Ebert’s Tweet, on an alone Saturday night. We’re not sure how, but Roger Ebert has discovered Tanya Davis‘ new lovely video for her song “How to be Alone,” directed by Andrea Dorfman, who also did the animations. The video only went up on July 28, and now has over 122,000 hits—a testament to the power […]
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No Deal
photo by Chris Benjamin Twitter was so right. Hours before the Globe and Mail posted the story rumours started circulating that leaders had failed to make a deal and had been asked to stick it out another day. The PMO’s office denies it but says “negotiations are still ongoing.” Somebody should tell Russia’s Medvedev that; […]
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Enjoying the Tweets
Tuesday is my favourite day—I get to read all the hilarious city council tweets from Tim Bousquet. Thanks for having an excellent and much-needed Twitter commentary on the hijinks at City Hall and for making me laugh all day!—Rose Allen, Halifax
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Best Twitterer
A public relations grad from Mount Saint Vincent, Oostveen has a double-barrelled Twitter feed—one for professional reasons and one personal. For two years she was the marketing and communications officer for the Nova Scotia Archives, which includes tweets about the Archive website. “I’ll go on there a couple times daily, I’ll pick a couple photos […]
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Middle Aged “Twits”
I’m not surprised that the fastest-growing group of “Twits” are middle-aged, moderately successful urbanites. This group of over-40s has come late into the whole social networking thing, and embraced the simple one-liner broadcast style of Twitter: “Hey, this is great, I can fiddle with my expensive new phone during meetings (booooring), in front of cocktail […]
