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If this was an indication of how the building moved, we'd see a lot less movement behind the window (inside) and a lot more outside.
I ran from the computer to make sure I'd be safe, watched as my bathroom cabinet contents fell out and CDs tumbled from bookcases. then I ran back into my office and instantly Tweeted "EARTHQUAKE!". I saw a few of my local contacts doing the same. Having the connection to the internet during this was amazing. Within 5 minutes I had several conversation threads with colleagues and friends asking how everyone was. Meanwhile, our thousands of friends from all over witnessed our conversations from afar and sent their support.
Yes, Twitter is fast and people are connected. This gave a whole new meaning to the term "relationship building" online. Very powerful indeed!
I guess I just find that a little fantastic.
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I am not trying to self promote (I own Twitturly), but it was events like this that show that first, Twitter is where the news breaks, and second, Twitturly, is where you can see it almost immediately after it happens.
hate to tell you.. but the old land line phone system works just as well, and the cell phone as well...
i was on a call with a friend, who told me as it happened.. and we had more than 140 chars!!!
peace
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-phones3...
"Post-quake callers overload phone systems, both wireless and wired"
Proponents of any innovation have a vested interest in telling us how radical it is and how it is going to usurp the existing order....even if it's only for bragging rights or a sense of feeling cool and cutting edge.
I'm sure it was the same for early adopters of print, morse code, radio, telephones....etc etc
I am no scaremonger, but everything comes at a price.
Siddharth,
India
Anyway this is really childish. grow up
Guess what. I knew about it one second after because I felt the damn thing! Why on earht do I need something like Twitter when I am here. What moron needs confimation from something to know he/she felt an earthquake?
It's really no wonder why this country is eroding so rapidly. Ah, liberals and their electronics....you gotta love em'.
Grow up! I'm truly saddended to know that you are bringing another life into this world. What are you gonna do, tweet everyone when you have the kid to take every possible human emotion and interaction out of the event?
What would you aunts do if they had to wait nine more minutes to find out you delivered? Whay they must be dying inside from the long wait!
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