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KSK envisions a very special Tweeting lesson for Sports Illustrated's Peter King, who mentioned in this week's column that "Rumor has it I’m going to be taught how by my SI.com people this week…":Instructor: So Peter, the way you tweet is by typing something into this boxHonestly ... assuming you bother going to the Twitter site, how could someone need a lesson in Tweeting? And how many lessons do you think he'll need? Do you think SI has AP Tweeting classes?
and then pushing the UPDATE button.King: This box?
Instructor: No Peter, that’s the address bar of your browser. The white box in the middle of the screen.
King: It’s asking me, “What are you doing?”. What does that mean?
Instructor: It means, what are you doing?
King: Well, currently I’m enjoying a peppermint mocha from Peet’s. PEET’S, FABULOUS JOB MAKING SURE YOUR PEPPERMINT MOCHAS HAVE JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MINTINESS. Should I write that?
Instructor: I guess. You just have to keep it to 140 characters.
King: What characters? You mean, like Don “Donnie Brasco” Banks?
Instructor: No, I mean 140 letters.
King: But what if I want to go on longer? For example, last week Frank Ames took me to Normandie Farms. Now, I don’t know what they put in their popovers, but you absolutely have to try them. With just a schmear of strawberry butter, they are truly something special. Only gripe? The coffee tasted like it came of out the kidneys of a dehydrated old man. NORMANDIE FARMS, YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO PACK AN ESPRESSO POD… Will I be able to do this “tweeting” while I drive?
Instructor: (kills self)
4 comments:
Last month I was in Twitter overdrive - updating everyday all throughout the day. This month meh not so much.
I had a Twitter account for about a month before I actually started using it. Now ask me if I understand all the hoopla. Nope...I do not. :-)
Yeah, Bougie. I'm just sort of blah about it. I dunno what that's about.
I mean, I really don't see where it's all that different from a FB status update.
I might feel differently, though, if I actually gave it a chance. For a long time, I thought blogging was stupid too.
Hmm...I had a Twitter for about a year before I started using it heavily this year. I don't go more than a day without tweeting now. Once I found people to follow, particularly coworkers and friends from school, it became more fun. Plus, there's the ever-entertaining Questlove and Erykah Badu (who does these weird/brilliant stream-of-consciousness tweets).
I actually like FB more now that the status updates are like Twitter.
What's your Twitter handle? I'm @shani_o
Hey, Shani. I'm blackink12. Let's find each other in the Twittersphere.
And you're probably right. I need to give it a chance. I think, some of the problem was that I couldn't find that many of my friends on there so I just sort of gave it up.
But if Erykah's on there, sounds like I need to get familiar.
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