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Saturday, November 27, 2010
It's like haik
So as part of my new gig, I am forced to learn about this Twitter thing you kids are all doing. It's hard to run out of 140 characters in exactly the right pla
Twitter is source of some frustration to those enamored of sesquipedalianism and even approximately correct grammar. One soon finds 1self abbreving w/o oblig punc just 2 mk it fit.
Well, not having any professional obligations to such an end, I have, thus far, successfully avoided facebook. I can sympathise, but I don't think I can quite imagine.
Best o' luc
ReplyDeleteTwitter is source of some frustration to those enamored of sesquipedalianism and even approximately correct grammar. One soon finds 1self abbreving w/o oblig punc just 2 mk it fit.
ReplyDeleteImagine how I dread Facebook.
ReplyDeleteWell, not having any professional obligations to such an end, I have, thus far, successfully avoided facebook. I can sympathise, but I don't think I can quite imagine.
ReplyDeleteYou have to Twitter for Denny and Rich?
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteThis is the definitive proof of Twitter fail.
I'm not sure what the definitive proof of Facebook fail would be. Failbook?
Twitter? God help you! I can honestly profess complete ignorance on that little piece of technology!
ReplyDelete(burning electronic and computer engineering, information technology BS and Masters degrees in shame for the plague that has befallen you)
What is this twitface of which you speak?
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, I don't care who you are.
ReplyDeleteJim
I refuse to tweet without either a script doing most of the work or a clicky fullsize keyboard.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I had to learn the twitter when I was writing a script to turn tweets into spoken words.
RT = retweet, repeat someone else's tweet
FF = follow friday, where one person would note other twitter feeds that should be followed.
#wontfly should go into the text to speech engine as "hash tag won't fly"
I hope that's not too basic for you.
And that is why I pretty much ignore that webpage except to repost my weblog's headlines and links :).
ReplyDeleteRest easy. It pays.
ReplyDeleteThere are others older and less sophisticated. Enjoy!
Think Strunk - you will rule the venue.
Noooo! NOOOOO!!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's a stupid stupid stupid 8th Grade thing.
It's AOL for the noobs.
It pays nothing.
Also, your link is broken. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to run out ...
ReplyDeleteBut you make it look so easy!