I'm pretty sure that Tweeting is the new Blogging. Remember how mobile phones ousted pay phones from our society? Every time I see a pay phone I want to stop and view it like an under appreciated national monument, asking myself, "Does anyone even remember how to use these things?"
Bloggers were people that wanted to write and hope that someone would see their writings and make a comment, a stamp of recognition, like the passerby at the farmers' market who stops by the new merchant's tent and decides to buy from him an overpriced, granny smith apple to brighten the new guy's day.
Though the blogosphere is alive and well, blogs somehow feel like roadkill on the internet superhighway.
Tweeters are instant celebrities. The sea of tweets is too deep to stop and evaluate quality of language or wit. Everyone can be witty in 140 characters. Instant Authors every 7 seconds (or however long it takes between one new Twitter follower and the next - probably 3 seconds).
Since 2010 is looking to be a year full of new lessons and friendships, I will pay homage to my roots and keep up with the prose, to appreciate the currents of the past that are pushing me along, even when I'm unsure of where I want to go, and even though I can now be found on Twitter:
@moids
More bloggin, less ponderin...and some deep-sea Tweetin'.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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