I'm always looking for the most interesting people to follow on Twitter, and to get ready for Halloween I looked for some spooky people to follow on Twitter to get us all in the Halloween mood. Here are 13 of my favorites. If you are looking to get your Twitter feed ready for Halloween you … Continue reading 13 best Halloween people to follow on Twitter
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I know a lot of people who don't "get" Twitter. Fine. There are a lot of things that other people do that I don't "get" either, like running. However, whenever a breaking news event occurs I am incredibly grateful to have Twitter. The recent events in Ferguson, Missouri are a good example of this. Here … Continue reading #Ferguson shows the strength of Twitter as a news source
I'm working late while it is happening. Oblivious, I get on the train, take out my phone, and look at my Twitter feed. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. People are saying that TV news wasn't covering it. That seems horribly wrong but okay for me since I only have my phone. Refresh. Refresh. Refresh. There are pictures. Frightening images … Continue reading Refreshing isn’t always refreshing
Last year I posted a list of 40 interesting people to follow on Twitter. At the risk of offending many of my unlisted Twitter friends (who are incredibly interesting to me but possibly less so to the public in general), here are seven more interesting people to follow on Twitter. Well, technically six people to … Continue reading 7 interesting people to follow on Twitter
I saw a tweet from Roger Ebert this morning, which seemed odd since he died in April. This wasn't the first postmortem tweet I'd seen from Roger Ebert. His wife Chaz has been managing his account. Still, the name on the tweets is "Roger Ebert," which I find disconcerting. If a person becomes a social … Continue reading Digital afterlife: I see dead people (in my Twitter feed)