Picture of the Day July 31, 2009
Going through a tunnel outside of Montreal as we were heading to Edelweiss two weeks ago.TWITTERToday's society is obsessed with the exploits of the self-indulgent meanderings and blogs of self important people who feel it is everyone's business to know what they are doing.
.....by the way, we are racing up at Granby and Drummondville this weekend, up in Canada, which means I can't give up-to-the-minute reports from the tracks.......I will post stuff when I get home...........
I'll pause a minute so you can stop snickering.
One website allow us to keep track of friends and family, another allows us to read the quick thoughts of total strangers or celebrities.
Facebook allows us to connect with classmates, old friends that we haven't seen in eons, family members, and community members.
We talk about how our day is going, what kind of music we are currently listening to, what we had for supper, how drunk we got the night before, etc., etc., etc.
Twitter, on the other hand, allows us to tap into the thoughts of news people, celebrities, and complete strangers. Twitter is great through the iPhone. I get complete updates from people I am following. With Facebook, on the iPhone I only get a few updates from friends and family. I do better with Facebook on the regular computer.
With Twitter, I get news headlines from WCAX and CNN. Sports headlines from ESPNNEWS. I follow Scott Kurtz, who does PvP, an onlne comic strip. Formula 1 driver Jensen Button is doing a triathalon this weekend. Eliza Dusku is talking about filming the new season of Dollhouse. Gerard Way, lead singer for My Chemical Romance, is talking about being in the studio working on songs.
I am more likely to post something on Facebook than I am Twitter. Basically, I would be posting the same thing twice.
In either case, you are getting instant information on people, places. and things. Today's technology continues to amaze me. No telling what we be doing 5-10 years from now.
I almost forgot, we also have a couple of websites that you can check up-to-minute happenings in town. Or their thoughts on everyday happenings.
