The Bloggess (an avid blogger and twitterer (tweeter?)) started a bit of a ruckus yesterday when she randomly wondered what would happen if she started a random 15-minute zombie apocalypse over twitter. Well, results are here. Such fun!
In any case, it made me wonder if maybe I was missing something by not being a twitter-ite (twit? twitterererer?). So. I signed up. My twitterific name is thinklikeajill. Wouldn't let me have any more characters than that. Also, I have no followers.
For any readers who live in a cave somewhere, I should explain that Twitter is a social networking program that allows you to post 140-character updates around the clock. Anyone who wants to regularly read your updates would be a "follower". Twitter came to be in 2006. It was the result of a brainstorm session (isn't everything?) of Odeo company and was initially called "Status" and then "Twitch" before they settled on "Twitter" (seriously--they used a thesaurus).
I'll keep you updated on how this little social experiment goes.
Above: The Twitter FailWhale. This image comes up on your screen whenever Twitter's servers are so overwhelmed with tweets, they just can't take it any more.
12 comments:
I would LOVE to make that whale my new FB profile pic. Would that be a copyright issue?
wv: nemons, as in snomen spelled backwards
OMG: I have a follower! The bloggess herself! : )
WV: Cleme, as in, I love me some clispy cleme doughnuts!
mmmm...clispy cleme....
Now you have two followers :)
Scryla: The goddess of scrying magic.
PS, Troy: I loved that whale the moment I saw it. Even though it was telling me I couldn't use Twitter at the moment, which I had only just signed up for.
I don't have a comment at all, but simply could not pass up this word verification:
bitsh. No definition needed.
Ah... I want a fail whale. :) But I'm confused... are the birds taking him away from his beloved ocean? Or are they carrying him because he no longer has the capacity to swim?
Troy - when are you moving over there?!
There? I meant 'here.' Oops.
My verification word today is 'gonsub.' :) It's when you eat a long sandwich very quickly.
Cait--sorry to disappoint, but I don't think we'll be moving to Spokane for awhile. I'm hoping for a job in Alaska for at least a couple years, then it's a little uncertain after that. If Alaska doesn't work out, Colville is still a possibility. Cross your fingers for Alaska, please!
wv: bolta--"According to Wikipedia, the odds of being struck by a bolta lightning in the US in any given year is 1:700,000."
Unless you've been struck by lighting already. Then you are more likely to get struck by lightning again... Which is pretty freaky when you think about it.
You should change the title of this blog to "The Longer I Blog, the Lazier I Get..." OUCH!
Sorry, but I also have to post this wv:
"cablyce," the reason I don't take taxis.
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