As I anxiously await my own iPad, I can only sit and search the web on my trusty 3 year-old Macbook looking for clues, hints, artist's renderings and rumors about all things Apple. And today on Twitter I came across a new little batch of information that was tweeted by @joshuatopolsky- (http://engt.co/gomDCf), who basically did my evening's work for me. Now eventually I would have found it, but searching for news on Twitter is so much easier. Why attempt to break news when everyone does it for me? I love a quest, but with so many people looking for information and attempting to scoop each other, I find it rather relaxing to sit back and just read the tweets. And I find myself reading the tweets more and more these days and for many things.
NEWS!- I love the fact that I can get up-to-the-minute headlines without some idiot anchor attempting to inflect feigned urgency. Now I am the idiot and I can inflect whatever I want, with whatever intonation I choose...what's not to like? And I can follow actual anchors who sometimes scoop their own program with their tweets- Anderson Cooper (@ac360) is a good example, as is Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)- who uses Twitter to shamelessly promote his show...which he admits to. @cnnbrk (CNN Breaking News) is amazing in their swift updates and their ability to share news almost immediately, and @HuffingtonPost gives the news with a touch of irony, attitude and logic.
CELEBRITIES and WANNABEs!- Now you can get all of the news you never needed or cared about directly from the thumbs of your favorite celebs. Never have I seen such an outpouring of absolutely useless information- and I LOVE IT! I WANT to know about @iamdiddy's random thoughts and shameless self promotion. I enjoy reading @unclerush's positive quotes and affirmations, straight from the mouth of @ralphmarston- the most positive voice on Twitter. I LOVE @kanyewest's Tweet-Meltdowns, @Questlove's work ethic (dude never stops), and @theEllenShow's YouTube finds. Perhaps my favorite celebritweeter is @ConanOBrien who tweets whatever happens to be on his mind at the time...usually funny stuff- and his Twitter following is directly responsible for him getting his show on TBS- one of the best shows on TV.
TECHNOLOGY!- There are soooooo many TechnoTweeters out there all on the search for that next "iPhone that is accidentally left in a bar by an Apple staffer" around every corner. There is no shortage of information out there about anything techno-based. @TechCrunch is a great follow- they share all kinds of news about all things technology and are usually scoopers... @Applenewsjunkie (http://goo.gl/fb/LpcFQ) is obviously Apple-centric and focuses on iPad and iPhone rumors and all other things Apple- they like numbers and facts. @Mactrast is another Apple-focused Breaking News site, who have just decided to attempt to become THE premiere Apple Scoop Source. They too are becoming news makers by creating a blog of Apple op-ed pieces and reviews. I responded to a tweet for a job as a blogger from them...(I wasn't hired). Showing yet again the myriad of uses for Twitter.
Twitter is facebook without all of the friends you forgot about after high school. It allows you to get the "news" you care about and respond to it directly. It's as if your television set had a camera on you for the 5 o' clock news, and at the end asked, "Would you like to add anything?" Your news, your way from exactly the sources you choose and you can be a part of it. You can be a smart-ass, a dumb-ass or just yourself and ask those burning questions you've always wanted to know from @Sn00ki.
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