Free like a birdie. 

Anyone out there that hasn’t heard about Twitter? Well, you will once you come back from your expedition to the other side of the moon. With Twitter gaining popularity* the management might want to consider monetizing their oh so popular service. Just a thought I really don’t want to them to hold. Even though they’d save the NYT from going bankrupt, I’d say it should be free. Free like a birdie. Tweeting in the morning, tweeting in the evening.

by geekculture.com/joyoftech

*Ellen Degeneres or one of her interns even made it to the platform seeking followers and immediately knew what Twitter was all about…

• “Facebook has friends, but with Twitter you have followers. That is the kind of relationship I’m looking for, because I have plenty of friends. [...] I’m looking for Yes-Men [...] I just want people also when I lay down to fan me and feed me grapes” Is that why we feel bad for loosing a follower and even more offended if someone quits a friendship on Facebook in an act of passive aggressiveness?
• “My hope is we tweet each other nicely.” While that is true, we need to add a generally accepted clause for raving rants. What would Twitter be without it?
• “My goal is to get 1 million followers by tomorrow” Who isn’t a follower whore? Often heard, but never believed, “I tweet for me, not my followers”. Yeah right, just like you blog for yourself and not the people reading it.

Her It’s All A Twitter monologue is highly recommended.