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Thu. May 17, 2007

OMG 1'M ON TW1TTER!

I don’t exactly know why (yet), but I finally succumbed to the Twittering masses. Because I simply don’t have enough time-sucking vortexes, I suppose, as you can tell by the vast number of posts on this site recently.

I can be found at twitter.com/reidstott (apparently you only get to use “photodude” as a username if you’re an early adopter). I expect to offer nothing … but oddities, random thoughts, and other non-constructive offerings. But mostly nothing. I currently have no followers, and I have one friend: Stephen Colbert, who has somehow managed to make his Twitter page look like a MySpace monstrosity.

But their search function is gone, and it’s hard to track down people that I know are on there. If you have an account, leave a comment and let me know. Or if, like me, you’re still slightly embarrassed that you have an account, email me, and it will be our secret. I want to help make the Twitter experience as useless as possible for as wide a circle of people as I can manage.

Thank you for your support.

Posted 1:43PM, Thu, May 17 2007 in · · 6 Comments below


Peanut Gallery

1  John wrote:

Not sure why we’re doing this… Are we curmudgeons yet?

Comment by John · 05/17/07 02:24 PM
2  Reid wrote:

Yet? I think the fact we’re both wondering “not sure why I’m messing with this trendy thang” pretty much confirms the fact we are.

Perhaps I should just speak for myself. I suspect it is my curmudgeonly and/or sarcastic nature that will come out best in a 140 characters or less medium.

Comment by Reid · 05/17/07 02:33 PM
3  Paul wrote:

Paplikaplik-Twitter

I last logged into the thing two months ago. I have no idea what it’s utility is or why there’s a fascination with it.

Comment by Paul · 05/17/07 02:45 PM
4  Reid wrote:

Utility? None I can see. Except as a way for me to insert a short snarky comment like this as a special bubble within the site redesign I’m working on now.

I’m always looking for new ways to inflict my snark on others.

Comment by Reid · 05/17/07 02:53 PM
5  Jim wrote:

I don’t get it. But I’m older than most.

I’m going to consult my 16-year-old daughter.

Comment by Jim · 05/19/07 05:48 PM
6  Lady Niniane wrote:

I’m going to consult my 16-year-old daughter.

Why not? My soon-to-be-graduated-from-HS daughter manages my Facebook and MySpace pages, which exist solely so that I can connect with my performing group’s pages. And I would imagine that I will end up letting her keep track of my Twitter page as well.

About the only ones I maintain on my own are the ones on LiveJournal and Blogspot.

Comment by Lady Niniane · 05/20/07 05:31 PM
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