The first one shouldn't count. Blissful happiness is redundant and doesn't make sense. Additionally, where is the question? I see the question mark, but the tweet is a declaration. Well, I guess if we're considering it "Extraordinary" because it makes no sense, I guess I could get behind it.
Sheeda
· 8 months ago
the kicking my stomach takes the cake! Nice post
amymengel
· 8 months ago
I'd have to add the TwitPic of the US Airways flight in the Hudson, tied in with #6 - not only did he break the story but he had a striking image to go with it.
theChampy
· 8 months ago
I work for the ABC affiliate in Tampa and we saw that picture on Twitter before anyone else had a picture, so we were able to use it for our breaking news story. It was great.
Monica Wright
· 8 months ago
I agree, the Twitpic tie in with the Hudson River landing is possibly what pushed Twitter over the edge as a "breaking news source" (film at 11 ... ).
Facebook User
· 8 months ago
The baby update, 'Arrested' and the earthquake one - they're the three that really demonstrate the diverse power of Twitter and its ilk.
Great article, Ben, thanks.
Beth Still
· 8 months ago
I have been using Twitter since June of last year. I am a social studies teacher who has built quite the learning network on Twitter. Last week I decided to test the power of this network to see how much power an average person like myself has. In a nutshell, I wanted to see if I could get my network to donate $1 to send teacher and edublogger, Richard Byrne, to the National Education Computing Conference. In just under a week we are over 1/3 of the way to our goal! Thanks to Twitter for making this possible. (keyword search "NECC Newbie for more info)
KJ
· 8 months ago
I was doing updates on our daughter's birth... Up until the point where my wife looked at me and said "put the iPhone away", while she was pushing...
Great article.. I also remember the day that Google had major issues.. Each result from Google brought back with it the result.. 'this site may harm your computer'....http://twitpic.com/19li0
Another great and breaking story that came out via Twitter
Mark
Gadget Sleuth
· 8 months ago
Engaged with Twitter...sorta neat and sorta sad rolled up in one.
Darren
· 8 months ago
Great post Ben, thanks!
It shows us how much power has been bestowed upon each individual by having such a powerful medium at our fingertips. I'm sure we haven't seen the half of its awesome potential yet!
Darren
carokann
· 8 months ago
I lliked this one: Hanging from a harness in front of a greenscreen today. Uncomfortable. Very glad I don't have man-parts. Lots of squishing going on.
9:12 PM Mar 23rd from Tweetie feliciaday Felicia Day
swag
· 8 months ago
Just when I thought there was nothing more pathetically unromantic than the marriage proposal on the stadium Jumbotron, along comes Twitter.
Worse, along comes some lunkhead who uses it...
Kal
· 6 months ago
What's unromantic and pathetic for you is romantic and magnificent for someone else.
Emiel Sondag
· 8 months ago
Fun article! But i was hoping to see @dlprager's tweeting and video casting when he had a stranger in his house and documenting everything, gaining strenght from the replies to deal with the stranger while tweeting about the guy in his house.
Loved reading this. It's amazing to see, through these 10 tweets, the reach Twitter has. And, it makes me feel less guilty for having such a dependency on it. Thanks!
Chris
· 8 months ago
Ghey.
What's next? The 10 Most Extraordinary Phone Calls? Blog postings? Letters to the editor? Twitter is instant messaging via the Internet - a communication mechanism (mmm, that's all folks!) that seems to appeal most to those who crave attention. Just sayin. 99% of Tweets are monotonous blather if my few weeks using Twitter is any indication.
Jennifer Kelton
· 8 months ago
Great article!
marj aka thriver
· 8 months ago
Thanks for including worthy cause updates to your list! We can change the world!
Caitlin
· 8 months ago
During my first week on Twitter, I got hired for a photo gig. I've loved Twitter ever since.
How about the twitter revolution in Moldova? Google it, the events started just few days ago and i guess it's quite a relevant story about twitter's impact.
Anthony Farrior
· 8 months ago
We have an innate need to communicate no matter what. Twitter just helps what we say stay short and pure...
Tambry
· 8 months ago
Cool article. Figured I would have seen something about the surgeons who made national news for their live tweets from the operating room a few months ago, but this list does do a great job of showing the diverse ways Twitter is utilized.
gsempe
· 8 months ago
The "Arrested" one is so powerful. Strange feelings...
Heinz Rainer
· 8 months ago
twitter updates find themselves everywhere; post overflow on all sides. interesting too: @richardquest ; although the guy likes too many bagels with strawberryjam a la maman.....
Great post. Although, I am totally disheartened to learn that my baby wasn't the first to tweet from the womb! It's OK @tehbaby, daddy still thinks your special :)
chef_pete
· 8 months ago
Hows this for a different type of tweet!? it's for those who love to cook or even for those who just like to eat! The idea is based on simple and quick one liner recipes that can be shared across the globe in an ever green way!
Whats the inspiration? In this fast paced modern world we all live in who has time to prepare and cook healthy, fresh and delicious meals on a regular basis?
Three great past experiences of my life have led me to write and inspire others along the way. Firstly I used to do product development and marketing for an online 'convenience styled' gourmet food company called Leapingsalmon.com; where all meals were prepared in advance by Michelin Star establishments, the idea was superb, you would order your 3 course meal online and within 24 hours, no matter where you were in the UK, your food would be delivered in a very swanky 'coolerbag' - all ingredients were prepared up until the point of cooking, from there you would spend between 10 minutes and 30 minutes putting the final touches together to your own Michelin starred home meal!
The 2nd great experience was that I co-authored a book called 'The Man that Can', which was all in aid of Charity! This book was simply developed by men for men, to cook for their partners! A truly inspirational book, which has had some excellent write ups. The book can be seen on the Norwood website! http://www.norwood.org.uk/How-you-can-help/even...
And the 3rd most inspirational moment to this whole idea was that I spent many years training to be a chef, having qualified from Westminster School of Catering and having worked as a chef for many years its is true to say that one thing I have learnt is that an amazing meal can be made without fuss and in minutes, and you don't need to be a chef to do it!
To make this happen I've created what I call 'Tasty One Liners' that are easy to follow quick kitchen delights.
Add your own, and get sharing! No Long recipes, easy ideas which puts ones mind to work, and really gets those juicy inspirational thoughts going! So get sharing and enjoy!
Theres a group on facebook called Tasty One Liners, and the twitter name to follow is 'chef_pete'
• Dnner:1 egg, 250grms mince, 2tsp flour, squirt ketchup, chpd onions, squirt worcester, 1tsp mustard mix & roll into balls simmer in tom sauce mmm..
• Lnch: 5mn lnch: Season couscous add dried sultanas, chopped chilli, mint, saffron, pour in boiling water 2cm above, cover leave & serve with fish
• Brkfst: Eezy Porridge add summer berries (frozen fine) whilst cooking. Just before you r about to serve add 1 egg white, stir until creamy.
• Dnner: grab a globe artichoke, clean and simmer in lemon salted water for 35min, cool. Mix balsamic, olive oil, brown sugar! dip leaves & serve!
• Lnch: Cod fillet, flour, egg, & breadcrumb cook at 195dgrs 20 minutes, serve with peeled par boiled, chip cut pots, bake those for 40mins. Tartare!!!
• Lnch: Slice a red pepper in half scoop out pips fill with mozarella, pine nuts, chopped basil and sun dried toms, bake for 45min @180dgrs serve with grilled mushrooms
• Brkfst: beat one egg ad 1/2 cup of milk 2tsp sugar, 1tsp cinnamon and a grating of nutmeg. steep one thick slice of brioche and fry till golden!
• Dnner: Flatten that fillet stir fry a few veg with a drop of mirin. Roll up & pan fry until done! Steam rice and add some caramelized onions. NJOY!
• Snck: Crackers I love this: Two triangles of Toblerone, break off the end of a baguette, hole it out, pop em in - squeeze hard and eat.
• Lnch: roughly chop up garlic, basil, and wild mushrooms quickly fry in butter drop of chilli oil & eat with bruschetta - srve with salad
• Snck:crush a granola bar add to bowl of plain yoghurt mix in with spoon of lavender honey and a bunch of fresh berries
• Brkfst: Peel a banana mash in a bowl add a sprinkle of sugar spread on wholegrain toast and grill for 1 1/2 minutes! nice with filter coffee
• Stuck for dinner? flour a couple of chopped chkn breasts, tspoon of sesamenut oil, squeeze of lime pan fry & serve with noodles!
• Tea: Crushed Gingerbiscuits soaked with lemon sugar, a squirt of cherry coulis and spoonful of sweet cream cheese - Oh dont forget the tea!
• Lnch: Two slices of Tuna wrapped around spring onion rice-rolls, topped with a dollop of wasabi and drizzle of soy. Kampai!
• brkfst:Toasted muffin layer of oaked smoked salmon & topped with oozing peppered poached egg -enjoy!
• Brkfst: 1 Egg, 100mls full cream milk, 100grms Flour mix to a batter, fry like crepe sprinkle with peanut brittle & add a blob of vanilla ice cream!
• Lnch: Rocket salad drizzled with olive oil and grilled Merguez sausage all in a sandwich, a little chilli sauce and you're away!
chef_pete
· 8 months ago
Hey if you are interested follow tasty one liner tweets through: chef_pete
NoCanDo
· 8 months ago
Marriage proposals via twitters...are fail!
Failmarriage is fail!
Kal
· 6 months ago
You are fail.
Dat To
· 7 months ago
Amazing list! Been on Twitter since Dec and it's been great meeting and sharing with people. Djs sharing music, business & marketing people sharing advice and networking with like-minded individuals regardless of geography in bite-sized headline-like sentences.
cipals15
· 8 months ago
Twitter is a powerful tool that should be used wisely.
Doug Caldwell
· 8 months ago
Will the Library of Congress or the Smithsonian Institution start collecting these gems?
ramiro marques
· 8 months ago
Amazing!
Tom McKay
· 8 months ago
Hope the guy that tweeted his marriage proposal was down on one knee at the time.
I always find lots of really valuable information on Twitter from all over the world. It is so much more open than Facebook. It really is a information highway.
Facebook User
· 8 months ago
news of #5 was what brought twitter to our attention!
takealeft
· 8 months ago
That status update from @jack is exactly the same as @biz, @ev and others first status update. when it used to be twttr.com Though crystals and a few others sent their first one from txts.
The reporting of Southwest Air's Captain Sullenberger's amazing "miracle on the Hudson" landing was first reported in Twitter, with two pictures uploaded as well- one by a nearby boa captain and one by a passenger. Both tweeted the incident from their perspectives. I believe it scooped all the local NYC news media.
valerie
· 8 months ago
Always wondered what the first twitter was.... And I want to thank you, @jack, for not saying "First!" in your first twitter post. :)
Chris Havrilla
· 8 months ago
Great post -- though definitely think the tweet by @stelzner that inspired the JobAngels movement should be on the list:
"Was thinking last night that if each of us helped just 1 person find a job, we could start making a dent in unemployment. You game?"
This Twitter stream has haunted me all week. I wandered into it Tuesday between 6:50 "She's still requiring massive amounts of oxygen and constant breathing treatments. Docs are still trying to figure out the problem," and 7:01 "They're going to intubate her, I'm freaking out." "Her" was the tweeter's 17 month old daughter, Maddie, and she passed away that evening. Since then, largely via Twitter, money is being raised, not just to defray burial costs but for the March of Dimes in #Maddie's honor. I don't know these people. I didn't even follow her on Twitter before that tweet, but it's been heavy on my heart and in my thoughts all week. http://twitter.com/mamaspohrhttp://tinyurl.com/cyahnq
Nina McGonegal
· 8 months ago
Learnig, learning, learning ~~~ tweeting on twitter, who would've thought? I'm lovin it, lovin it, lovin it :-)
Dr. Nili Marcia
· 8 months ago
This story was moving, fascinating, startling, surprising and interesting. Kinda like twitter, minus the marketing and spam. Loved it!
Cerentha
· 8 months ago
I missed that McCain interview...gonna track it down right now. Interesting idea to set such tight boundaries for an interview. I like it. I think. Need to read it first. Cerentha
Facebook User
· 8 months ago
I don't even know why I am on twitter ...just feel like trying...its something new ..Hello everyone :)
Tim Entwisle
· 8 months ago
In contrast to all the silliness of Twitter the Demi Moore story is very moving.
shannonkay
· 8 months ago
I got engaged over twitter in September 2007. And we streamed our wedding on ustream in September 2008.
it WAS an extraordinary story! after seeing the tweet @icywings contacted me @heykim and we coodinated an effort to find her. the story will be on INSIDE EDITION next week! please watch! thank you heykim
Twitter is like a breath of fresh air on the Social Media scene. I have been on it for just a few weeks now and I have met several interesting people. It is a platform to network with people you would like to meet in real life. Check me out!!
What I liked about the marriage proposal? was that it had a question mark at the end of it? even though it wasn't an actual question? Great tone for a marriage proposal.
But the reply should have had a LOL in it to continue the modern style.
Sophie Guellard
· 8 months ago
Random tweets; personal tweets; business tweets; breaking news tweets... The list goes on... But doesn't this just highlight why Twitter has such mass appeal?
Karl Foxley
· 8 months ago
A very interesting read. Also goes to show that Twitter can be used for so much more than what the general population of users are probably aware of (and that 'did' include me).
Thanks for sharing.
Karl
Russ
· 8 months ago
Good post - I enjoyed the list :-)
supercomo
· 8 months ago
Um follower postou a mensagem de um assalto na casa vizinha no momento em que ocorreu... três bandidos foram mortos.
Sonny Gill
· 8 months ago
I'd definitely have to put Cisco Fatty up there as well. Epic fail right there.
l_venterosa
· 8 months ago
l_venterosa thinks paula abdul sprinkles cruched OC's over her morning cheerios.Good for her!
DoMaBa
· 8 months ago
Thought the suicide tweet was a pubicity stunt. Then read that the police found the lady and stopped her. How did they find her? Big Brother at work, or was it a plan? Yeah, go ahead and call me cynical. I know.
DoMaBa
· 8 months ago
Thought suicide tweet was a publicity stunt. Then read that the police found the lady and stopped her. How did they find her in all of Twitterville? Big Brother at work? Or was it a plan? Go ahead and call me cynical. I know.
buzz
· 8 months ago
Honourable mentions need to go to Mumbai Tweets, some of Obama's usage and the Cisco Fatty
Bloggertone.com
· 8 months ago
You gotta love "Tweeting from the womb"... Brilliant
Your Name*
· 8 months ago
i'm a little mystified as to how someone in california could break news about an event occurring in china. would he not have to have gotten that news from somewhere?
and I find the implication absurd that reports from "official" news sources are somehow more objective than those from "unofficial" sources. anyone laboring under a delusion that established news outlets are objective is either lacking in peception to a stunning degree or has not come into contact with an established news outlet since about 1910.
Andy
· 8 months ago
How timely! The day Mashable posted this article is the day of my best Tweet yet. My son just found out that the Army granted his application for exemption from "Stop Loss," their program to recall veterans to active duty. http://twitter.com/tbreeden/status/1491249838
Scott Cone
· 8 months ago
If we Twitter proposals, do we also update on marriage night activities. Twitter porn is just around the corner.
Adventure Girl
· 8 months ago
I love the story about Demi Moore. Quixk thinking and reaching out is what Twitter is all about.
Adventure Girl
ckanal
· 8 months ago
I like this post a lot, nice job Ben. There's also a lot of great tweets at http://www.breakingtweets.com. You want to talk breaking news, we have several stories there broken by Twitter, like the North Korea "satellite" launch, an explosion in Germany, and earthquake in Australia.
ckanal
· 8 months ago
This is a great post. If you want to talk breaking news on Twitter, Ben, you should also check out http://www.breakingtweets.com. Tons of examples there of Twitter breaking the news, including natural disasters, North Korea "satellite" launch, explosion in Germany, and more.
ckanal
· 8 months ago
This is a great post. If you want to talk breaking news, Ben, you should also check out www.breakingtweets.com. Tons of examples there of Twitter breaking the news, including natural disasters, North Korea "satellite" launch, explosion in Germany, and more.
ival
· 8 months ago
Add "posting nonsense stuff" to the list. I have seen them to be regulars posts on people that i have followed :-).
@BooKittyKat Rt @Littlebitofmoni Whoa! RT @DrJeffersnBoggs: Ever See A Four-Eared Cat? Photo = http://bit.ly/QXgpT
Sharon McPherson
· 7 months ago
On July 29, 2008 I was watching @successfool’s Ustream broadcast when @ericfarewell and a few other people that were on the chat reported they were having an earthquake in California.
Alejandro (successfool) turned on CNN to see what was going on. It was at least 10 minutes after we learned of it that the mainstream media issued reports of it. By that time http://search.twitter.com had already been updating new tweets about the earthquake every 5 to 10 seconds.
It was also through the tweets of Congressman Culberson (@johnculberson) from the House floor that I first learned of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to silence the Republican’s request for a vote on domestic drilling by turning off the lights, cameras and microphones.
In these two instances it was definitely Twitter that reported the news -before the “news”.
Sharon McPherson @SharonMcP
josephmedia.com
· 7 months ago
Ben -- dude - you are doing a FANTASTIC job. Keep up the good work.
P.S. I re-posted your article on my blog. Click link above. Take care. sj
Steven Joseph
· 7 months ago
Ben - you are doing a fantastic job -- keep up the good work -- hey - if this is a dup, sorry. Just learning how to use it. By the way, I've reposed your blog entry at http://www.promotionsforLIFE.com. See yah for now.
Amazing list, would be itneresting to see the smae for Facebook updates
Phillip Gibb
· 7 months ago
very extraordinary
Pascale Camus-Walter
· 7 months ago
THANKS TO TWITTER AND TO ITS REMARKABLE TWEEPS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MY TWO PERSONAL HASHTAGS WERE UNITED IN THE REALITY !
Please, listen to this Twitter fairy tale : Once upon a time, I painted a real-false Malevich and offered it to a Russian friend of mine. I took a photo and posted it on Twitter : 1:54 PM Apr 1st from Gyazickr "Painted a real-false Malevich and offered it to a Russian friend of mine. http://tinyurl.com/dcj3zx"
One of my followers, @petitesphrases, saw the photo and DM to me : I want the same for a gift to my wife. Please, make something joyful, we just got a baby and I want to offer her a present. He sent me a photo of his baby in the cradle. I asked to my Russian friend to tell me how to write in Russian "Susanna", name of the baby-girl and so, I painted a "SUPREMATIST PORTRAIT OF A BABY-GIRL", sent it to petitesphrases and tweeted twice: 10:51 PM Apr 15th from web "« Suprematist portrait of a baby-girl», I especially painted for @petitesphrases, happy father of Suzanne, who asked for it on TWITTER." 10:55 PM Apr 15th from Gyazickr "Suprematist portrait of a baby-girl. For Suzanne. http://tinyurl.com/c66tfh"
And so, @petitesphrases founding the canvas ok, retweeted the tweet: 11:16 PM Apr 15th from TweetDeck "RT @waltercolor: « Suprematist portrait of a baby-girl», I especially painted for @petitesphrases, happy father of Suzanne, who asked for it"
So, why is this a Twitter fairy tale ?
Cause @petitesphrases and Twitter allowed me to link my 2 passions : Malevich and .... breastfeeding.! I do art and art history, but I'm also the author of a book about breastfeeding "Guide de l'allaitement et du sevrage" (I'm french, in fact). So, as Suzanne was newborn and her mother breastfed her, with my canvas, I offered also my book about best breastfeeding practices.
I must say that, even in my best dreams, I never thought i could one day reunite in the real life this 2 very different topics that took both a great place in my life, but in separate paths. But with Twitter, it went possible to associate these 2 subjects in the reality of one newborn, a baby with art-lover parents.
For the first time, my two hashtags, #malevich and #breastfeeding, my personal intellectual DNA, were united in the reality, thanks to Twitter and thanks to its remarkable tweeps !
Mimi Meredith
· 7 months ago
I hadn't heard the Demi Moore story. I am impressed she was so real and people were quickly engaged for the sake of a stranger. Go humankind!!
John Bankroft
· 7 months ago
These guys are like social network superheros and they broadcast using Twitter. 6 social networking tactical specialists formed an elite online assault team to investigate and expose community injustices that are too ridiculous for the police to get involved with. Their weapon of choice…social networks. http://www.snipteam.com Very funny concept!!!
Jackie Jones
· 7 months ago
New to twitter - The List on Mashable - Fav Tweets! Great idea! - good info - especially the Happy stuff! ...and if it's to help kids & make the world a better place -hey - even better! I'll look for those. Thanks & Bug hugs!
David Jones
· 7 months ago
Just wanted to tell everyone about this Twitter Marketing Software I tried it and it is the best on the net! check it out http://TwitterAutoPoster.net.... Also check out the YouTube Video!
Woah.. people got married through Twitter? All of these are very impressive.
Ann Marie Pincivero
· 7 months ago
Very cool! I only learned about Twitter recently but I think it's a great concept. Bite-sized bits of reality. Why watch the news? Find out what's going on on Twitter. You'll get the latest scoop there because it's faster than any other medium. And it's a place to have your say (like graffiti on a bathroom wall). This is the era of real people rather than celebrities. The internet is a great leveler. Anyone can make their mark. Look at Susan Boyle. 30+ Million Youtube views. Because she's a real person that we can relate to and root for. It's about emotional connection.
Dave Aldrich
· 7 months ago
The marriage proposal struck me... It took the guy 15 years to finally propose and then he does it via a 5 second Tweet. Probably sent her a diamond ring from the Facebook gift shop.
facebook-502811114
· 7 months ago
Twitter is excellent for breaking news - the Fifth Summit of the Americas (#fifthsummit) was the singular news source after the media pool was put out of the meetings and they closed the door. When the riot police attempted to shut down a peaceful protest, Twitter got media and supporters to the venue, eventually getting a senior police officer there to prevent disastrous police action. Thanks Twitter!
I'm 22 and I just announced that I will be moving from Toronto to Beijing...on Twitter!
Vincent
· 7 months ago
Don't forget the plane crash in Amsterdam (2009 February). Where a plane landed in the middle of a field. It was immediately reported through Twitter and made the poster famous. (one minute fame ;))
Langston Richardson
· 7 months ago
I see Twitter as a step beyond the self-expression of blogs in such that in modern societies constance of busy busy activity where all of our time is taken up by activities.
The idea of sharing a thought, reading insights of those who you've known for a while or perhaps met online... or follow information is a very human thing that modern living has robbed us of. Twitter's effectiveness comes from addressing that which we have lost in just sharing information with people.
You have proved, that twitter's useless :) Nothing interesting in to twitts, thank you :)
claire stokoe
· 7 months ago
Wicked post, had to ping it straight away. Loved all of them.. brilliant
me
· 7 months ago
I think it's really similar to CB radio in the 70s. I explain it to older people that way and they get it right away, whatever "it" there is to "get."
Alex Kahl
· 7 months ago
for those of you understanding german i can recommend the www.twitterlesung.de which is a reading of tweets by famous german bloggers and twitterer in a new context in front of a 200 people audience.
very funny and sometimes philosohpical
Zac
· 6 months ago
Tweeple twittering the latest events or happenings surely brings more cred to the online social communication world as a real force to be reckoned with, as with these examples above and my own personal experiences of instant news have shown.
When we had those devastating bush fires 2 months ago people were twittering from their own houses watching the flames roaring across the bush heading for Marysville and other townships, tweeting about that live and seeing it first hand in close proximity of where the fires were.
The rest of us were re-tweeting their observations and trying to help as we could, by just getting the news out there hoping to help whoever was watching & reading at the time tweeting to "get out of the area"..
Even last month while sitting tweeting we had a slight earthquake or tremor which at the time was un-nerving but we (Melbourne twitter folk) had some kind of security that we'd be ok cause we'd tweeted the entire thing, live as it was happening.
A tweep from Germany who was at his PC doing his Geographical thesis on earthquakes was actually watching a live Earthquake Watch feed at that very same time and tweeped the location of the quake (100K SE of Melbourne CBD) to let us know where it actually was. He even tweeped the size of the tremor for our information.
This was all live, as it was happening, within a few seconds of feeling the first tremor. Unbelievable.
Funnily enough, the news services started to "exclusively" release info to the news desks which in fact took about an hour later to surface.
Of course us tweeple by now were well over it and onto another topic, "how fast is the news really".
Twitter to me is one powerful unique unit. It enables us all to be in contact with anyone else who's a tweep. any time, anywhere, always ready to "News" the news as it happens or within seconds of it happening.
Now that's what I call "Instant".
ghost agent
· 6 months ago
Sorry Twitter sometime's my tweet's self-destruct...
Texas Ben
· 6 months ago
Great article, nice little nuggets to share with others or retweet about the power of social media and especially the Twitterverse. Has anyone Twittered while having sex yet? If not I will volunteer. ; )
@yakboy
· 6 months ago
@tonymc39 is a UK journalist who tweeted after being shot in the head by a shotgun.
Dhanasekaran
· 5 months ago
When reading the title, i thought that any code to display updates from twitter to website. But unfortunately it is wrong.
Anyway the article is nice.
AccessibleTwitr
· 3 months ago
Great list. I also like this comment from @kliehm: "@Schwarzenegger Could you pls ask Twitter about the lack of accessibility for disabled? It's possible via API (@AccessibleTwitr), but still."
All Comments
Great article, Ben, thanks.
http://twitter.com/chuise/status/839099095
Another great and breaking story that came out via Twitter
Mark
It shows us how much power has been bestowed upon each individual by having such a powerful medium at our fingertips. I'm sure we haven't seen the half of its awesome potential yet!
Darren
Hanging from a harness in front of a greenscreen today. Uncomfortable. Very glad I don't have man-parts. Lots of squishing going on.
9:12 PM Mar 23rd from Tweetie
feliciaday
Felicia Day
Worse, along comes some lunkhead who uses it...
http://digg.com/d1m4Br for the article. Cheerio!
What's next? The 10 Most Extraordinary Phone Calls? Blog postings? Letters to the editor? Twitter is instant messaging via the Internet - a communication mechanism (mmm, that's all folks!) that seems to appeal most to those who crave attention. Just sayin. 99% of Tweets are monotonous blather if my few weeks using Twitter is any indication.
interesting too: @richardquest ; although the guy likes too many bagels with strawberryjam
a la maman.....
http://twitter.com/aheneghana
Whats the inspiration? In this fast paced modern world we all live in who has time to prepare and cook healthy, fresh and delicious meals on a regular basis?
Three great past experiences of my life have led me to write and inspire others along the way. Firstly I used to do product development and marketing for an online 'convenience styled' gourmet food company called Leapingsalmon.com; where all meals were prepared in advance by Michelin Star establishments, the idea was superb, you would order your 3 course meal online and within 24 hours, no matter where you were in the UK, your food would be delivered in a very swanky 'coolerbag' - all ingredients were prepared up until the point of cooking, from there you would spend between 10 minutes and 30 minutes putting the final touches together to your own Michelin starred home meal!
The 2nd great experience was that I co-authored a book called 'The Man that Can', which was all in aid of Charity! This book was simply developed by men for men, to cook for their partners! A truly inspirational book, which has had some excellent write ups. The book can be seen on the Norwood website! http://www.norwood.org.uk/How-you-can-help/even...
And the 3rd most inspirational moment to this whole idea was that I spent many years training to be a chef, having qualified from Westminster School of Catering and having worked as a chef for many years its is true to say that one thing I have learnt is that an amazing meal can be made without fuss and in minutes, and you don't need to be a chef to do it!
To make this happen I've created what I call 'Tasty One Liners' that are easy to follow quick kitchen delights.
Add your own, and get sharing! No Long recipes, easy ideas which puts ones mind to work, and really gets those juicy inspirational thoughts going! So get sharing and enjoy!
Theres a group on facebook called Tasty One Liners, and the twitter name to follow is 'chef_pete'
The website: www.tastyoneliner.com is coming soon!
Here are a few examples of what I mean:
• Dnner:1 egg, 250grms mince, 2tsp flour, squirt ketchup, chpd onions, squirt worcester, 1tsp mustard mix & roll into balls simmer in tom sauce mmm..
• Lnch: 5mn lnch: Season couscous add dried sultanas, chopped chilli, mint, saffron, pour in boiling water 2cm above, cover leave & serve with fish
• Brkfst: Eezy Porridge add summer berries (frozen fine) whilst cooking. Just before you r about to serve add 1 egg white, stir until creamy.
• Dnner: grab a globe artichoke, clean and simmer in lemon salted water for 35min, cool. Mix balsamic, olive oil, brown sugar! dip leaves & serve!
• Lnch: Cod fillet, flour, egg, & breadcrumb cook at 195dgrs 20 minutes, serve with peeled par boiled, chip cut pots, bake those for 40mins. Tartare!!!
• Lnch: Slice a red pepper in half scoop out pips fill with mozarella, pine nuts, chopped basil and sun dried toms, bake for 45min @180dgrs serve with grilled mushrooms
• Brkfst: beat one egg ad 1/2 cup of milk 2tsp sugar, 1tsp cinnamon and a grating of nutmeg. steep one thick slice of brioche and fry till golden!
• Dnner: Flatten that fillet stir fry a few veg with a drop of mirin. Roll up & pan fry until done! Steam rice and add some caramelized onions. NJOY!
• Snck: Crackers I love this: Two triangles of Toblerone, break off the end of a baguette, hole it out, pop em in - squeeze hard and eat.
• Lnch: roughly chop up garlic, basil, and wild mushrooms quickly fry in butter drop of chilli oil & eat with bruschetta - srve with salad
• Snck:crush a granola bar add to bowl of plain yoghurt mix in with spoon of lavender honey and a bunch of fresh berries
• Brkfst: Peel a banana mash in a bowl add a sprinkle of sugar spread on wholegrain toast and grill for 1 1/2 minutes! nice with filter coffee
• Stuck for dinner? flour a couple of chopped chkn breasts, tspoon of sesamenut oil, squeeze of lime pan fry & serve with noodles!
• Tea: Crushed Gingerbiscuits soaked with lemon sugar, a squirt of cherry coulis and spoonful of sweet cream cheese - Oh dont forget the tea!
• Lnch: Two slices of Tuna wrapped around spring onion rice-rolls, topped with a dollop of wasabi and drizzle of soy. Kampai!
• brkfst:Toasted muffin layer of oaked smoked salmon & topped with oozing peppered poached egg -enjoy!
• Brkfst: 1 Egg, 100mls full cream milk, 100grms Flour mix to a batter, fry like crepe sprinkle with peanut brittle & add a blob of vanilla ice cream!
• Lnch: Rocket salad drizzled with olive oil and grilled Merguez sausage all in a sandwich, a little chilli sauce and you're away!
Failmarriage is fail!
-Adam
"Alas, I weep – for ’twas foretold that the very villainous web would usurp my sweet utterances and companion markings."
"Alas, I weep – for ’twas foretold that the very villainous web would usurp my sweet utterances and companion markings."
cool list though!
Mike
http://wwww.twitter.com/@mmcallen
Though crystals and a few others sent their first one from txts.
http://twitter.com/biz/statuses/21 that says 8.51pm for me.
And I want to thank you, @jack, for not saying "First!" in your first twitter post. :)
"Was thinking last night that if each of us helped just 1 person find a job, we could start making a dent in unemployment. You game?"
http://twitter.com/stelzner/status/1158284579
I'm lovin it, lovin it, lovin it :-)
Cerentha
proposal: http://twitter.com/jerrodputman/status/254102102
thank you
heykim
http://cbs11tv.com/local/Frisco.Daniel.Mouton.2...
http://twitter.com/spryka
(Rapper Rick Ross' April Fools Joke)
But the reply should have had a LOL in it to continue the modern style.
Thanks for sharing.
Karl
and I find the implication absurd that reports from "official" news sources are somehow more objective than those from "unofficial" sources. anyone laboring under a delusion that established news outlets are objective is either lacking in peception to a stunning degree or has not come into contact with an established news outlet since about 1910.
Adventure Girl
Thanks.
How To Get More Followers On Twitter Easily - Increase Online Traffic!
It is great for late breaking news and bad weather alerts.
Ido
http://twitterelite.co.cc/
Alejandro (successfool) turned on CNN to see what was going on. It was at least 10 minutes after we learned of it that the mainstream media issued reports of it. By that time http://search.twitter.com had already been updating new tweets about the earthquake every 5 to 10 seconds.
It was also through the tweets of Congressman Culberson (@johnculberson) from the House floor that I first learned of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to silence the Republican’s request for a vote on domestic drilling by turning off the lights, cameras and microphones.
In these two instances it was definitely Twitter that reported the news -before the “news”.
Sharon McPherson
@SharonMcP
Steven Joseph
http://www.promotionsforLIFE.com
P.S. I re-posted your article on my blog. Click link above. Take care. sj
Steven Joseph
www.promotionsforLIFE.com
MY TWO PERSONAL HASHTAGS WERE UNITED IN THE REALITY !
Please, listen to this Twitter fairy tale :
Once upon a time, I painted a real-false Malevich and offered it to a Russian friend of mine. I took a photo and posted it on Twitter :
1:54 PM Apr 1st from Gyazickr
"Painted a real-false Malevich and offered it to a Russian friend of mine.
http://tinyurl.com/dcj3zx"
One of my followers, @petitesphrases, saw the photo and DM to me : I want the same for a gift to my wife.
Please, make something joyful, we just got a baby and I want to offer her a present.
He sent me a photo of his baby in the cradle.
I asked to my Russian friend to tell me how to write in Russian "Susanna", name of the baby-girl and so, I painted a "SUPREMATIST PORTRAIT OF A BABY-GIRL", sent it to petitesphrases and tweeted twice:
10:51 PM Apr 15th from web
"« Suprematist portrait of a baby-girl», I especially painted for @petitesphrases, happy father of Suzanne, who asked for it on TWITTER."
10:55 PM Apr 15th from Gyazickr
"Suprematist portrait of a baby-girl. For Suzanne. http://tinyurl.com/c66tfh"
And so, @petitesphrases founding the canvas ok, retweeted the tweet:
11:16 PM Apr 15th from TweetDeck
"RT @waltercolor: « Suprematist portrait of a baby-girl», I especially painted for @petitesphrases, happy father of Suzanne, who asked for it"
So, why is this a Twitter fairy tale ?
Cause @petitesphrases and Twitter allowed me to link my 2 passions : Malevich and .... breastfeeding.!
I do art and art history, but I'm also the author of a book about breastfeeding "Guide de l'allaitement et du sevrage" (I'm french, in fact).
So, as Suzanne was newborn and her mother breastfed her, with my canvas, I offered also my book about best breastfeeding practices.
I must say that, even in my best dreams, I never thought i could one day reunite in the real life this 2 very different topics that took both a great place in my life, but in separate paths.
But with Twitter, it went possible to associate these 2 subjects in the reality of one newborn, a baby with art-lover parents.
For the first time, my two hashtags, #malevich and #breastfeeding, my personal intellectual DNA, were united in the reality, thanks to Twitter and thanks to its remarkable tweeps !
...and if it's to help kids & make the world a better place -hey - even better! I'll look for those.
Thanks & Bug hugs!
We think we were the first to do this. It kind of worked, we have more planned so it can only get better
Here's the link.
http://monkeyonmyback.squarespace.com/twitter-c...
Thanks Twitter!
http://twitter.com/they_said
The idea of sharing a thought, reading insights of those who you've known for a while or perhaps met online... or follow information is a very human thing that modern living has robbed us of. Twitter's effectiveness comes from addressing that which we have lost in just sharing information with people.
Langston Richardson
www.twitter.com/MATSNL65
www.lansgtonrichardson.com
Nothing interesting in to twitts, thank you :)
very funny and sometimes philosohpical
When we had those devastating bush fires 2 months ago people were twittering from their own houses watching the flames roaring across the bush heading for Marysville and other townships, tweeting about that live and seeing it first hand in close proximity of where the fires were.
The rest of us were re-tweeting their observations and trying to help as we could, by just getting the news out there hoping to help whoever was watching & reading at the time tweeting to "get out of the area"..
Even last month while sitting tweeting we had a slight earthquake or tremor which at the time was un-nerving but we (Melbourne twitter folk) had some kind of security that we'd be ok cause we'd tweeted the entire thing, live as it was happening.
A tweep from Germany who was at his PC doing his Geographical thesis on earthquakes was actually watching a live Earthquake Watch feed at that very same time and tweeped the location of the quake (100K SE of Melbourne CBD) to let us know where it actually was. He even tweeped the size of the tremor for our information.
This was all live, as it was happening, within a few seconds of feeling the first tremor. Unbelievable.
Funnily enough, the news services started to "exclusively" release info to the news desks which in fact took about an hour later to surface.
Of course us tweeple by now were well over it and onto another topic, "how fast is the news really".
Twitter to me is one powerful unique unit. It enables us all to be in contact with anyone else who's a tweep. any time, anywhere, always ready to "News" the news as it happens or within seconds of it happening.
Now that's what I call "Instant".
Anyway the article is nice.