Wednesday, August 24, 2011

If you want breaking news you need to check twitter... .

Sitting in my office I felt a little dizzy. The room seemed to be shaking a bit.

I didn't realize what it was until my clerk said "I bet it's an earthquake".

I checked Google News - nothing.

I checked the radio - nothing.

Then I said to myself 'try twitter' and there is was - instant second by second reports from all across North America.

If you really want breaking news you need to check twitter... .

2 comments:

David said...

Hey, J.M. my son will be pleased that his daily efforts are appreciated. He informs me that in Japan they use twitter to order a pizza or call a taxi and says that "we" will someday "catch up" to them in this respect. BTW he is a programmer w/twitter. : }}

Anonymous said...

Twitter, sooner or later will pass. In 2 or 3 years it'll only be old farts using it.

I can order a pizza many different ways.

Yes, you can get information fast but this is true with the internet in general. It is not unique to Twitter.

I suppose if you are into the Kardashians then Twitter is it.(Quite a wedding wasn't it?) You can Twitter the honeymoon info too.