The World According To Twitter

We have been strong users and advocates of Twitter for quite some time. Now David Pogue has finally put the power of Twitter into perspective by writing a book titled: The World According to Twitter.

 

The press release accurately captures the power of this new book.

 

The wit and wisdom of the Twittersphere is captured in a hilarious and occasionally poignant, collection of handpicked tweets – the first ever book created exclusively using content from Twitter.com!

 

David Pogue, in addition to his daily posts about technology, began posing questions to his “followers” that ranged from the earnest (What’s your greatest regret?) to the curious (What’s the best bumper sticker you’ve seen lately?) to the creative (Make up an ancient Chinese proverb).

 

We would have to agree with the press release, the responses edited by Pogue are clever and many of them even made us laugh out loud. But, became even more evident was the power of the Twitter Universe and the ability to have conversations, share information and talk to “Twitterers” from all over the world.

 

This book is a wonderful read and should FINALLY put to rest the discussion on the power of this social networking tool. It is truly amazing what people can share in 140 characters or less!

 

The World According to Twitter is a marvelous book and a fantastic social networking experiment in which tens of thousands of voices have come together to produce a humorous, thought-provoking record of shared human experience.

 

Here are some of our favorites from the book:

 

Compose the subject line of an email message you really, really don’t want to read?

 

 

• Did you mean to hit Reply to All? - @Maggie_Dwyer

 

What was your greatest achievement (besides your kids?)

 

• Immigrated to the US, became a citizen, and worked hard to get my wife to come over after years living apart. Most painful years ever. @BlueGromit

 

What’s your brilliant idea to improve air travel?

 

• Stop telling us how to use a seat belt! @BouPierre

 

What’s the best advice your parents ever gave you?

 

• In 5 minutes, you’ll be 35! @paulgreenberg

 

Invent a formula for disaster

 

• 2 cookies/3 children @Ttocs1817

 

What’s your greatest regret?

• Keeping my blockbuster membership. @johnmarkharris

 

There are so many great Tweets about life, and other relevant “stuff” in “The World According to Twitter” – so go ahead and put it on your must read list!

 

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