Twitter

I love me some twitter too, I am not gonna lie, I go on it now more than ever. It is more fun than the BOOK or Facebook, whatever some people call it. I find so much useful information in the twitter universe. I JUST got followed by Jose Bautista, an actual MajoR League Baseball player is following me, I can’t remember if I asked a question about Toronto Baseball or whatever, that is cool though.

I have a twitter account and very rarely use it. Twitter is just another social media outlet for people to tell their followers and the world about every single step and second of their day… hey, doesn’t that kind of sound like Facebook and all the other social media websites out there? So I am not exactly sure what would be the benefits of having twitter… do I really need to know that you pooped today? Or that you was waiting in line at the DMV to renew your driver’s license? Not really, but thanks for letting me know anyway…: /
Twitter confuses me with the hashtags and the at sign. It doesn’t really make sense to me, but I guess I’m too old fashion to get it. I just prefer the old fashion way of communicating with people and calling them, writing them a hand written letter (yes a letter with pen and paper… not email, although I do use email too) and seeing a friend in person and chit chatting the night away and catching up on the latest gossip.
But I know a lot of professionals and businesses try to utilize twitter to try to build up a fan base and create more buzz about their company, but I don’t really see how effect it can be, versus traditional advertisement/​promotion with television ads, radio ads, annoying flyers through the old fashion mail and so on.
All in all, I am not a fan of Twitter, but still going to give it 3 stars since I do have a small handful of friends who just love twitting their life stories (although I never read them) and read all of the latest gossip of celebs as they tweet about using the bathroom and picking their noses while waiting for their fancy smancy chauffeur to pull around the back corner and bring their car so they can run from the paparazzi.

~All Days in the Life — Tweeted~
Cock-​a-​doodle-​doo. Tweedle-​dee. Twitter-​doo.
Good morning. Tweeted.
Oh, what a beautiful morning. This day will be my day — like all the other days. I feel amazing, my life is awesome and I want you to know it, tweet the same back to me and then re-​tweet it.
Check-​ins at My Lovely Boudoir posted to Foursquare and Facebook and then tweeted.
Upsy daisy. Rise and shine. Brekkie of coffee, cereal and fruit, with photograph taken of same via Iphone, posted to Instagram, tweeted and posted to Facebook. So ready for the day now!
Bus! Check-​ins posted on Foursquare and Facebook and tweeted.

Got off the bus and straight into the Starbucks, ordered my double non-​fat latte with extra froth, plugged in, checked in on Foursquare and Facebook, took a photograph of my latte by Iphone, uploaded it to Instagram and tweeted all of the foregoing. Look at me! Aren’t I cool and cute and drinking an amazing beverage? Tweet it if you think so. And then I’ll re-​tweet it.
Work, work, work. Email, email, email. Selected amazing bits of both tweeted.
Lunch! Yum! Kuma’s! Check-​ins posted to Foursquare and Facebook and tweeted. Stegosaurus burger! Yum! Photographs taken via Iphone, uploaded to Instagram, posted to Facebook and tweeted. My amazing lunch!
Back to Intelligentsia for more work and… lattes! Mmm! Have to fight the food coma and afternoon doldrums, you know. Check-​ins posted to Foursquare and Facebook, double non-​fat latte with extra froth ordered, with photograph of the same taken with Iphone, uploaded to Instagram and subsequently tweeted and posted to Facebook. Work, work, work.
Wow, what a long day. Workout time! EBC! Check-​ins posted to Foursquare and Facebook and tweeted. Pre-​workout self photo snapped with Iphone uploaded to Instagram and tweeted. I look cute in my workout gear, don’t I? Whew. Exhilarating! So haangry now.
Off to dinner. Nellcote! So amazing. Like, I really like the Black Crowes and that awesome album they made at Nellcote. Check-​ins posted to Foursquare and Facebook, amazing food ordered, photos of amazing food taken from Iphone, photos of amazing food uploaded to Instagram (before it got into my belly, natch!) and then all of the foregoing tweeted. Aren’t I cool? Tell me. Please! Re-​tweet!
Off from dinner and over for post-​game craft beers at Haymarket. Yum! Check-​ins posted to Foursquare and Facebook, photos of craft brews taken via Iphone, photos uploaded to Instagram and everything tweeted.
Time to go home on the El. Check-​ins posted to Foursquare and Facebook and then tweeted. Photograph snapped by Iphone in El window reflection, uploaded to Instagram and tweeted. So tired!
Ah, finally back home. Check-​in at Decadent Domicile posted to Foursquare and Facebook and tweeted.
I think I’ll read a bit of 50 Shades of Gray. I’m on page 114. Self-​photo of my amazing eyes peering over the top of this great read taken via Iphone, uploaded to Instagram and tweeted. Aren’t I cute and cutting edge hip?
Getting sleepy now. Check-​ins at My Lovely Boudoir posted to Foursquare and Facebook and tweeted. What an amazing day! Gonna do it all again tomorrow! Good night! Tweeted!
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Seriously? People tweeting into thin air. Other people tweeting into thin air. And up it all goes into the tweether.
Nobody could be so insecure and in such need of validation to tweet his or her entire life, including, but not limited to, wherever they go, whatever they do, whatever they eat, whoever they are with, where they’re going and what they’re going to do, with photographs to substantiate it all, as if it’s world moving.
Tweeters, your lives and the goings on therein are not, and will never likely be, as relevant to the rest of the world as you think they are. Clear?
The bottom line is that Twitter is for one thing and one thing only — for stars of various ilks to communicate to the world without a filter and put their feet into their virtual mouths. Twitter is not for you, groundling, to broadcast your entire mundane life in some desperate attempt to appear refined and elicit compliments.
Tweet out.
P. S. This review will not be linked on Facebook or Twitter, there was no check-​in at the venue where it was written and no photographs of the writer or the written product were taken and hence not uploaded to Instagram or posted to Facebook or Twitter. And I somehow survived.
#Scorchedearth

This review is for the old Twitter HQ:
The bf works here so I like to join him for free lunch dates provided by their awesome catering staff.
The office is nice. They have fun Twitter paraphernalia everywhere, ah-​mazing snacks, and a DJ booth on the top floor. The location is great too; right downtown which means nice city views.

I love Twitter… Go to for news… first to break Amy Winehouse passed away, Osama gets killed, and Kanye Beefing with Wiz Khalifa…
Also the location of your favorite Food Truck since these mofos wanna be all Swelly.
#ItsTwitterBitches
@DaveNguyen206

This happened:
Yes, that is Shaq messaging me. ME. He called me his «friend,» see? And they call me crazy for waiting on his front lawn…
Twitter has essentially revolutionized communications, amplifying the individual human voice, making every person a potential storyteller. We can get videos unfiltered from places like Afghanistan from citizens presenting their own perspectives in real time. Anyone who can’t see the value in a tool like that probably shouldn’t be allowed to touch any machine with moving parts.
If you have friends who post crap like «Ate toast this morning. It was good.» on Twitter, don’t blame the service. Blame yourself for having boring friends.

If Facebook is the group of people I’m only superficially acquainted with and kick it with socially from time to time, Twitter is the person I call once I’m in my car so I can talk shit and laugh about all the stupid things they did and/​or said that night.
While we’re on the subject, Unilocal is my chick on the side. I’ll never commit 100%, but I’ve been around for the last 6 years… that should say something, right?

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Dear @Twitter:
First thing I do when I open my sleepy eyes in the morning, is to grab my crackberry & check in with you.
Last thing I do before I shut my sleepy eyes at night, is to check in with you.
Because of you, I stop updating my Facebook status daily.
Because of you, I don’t have to see traditional news anymore, but rather follow these on #Twitter CNN, ABC, NBC, NYTimes, Hufftington Post, Wall Street Journal, USGS, FoxNews, AmericanRedCross, CDC, etc.
Because of you, all my fashion houses are on #Twitter!
Because of you, all my FAV chefs, Michelin Guide, & restos are on #Twitter.
Because of you, I discover many FAV fine dining bloggers are on #Twitter, such as @ulteriorepicure @ChiefHDB @chuckeats @LawandFood @noodlepie @michaelbauer1
Something with wines in Sonoma, Napa, Santa Rosa @astraleeterra @Whitehalllane @winemadeez @Snooth @Efrain_Barragan @CellarsofSonoma
Happy wines @GloriaFerrer @tapenawine @myvinespot @AmeliaCeja @SFWineFun @adastrawines @whitehalllane @mazzoccowinery
#SF #Fashion @MagdalenaTrever @DaniellePettee @redhautejewelry @thomscher @michele_gates @ModelinaM @avb123 @stylewylde @Art_By_Ideity
Fashionista #SF #FF @ashtonmiyako @MizBoheMia @hburtAIA @EAlexandraSF @ChristieBailey @JodiJames10
Well you get the point, Happy Twitting, my Twitterpeeps on Twitterland! Follow me, as we say on #Twitter!

Twitter is «a public short messaging network that extends from the Web to mobile devices via SMS as well as thousands of applications created on the Twitter developer platform,» according to Twitter’s Linked-​in profile.
As a real-​time network for the public exchange of short updates, Twitter is the pulse of what’s happening with people, companies, and events. Twitter asks «what’s happening» and makes the answer spread across the globe to millions, immediately. Which is why I really like it.
However, Twitter’s popularity has come at a cost. I run around a lot and when I finally find some time to sit down and check my Twitter, I HATE IT when the Over Capacity message comes up! Terribly frustrating! I need to post my latest pics and see what crazy photos the rock bands are posting now!
Not that I am up to anything fantastically exciting in my life but I do like to occasionally brag on Twitter about what beach clean-​up I just did or what calamity I just witnessed! Since Twitter traffic is very rapid and its Web server is unable to handle a large amount of requests in a very short period of time, (server temporary overload) «Twitter is over capacity.» Too many tweets…
So, why is that Twitter server overloaded? Twitter has become the SMS of the Internet. Because of its restricted 140 characters per post, Twitter is popular! It is the hottest thing in social networking. Everyone from President Barack Obama to CEO’s to kids use Twitter. So it is certainly understandable that Twitter gets crowded and shuts down temporarily. Yet ultimately Twitter has to fix it’s overload issue. Being that they are up in the Bay Area, how hard could it be to go down to Silicon Valley and find some tech nerds to upgrade their servers or whatever!
Twitter is instant communication and that means the people using it are not adept at WAITING! I am sick of rolling my eyes whenever I log in and see that stupid whale looking back at me. Get with the program, Twitter! Fix your capacity problem-​I got pictures I need to get up-​NOW!

Tweets tweets for birds! «What’s happening in your life?»
Public status is viewable to the world similar to a mass live streaming press release in real-​time. Speed is important for today’s techie world, but the pound sign (#) and other exclamation symbols are an utterly annoying nuisance to blockage flow of proper sentence structure. Tweets can have the option to be protected. Limited features and/​or applications as its rival Facebook for groups, interests, events, et al. Users do not have «friends» but have «followers» but, I personally, do not see what’s so great about this social media giant.
Twitter, Inc.‘s corporate office is based in San Francisco, CA which the company revolves around blue birds.

Like Leona Lewis once sang…“I don’t care what they say, I’m in looooove with you.” Lol, that is how many people feel about Twitter. Some people don’t understand this little social media website but I am one of the people who actually now get why it’s so popular.
I know this is not a local restaurant and my apologies in advance for writing a Unilocal review about Twitter. (In fairness though it was because of my Twitter that some restaurants have checked out my Unilocal page hehe).I had to write this review of Twitter. You see I once was one of the many hesitant Twitter users. Now a couple months into it, I now know why its one of the fastest growing web applications.
Any type of news report? Twitter has it. Score updates of your favorite team? Twitter has it. Black Friday deals. You betcha. Celebrity updates. Sure thing, sir/​madam. Restaurant specials at your favorite hot spot. You’ll see it on Twitter for sure.
Twitter is a lot of fun. You get to follow really cool people and if you get lucky some pretty cool folks will follow you too. For example I’m honored that the NHL and my favorite hockey team followi me on twitter.
I’ve had a couple surprises because of Twitter. One of the nicest experiences was when the Co-​CEO of Veggie Grill checked out my Unilocal page ;) and thanked me for the review I gave. (It’s always nice to see business owners appreciate their patrons).
I think the thing about Twitter that makes it so appealing is that everything is at the brush of your fingertips. Pretty much all the latest and greatest things you need to know will be there. So Tweet, tweet away! It’s pretty enjoyable. I was once one of those who said «Twitter, Why?» and now I’m the one saying «Twitter, Why not? You’re awesome :). «
Happy Tweeting folks!

Oh twitter … oh twitter. I am unsure how it is you have benefited my life except to have me unable to block people from receiving updates from my life via SMS but not regularly. Isn’t that a kicker? Someone who is following you could go that extra step and get a txt update to their phone every time you update your twitter. If you are friends with them but don’t want them to get those txt’s you have no option to turn off SMS for your account … so you just have to live with it!
Aside from the complaints, I must say twitter has become a phenomenon … somewhat of a craze. When I first started, I couldn’t understand it. 140 characters, that’s it? How am I supposed to eloquently state my feelings about every single bit of nuisance in the world with just 140 characters?
But soon it caught on, and with the help of tinyurl I was able to post links to interesting things, facts, etc… but I have to say I still missed my almost unlimited character count on facebook … yes it was linked! But that got annoying as well since I didn’t want ALL my twitter feeds to be published to facebook but unless your twitter feed started with @somebody, it would be …
I used twitter religious for about six months, updated using twitter apps on my phone and such … then … slowly it just wore out. I didn’t care as much. I did like that I could still get my fill of CNN from twitter, keep me updated to the world but … after a while, what is it really?

Tweet tweet, tweet, tweet…
I definitely do not use twitter enough as half the people I know that are on it, but I will say that when I do it, it is addicting and fun.
I love that Unilocal reviews now post to Twitter, and I love feeling extremely connected to random people all around the world in an instant. It is pretty crazy how far technology has come.
I was hesitant to use twitter at first, but it’s grown on me… and i’m sure in due time, it will grow on me even more.

Dear Twitter,
I am in shock that no one has Unilocaled you yet. This is a great honor and priviledge for me to be the first.
I enjoy the simplicity to this site. 140 characters for one to say what they have to say. No more, no less.
It’s a way to promote oneself, a company, get news across quickly, send updates, etc. It’s the quickest and easiest way to share information, in my opinion.
I will admit that at first I found it pointless. But alas, it was because I was misinformed. I did not see the potential that your website has. The ability to viraly spread all kinds of information. It’s sheer GENIUS!
Thanks Twitter. I am still not 100% on your Retweet function, and the lists could use some tweaking, but overall, you ROCK!
Much Love Twitterverse!!!
~SabrinaAnna*

Update. Twitter & Unilocal = UberTasticSuperfragilisticexpialidocious.
Twitter still gets a 5 Unilocal Star Rating in my book.
How cool is that to share your Unilocal Reviews via Twitter! =D
Follow me on Twitterverse as @AlvinBN

According to Wikipedia, the Army thinks this is «a potential terrorist tool». I never thought I’d have an account, thinking that this was more for the girl who used to e-​mail me multiple times a day, needing to look busy when she was bored in public. Dan Savage says that «heroin is like Twitter (fun at first, sure, but you’ll regret it one day)». I still feel boring when my boyfriend asks me to post everyday but I found it very useful after the last couple of earthquakes. If your e-​mails are mostly monologues, or you’re passive about responding to people, I recommend this for you.
Its simple to follow the directions for direct messaging but buggy when I tried to add a few food trucks today. The character limit is 140. My boyfriend says that this is for people with OCD. Twitter is a messaging service that can be read online or with your cell phone. We should totally use this to check in with each other or last minute changes for UYEs.

For all of you who don’t know what I’ve been doing for the last 30 seconds probably have no idea what twitter is, Those of you who do-​What is the point!!!
I mean why is it everyone feels it necessary to share every detail relevant or not to complete strangers or cyber friends.
Nowadays everyone has a myspace, a facebook, a youtube channel, a blog, a Unilocal,an urbanspoon, a friendfeed and probably another dozen social netwroking sites.
What is the point?
Every Celeb like Shaq, Every politician, every news personality, every major company is jumping on the twitter band wagon.
Why do we feel it necessary to know worthless tidbits from random people about absolutely nothing. Is this what it has come down to? Is this better than Reality?
And now the news comes out saying Twitter is bad for you because it makes you less compassionate because you cannot process the info quickly enough — WHAT?
What’s with all the sexting too? Tweet me that Huh?
In Vermont they wanna pass a law to make it Legal for MINORS to sext each other with consent. What?
Has this gotten out of control?
Hold that thought a second I gotta go tweet that I’m Unilocaling this…

Call me a fanatic, but when I can find people who tweet in Japanese about the new iPhone OS, I’m in geek heaven.
I found myself reading the tweeting of my fellow tweeters whilst I was making my infamous sausage buttermilk biscuits with gravy.
Now that’s what I consider ridiculous. I had to pry my grubby, flour encrusted hands from my iPhone to get the meal completed. And what did I do after I put the biscuits in the oven? Pick up my iPhone again… Then I remembered I hadn’t even turned the effing oven on.
Eff me.

I do love Twitter. I do I do I do
However, and this is a hypothetical — if someone is stalking you, and you twitter (or Unilocal,for that matter) on your Blackberry, or iPhone, or whatever — a lot — wouldn’t that make you very simple to find & track?
Well, maybe for a stalker who thrives on challenges, it would just be — well — too easy. So the stalking would stop, right? :o)
OK. So much for my theories.

So… after all the «nudging» and «@______ (please insert twitter name here» …this is my reply:
DAMN THIS SITE! Ya’ll know what I’m doing now! I am not an addict… at least not yet. It’ll get old for me in the long run. Until then… you’re good to me.

I move from one obsession to the next, leaving just as my shine shines brightest… because I never want to become someone who «used to be».
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What this has to do with anything, I have no idea…
But its what you get from the dark places in my mind, simmer’d down to 140 characters.
And while I’m away from Unilocal,muse-​less to construct and compose elaborate reviews about *cough*DRINKS&GIRLS*cough*, any flashes of inspiration/​boredom/​insight/​foresight and cute-​girl-​spotting manifest themselves there…
So, c’mon. Stalk me.*
Please?
*No, really, especially you, the half-​nerdl/​half-​hiphophead girl, please?