boytellsall

I became obsessed with Twitter this week.  It’s this wierd window into people’s lives 140 characters at a time.

A page of Tweets reads something like this:

	springnet Check me out live on my Justin.tv channel! Go to http://www.justin.tv/austin… to watch right now! less than 20 seconds ago from web
	DougH I am mortified– just mispelled my own last name in a Webex log in half a minute ago from Snitter
	waynesutton Reading a blog post about me @ginnyskal doing a live stream that is way wrong link coming soon half a minute ago from twhirl
	davewiner If I ran a TV network I’d ban commercials for dentures dog and cat food and ED. And freecreditreport.com. less than a minute ago from web
	cspenn Relaxing after a busy day walking around. Went to CQ - now researching DC lobbyist firms. 1 minute ago from web
	cdevroe What are you waiting for? Friend me up on Pownce: http://pownce.com/cdevroe/ 1 minute ago from twitterrific
	WickedGood Anyone got recommendations for a good free (or almost free) Photoshop alternative for the Mac? I know about The Gimp, what else is there? 1 minute ago from web
	benfu feeling a slight breeze coming through the blinds as I work. this is blissful. I like it here. 2 minutes ago from web
	photoboy I was just called racist by my GRANDPA for supporting Hillary. WTF 2 minutes ago from twitterrific
	alexdc BarCampMiami can haz soft drinks! They’re in the back hall by the FOWA breakout rooms. Open the doors that say Alarm Will Sound, it’s ok 3 minutes ago from txt
	bsweichsel trying to finish this paper 4 minutes ago from web
	kellysue @droob Link to apartment therapy shoutout? 4 minutes ago from twitterrific in reply to droob
	chrisbrogan You’ve seen the new LinkedIN design, right? What do you think? http://tinyurl.com/2rocw6 5 minutes ago from web
	TDefren A note to the BU students who came in today: ya’ll were a good group. I hope @pamelump wasn’t kidding when she claimed you enjoyed the mtg! 7 minutes ago from web

Who are these people and why do I now know that EntropyWorks now has RuPaul stuck in his head and vodkarockstar is now boyfriendless?  And why should I care?

But the thing is I do care.  I want to know these people, who they are, what they do and why they Tweet about it.

Twitter is cool and so are the people who Tweet.

I just read Alvin Tan’s review of a new disposable sex toy called the Onacup. He enjoyed the experience but panned the product on price and for environmental reasons.

I got this link from Pulp 2.0:

Issuu (pronounced “Issue”) is a new website where you can convert your PDF document into an interactive online magazine. You upload your document for free and create a magazine that is page-turning, embeddable and in looking at some of this stuff — really cool.

Here’s a comic made on Issuu. It makes me wish I could draw….

http://issuu.com/viewer?mode=embed&documentId=080210030654-5dc71e309bc14866b1a7b726e45307d2&layout=wood