November 13th, 2008

twitter is –

Posted by Michael Calienes in social media
  1.  an introduction
  2.  a preface
  3.  a prelude
  4.  an appendix
  5.  a footnote
  6.  a musical note
  7.  an orchestra
  8.  a movement
  9.  a score
  10.  a symphony
  11.  a microcosm
  12.  a macrocosm
  13.  a wake up call
  14.  a coffee shop
  15.  the breakfast of champions 2.0
  16.  a temple
  17.  an altar
  18.  a polium
  19.  a pendulum
  20.  a newsroom
  21.  a playroom
  22.  a lunch room
  23.  recess
  24.  business school
  25.  a conference room
  26.  an easel for your thoughts
  27.  a rock
  28.  a slingshot
  29.  a bullet
  30.  a rifle
  31.  a shotgun
  32.  a machine gun
  33.  a nuclear bomb
  34.  a supernova
  35.  a black hole
  36.  the big bang
  37.  evolution
  38.  revolution
  39.  pen and paper
  40.  a book
  41.  a volume
  42.  a collection
  43.  a genre
  44.  a library
  45.  a group
  46.  a neighborhood
  47.  a community
  48.  a town
  49.  a city
  50.  a country
  51.  a world
  52.  yesterday
  53.  today
  54.  tomorrow (I hope)
  55.  my village,
  56.  and yours.

I could go on.

“What is twitter,” people ask? Well, it’s both complicated and simple: twitter is twitter.

Drop off your own endings to “twitter is _____ ” and see where it leads.

This entry inspired by the posts Twitter is My Village and Twitter Makes Us More ______ by Pistachio Consulting’s Laura Fitton (aka @pistachio).

Hope you’re well, and thanks for stopping in.

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  1. Kirsten Wright said,
    on November 13th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    Twitter is power and passion

  2. Eric Miltsch said,
    on November 13th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    This post:

    1. Is awesome
    2. Thought provoking
    3. Could on & on…

    Nice job!

  3. leanne said,
    on November 13th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    twitter is much appreciated false intimacy

  4. Adrian said,
    on November 14th, 2008 at 8:07 am

    the door and the window

  5. Roger said,
    on November 14th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    Excellent compilation. To my mind, what comes out of this, is that Twitter means something different to each person that uses it. We all have our own reasons to use it, and there is some overlap in those reasons, and some uniqueness too. Taking a larger perspective, we see that it reflects humanity (or at least that portion of humanity that uses Twitter!) and as such represents a collective consciousness, or hive mind (if you are a Trekkie!). I have blogged on this aspect of Twitter, terming it panconsciousness, and believe it to be a psychosocial phenomenon the meaning of which we have barely an inkling.

  6. Katie said,
    on November 14th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    an invisible friend.

  7. Juliann Grant said,
    on November 14th, 2008 at 10:01 pm

    is free entertainment…:-)

    just had a very funny day on Twitter…ROFL a good part of the day.

    Have a great weekend!

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