "twitterpated"

'aroused'? if so, no wonder it's getting as catchy as internet porn


note: at the film theatre last night, the teen gal to the front left of me was glued to her bright and irritating blackberry and had both thumbs keying in stuff occasionally (and frantically)...i imagine she was twittering...i was going to protest but it looked like the usher standing to the side was doing the same thing...i'm glad someone limited the tweeting to 140 characters or she may have never taken a break at all

[RM]

Rather disturbing article, with a mention of twitter :

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/us/18juries.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&hp

[jj]

are not jurors locked up so they don't have access to this stuff?

i read this article from the waiting room paper while twiddling (not twittling!) my thumbs while my vehicle was in sick bay today...I didn't get a lot out of it other than if i lose my wallet i will regret not being a my spaceman, facebookie or twitterer...however, i am a youtubester with no regreats and have reaped many rewards

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/connie_woodcock/2009/03/30/8934621-sun.html

[charlene]

I guess judges will have to be much more specific about what jurors can read/research and twitter about..

[charlene]

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/03/take-that-twitter-i-mean-tk-tht-twttr/?om_rid=Ay52QE&utm_source=_BJ1lI5B7gXcK$R&utm_content=ml14&utm_medium=email

Scott Feschuk - Macleans Magazine:

Take that, Twitter (I mean, Tk tht Twttr)
I registered on Twitter a while back, and even wrote a couple tweets, but like many people I’ve found it difficult to adapt to the site’s limit of 140 characters per entry. Simply put, that’s way too many characters.

Just like the hip kids today, I harbor a pathological urge to use the chrome-shiny faddishness of social messaging to inform others of my every thought, observation and activity – even when such musings, were they to be uttered verbally, would prompt everyone within a 20-foot radius to contract an acute case of who-the-f%!#-caresosis.

But typing 22 to 24 words? Dude, who’s got the time?

That’s why I’m introducing my new messaging utility, Bwh.

Bwh allows you to keep in touch with friends, update colleagues and perpetuate the illusion that your daily tedium has subtle undertones of meaning. But it does so while keeping postings to a more reasonable number of characters: nine.

Also, no vowels.

Did you totally sleep in? Let the world know you totally slept in. Just log on to Bwh and type: “Ttl slptn” Future generations will cherish your insight into the human condition.

Did you come across something really boring on the Internet? Warn everyone with Bwh: “www=zzzzz”

Did seeing a dog in a pet store window make you sad? Don’t keep that kind of emotional gold to yourself. Bwh it! “dg = frwn”

Bwh is the future of social messaging, web-savvy interactions and desperate cries for attention. Start Bwhing now before starting to Bwh makes you seem helplessly trendy.

[RM]

pst = hlrs

[charlene]

I have found that I need vowels .. spin that wheel !
lol

deciphering that gave me a hdch..

[jj]

i think no consonants would be far more interesting (and lead to exciting misunderstandings from the potential ambiguity)

o=iaiou

[charlene]

Name that tune JJ - Old MacDonald Had A Farm?? - ei-ei-o ??
;)

[johnfowles]

OI have at times amused Susan not with twitterings but some schoolboy acronyms
I guess everybody knows what SWALK means
but how's aboot
CAPSTAN or BURMA??

[jj]

lol, and sometimes y...

[charlene]

o=iaiou

? = hilarious

I don't think JJ was doing the acronym thing.
Acronyms are a different subject altogether..

[jj]

oh yes, char... mine was just an attempt at the converse to 'pst = hlrs' .... in that case o = post .... just a guess


john, i only know EGBDF and FACE ...yours appears kinkier

[RM]

I deleted my post.....so do not think charlene and jj are talking to the wind.

[jj]

OI have at times amused Susan not with twitterings but some schoolboy acronyms

CAPSTAN


"MEDIC!!!!"


these letter/word games remind me of the old Definition gameshow that we were subjected to up here for 15 years...it was like Wheel of Fortune but interesting in that you had to give a letter away successfully to the opponent before picking one for yourself before solving the puzzle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj-5IF5hKPI&feature=related

(hey, that's not the original theme music...boo)

the announcer was Dave Devall who had that great voice in so many commercials and brought us our cold, wet and/or snowy weather since before I was born...now a Guinness record for longevity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxBajvP0qeE

he is retiring today, congrats to a true gentleman:clap::clap::clap:

[charlene]

I'm watching Dave now-years ago his wife used to cut my hair.
He's a class guy for sure.

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090402/090402_devall/20090402/?hub=CP24Entertainment

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090403.wxdevall03art2251/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080310/bio_dave_devall/20090220/?hub=TorontoWeather

[jj]

i forgot you only allow relatives of celebs to cut your hair

ever since i was wee, i tried to figure out how he wrote backwards

i still haven't got it quite write, heh heh...you always know it's truly OVER when you hear the bagpipers (after all, that's how they start each Leaf season, lol)

[charlene]

When I've heard the bagpipes over the last several years I always look for Glen Healey to be leading them..be it at the Leafs home opener or at a soiree like a retirement party..
lol

yeah - my hair is cut by only by those within 2 degrees of separation..maybe 3.
lol

[RM]

In order to have this Somali pirate boat of a thread complete it's final circle and then sink to the bottom of the Corfidian Sea.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihi8lmn7zM

[timetraveler]

What I like about Summertime Dream is how it encourages pure, innocent fun, and that a person can have one hell of a good time having fun without all sorts of things, just an ol' swimmin' hole & a tire swing. Nothing fancy.