Twitter - Any suggestions?
So I've been using twitter a bit recently mostly because it's a good way to get info about Michigan sports, and it's a good way to get notified of new blog posts.
I'm also following a bunch of people just because they're hilarious though... John Mayer (johncmayer), Birdman Andersen (birdmanandersen, not verified yet), and the Sklar brothers (sklarbrothers) usually keep me smirking throughout the day.
Does anyone have any other good people to follow, either for good info or for a laugh?
is fucking stupid
Very insightful.
You sound like exactly what I'm looking for! What's your twitter username so I can follow you?
what you are doing every fucking second of the day.
Lloyd Carr?
check yout shaq. saw a couple days ago that he was complaining for not being let in the white house by just showing up at the gate
I know Chad Ochocinco and Shawne Merriman were having a lover's tiff over twitter. The Ocho is probably pretty good.
myself with the twitter experience as yet and am unclear how it works. Is this like a myspace or facebook thing or what? I am not trying to be an ass (though I may appear to be one now), I am genuinely interested.
It's essentially the same as Facebook status updates. You see a stream of all the updates of people you're following.
Using it for communication and social networking seems pretty dumb, but it does a pretty good job of 1) notifying me when there are new MGoBlog posts (along with other sources... UMHoops, the Michigan athletic department, etc.) and 2) keeping me occupied. A bunch of celebrities and other people have some pretty funny stuff they throw on there.
Rainn Wilson (Dwight from the office) - rainnwilson
P Diddy - iamdiddy (kind of obnoxious sometimes)
UM_CoachRod
TheOnion
Shaq - THE_REAL_SHAQ
Larry King - kingsthings
Dhani Jones - DhaniJones
and of course
MileyCyrus
for the more serious suggestions. I added a few of those, since just about all of mine had been either just friends or Michigan Football-related.
It'll be interesting to change it up a bit, and I can always de-follow if I don't like the new vibe.
Michael Jackson...wait, no.
But you have to follow:
@TheFatJew - Just strange and funny as hell. My vote for next poet laureate.
@Trelvix - also random, but funny. Very Christopher Walken-y
@BillCorbett and @kwmurphy are from MST3K. Nuff said.
Sports and awesome? Go for @Daniel_Artest, Ron's brother.
For a good list of all athletes, SportsIn140.com is pretty helpful.
TheFatJew is unbelievable
"Update: I got questioned by cops at 6:30 am for "suspicion of destroying private property by defecating in an antique piano" Best Night Ever"
That's the only one I felt comfortable posting here
+10000000000000000 if I could
I follow a few people I find funny (eg., Rainn, Shaq) but for the most part, I find twitter redundant. I stay up to date with my friends via facebook, and my web sites via RSS.
Jay Harris (ESPN anchor) - "JayHarrisESPN"
Brent Petway - "Airgeorgia"
Jamie Morris - "JMorris23"
DeShawn Sims - "Peedi3416"
Les Miles - "LSUCoachMiles"
Jalen Rose - "jalenrose"
Rich Rodriguez - "UM_CoachRod"
From Petway's. . .
"@Mizzzzo to tell the truth ima put it out there..I aint got nuttin to do with UM no more..Im honorary BU alumini..shoutout to EMU @cramse111:26 AM Jul 29th from web in reply to Mizzzzo"
Was this something everyone but me knew about, or what?
he's just basically giving a shoutout to Ekpe Udoh.
I like the Club Trillion Twitter updates and the website for that matter. It's done by a walkon (Mark Titus) of the dark side. Pretty hilarious stuff. Stuff about proper stripper etiquette and for the most part he avoids ripping on Michigan too much.
There's some good ones:
EDSBS (Orson Swindle)
TomVH
Smart Football (Chris Brown)
Mgoblog
Team Speed Kills (Ess Eeee Seee!)
If you're interested in other people:
Joshua Blankenship
Michael Mistretta
Shawn Blanc
John Gruber
Merlin Mann
Oh, and mine is:
Ryan Gonzalez (aka El Gonzo)
seconded on EDSBS.
So do you just keep getting txt msgs everytime someone updates their status? is this how it works? Or do you have to go to a browser or something? I could see using it on my cell phone when i'm bored, but im skeptical...
When you follow someone, you can specify whether you want to receive txt message notifications. There's an option to toggle your preference for each individual that appears after you follow them.
The big thing about Twitter is how flexible it is—after all, it's just plain text. It can be used for direct communication (Direct Messages can be like email or IM), public discussions (@replies between two or more people), or one-way communication (regular updates and retweets can be classified as micro-blogging). Also, the extensibility that Twitter gives through it's API allows it to be modified or used through almost any service imaginable. Overall, it's this openess about what Twitter is or what you can do with it that really makes it special.
Lisa Salters was cool to follow during the NBA playoffs, she would sit behind the bench and tweet what the players were saying.