The World According To Twitter (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Whether you think a book like this is worth ten bucks or not is highly subjective of course. Your sense of humor and taste in general will determine how valuable you find a collection like this to be. (I received a free copy of this book so make of that what you will)But one thing I like about the book is that it highlights how creative and interactive Twitter can be. There are probably a great many folks who just tweet mundane happenings in their lives, and there are obviously a fair amount of spammers and hacks, but there are also a great many funny, creative, and insightful people.By asking questions and reproducing the best responses Pogue has produced a paper trail as it were illustrating this brighter side of the Twitter phenomenon. From movie sequels and prequels to puns and jokes to real life experiences people find a way to pack quite a punch into 140 characters or less.Part humor, part sociology, part folk art, part social networking The World According to Twitter is an interesting slice of culture while at the same time an explanation for the popularity and often addictive nature of Twitter. The World According to Twitter is a collective collaboration of humorous, creative, goofy, and some cheesy lines from people that twitter. David Pogue is a weekly tech columnist for the New York Times. He also twitters. He was showing a company how twitter works and told his wife how some of the responses from people were so good but that he wished others could see the responses and not just the person asking the question. His wife suggested he put a book together…and hence The World According to Twitter was created. Mr. Pogue decided that he would ask a question every night at 11 pm for a while. Why 11 pm? Mr. Pogue explains that this is because hopefully most people would be online from the US to other countries. Some of the questions asked were: “What’s the most memorable pickup line you ever heard?” Some of the responses were: “I’m thinking about becoming a pirate so I can get some of your booty” or how about “You won’t be able to break my heart, because it melted when I met you”.Ok so seriously these pickup lines are definitely memorable but I won’t say great.How about this question “Heard and Good Puns Lately?”Reponses were: “What do you call a group of rabbits walking backwards?” A receding hare line.Two TV installers met on a roof and fell in love. The wedding ceremony wasn’t great…but, wow, the reception!!I like the responses to this question “Write a brilliantly gripping first line of a new novel”Responses were:As the cruise ship faded into the moonlight, Harvey clutched the wet gnome and thought: This wouldn’t have happened to Kate Winslet.I had never killed anyone before, and I was pretty sure I did it wrong.If you thought some of these lines were great, than you have to check out The World According to Twitter. It will have you talking and sharing it with your friends. I even had my husband reading parts of this book and laughing.
What do You think about The World According To Twitter (2009)?
An interesting and hilarious timeline of tweets on a wide-ranging topics!
—jesse
A must read for any Twitter addict...which I definitely am!
—gema91
Personalized note from Mr. Pogue. And I'm quoted twice.
—shaz
