Posts Tagged ‘Rainn Wilson’
Most likely, you’ve heard about Twitter, but if you’re anything like us at USDemocrazy circa two weeks ago, you probably still have no idea how it works.
Or maybe you’re one of those annoyingly savvy people who is just lightyears ahead of us mere mortals and can thus pontificate on the greatness of Twitter for hours. (Yawn!)
Either way, you’re likely to find this piece from NPR’s Weekend Edition pretty entertaining. It features Andy Carvin and Scott Simon trying to explain to 80+ year old colleague Dan Schorr the glories of Twitter. They are aided in this challenge by Dwight from “The Office,” also known as actor Rainn Wilson.
Anyone who is anyone is Tweeting these days.
If you aren’t Tweeting, don’t worry — these “Tweets” aren’t what you think. They are just a nickname for your personal mini status updates. These updates are put up on the Web for your “followers” to read. So… Tweeting does not involve chirping, whortles, whistles, wings, feathers. No birds are harmed in the creation of any and all Tweets (so far as we know).
If reading the newspaper in the morning for your daily dose of news isn’t enough for you (and these days, there is ALOT of news!), then go to Twitter. There you can follow constant updates on whatever is going on out in the big, bad world. All this talk of “following” and “followers” may connote some kind of cult, but really, it’s safe to drink the Twitter Kool-Aid. It’s all just a part of the Twit-cabulary.
Once you dive into the Twitter world an unrelenting stream of Tweets may start to show up on your homepage telling you what your favorite celebrities are doing, what the New York Times is currently reporting, or (gasp!) what people you actually know are up to. All this can actually be rewarding. Twitter brings to you the wealth of the internet (should you choose to accept it) without making you go search it on your own. Good Luck!
Come on, if we at USDemocrazy can Tweet with the best of ‘em, it really can’t be that hard.
