While I love the irony that both Twitter and Facebook were down at the same time AND NO ONE COULD TALK ABOUT IT, I have to admit, it made for a pretty productive morning completely freaked me out.
Anyway, not to let The Man get me down (is there a man behind social media?), I kept a running list of what I would’ve tweeted should I have been able to tweet. (I also hashtag my conversations in GChat, get over it.) It’s not any more interesting now than it would’ve been reading it every half hour throughout the morning, but I’m sharing them anyway BECAUSE I CAN.
- Huh. Twitter’s down. That sucks.
- Oh, so’s Facebook. That’s weird. I wonder if they’re related.
- CONSPIRACY!
- Isn’t it ironic that everyone probably WANTS to Tweet about how Twitter’s broken and they CAN’T BECAUSE IT’S BROKEN.
- Wonder if there’s any correlation between the fact that Twitter’s down and my Inbox is totally under control.
- Daydreaming about dresses I’m finding on Etsy… planning a tea party with @kylaroma so we can wear these new dresses…
- WAIT. WordPress isn’t down too, is it? Why’s it loading so slow?
- WHEW. It’s REALLY slow, which is annoying but I’d start getting suspicious if all of these were down at once.
- I’m going to LA and NYC on back to back weekends. My boss is convinced I’m going to be an NYC-person, not LA. We’ll see.
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I would have thought you'd be an LA person =) I wanted to tweet about the stupid broken twitter. it was annoying. How was I supposed to take a break from work if twitter broke?? Productive morning fo'sho though…
Yeah, I have to admit I was freaking out when Twitter was down this morning too. I was all "Twitter is down? Huh. Well, this is no fun. What am I going to do with myself now???"Also, I'm so incredibly sad that I won't be in NYC with you. That would have been such an awesome place for us to meet.
I am SO incredibly excited to meet you in NYC next weekend!!!
I am SO disappointed you won't be there for that, but I guess we'll justhave to meet in Austin!
I love the oceans and beaches, but I'm a city girl at heart
Agreed. You're a NYC person.
I think so… we'll see!Hey, go see Grama for me today and hug her happy birthday, k
I was SERIOUSLY considering doing the exact same thing with my impossible tweets. But I was too lazy.
Ok, that's kind of sad. Both the pony thing and our dependence on Social Media.
If I were to call it tragic that would be awfully dramatic, wouldn't it? Screw it, it was EPICALLY TRAGIC.and Twitterberry still won't connect on my blackberry so I'm whiteknuckling it right now.
That is a pretty delicious irony. In the olden days, it happened when AIM was down. Or the telegraph.Or when one of the horses in the Pony Express had to be put down.
I would have thought you'd be an LA person =) I wanted to tweet about the stupid broken twitter. it was annoying. How was I supposed to take a break from work if twitter broke?? Productive morning fo'sho though…
Yeah, I have to admit I was freaking out when Twitter was down this morning too. I was all "Twitter is down? Huh. Well, this is no fun. What am I going to do with myself now???"Also, I'm so incredibly sad that I won't be in NYC with you. That would have been such an awesome place for us to meet.
I am SO disappointed you won't be there for that, but I guess we'll justhave to meet in Austin!
I love the oceans and beaches, but I'm a city girl at heart
Agreed. You're a NYC person.
I think so… we'll see!Hey, go see Grama for me today and hug her happy birthday, k
I got caught up on True Blood during the blackout.I'm jealous that you're flying coast to coast!
Isn't it crazy how much our days are affected by Twitter being down? I ended up being stuck at home waiting for the AC repair man, and I couldn't tweet about it! Scandalous.
the world was ending as far as i was concerned…reader wasn't working, twitter was down, facebook was down…i was ready to crawl into a hole! and if i were to reply to that last "tweet", I'd say you were an NYC person too
I think this is the first comment you've left for me in AGES; it's nicehaving work not hinder your social media fun! I've MISSED YOU. Minus thefact that I talk to you ever day.Details.
That is a pretty delicious irony. In the olden days, it happened when AIM was down. Or the telegraph.
Or when one of the horses in the Pony Express had to be put down.
Ok, that's kind of sad. Both the pony thing and our dependence on Social Media.
yeah it was sort of crazy to not tweet or facebook. oh we're so dependent these days.
I am SO incredibly excited to meet you in NYC next weekend!!!
If I were to call it tragic that would be awfully dramatic, wouldn't it? Screw it, it was EPICALLY TRAGIC.and Twitterberry still won't connect on my blackberry so I'm whiteknuckling it right now.
Isn't it crazy how much our days are affected by Twitter being down? I ended up being stuck at home waiting for the AC repair man, and I couldn't tweet about it! Scandalous.
the world was ending as far as i was concerned…reader wasn't working, twitter was down, facebook was down…i was ready to crawl into a hole!
and if i were to reply to that last “tweet”, I'd say you were an NYC person too
I think this is the first comment you've left for me in AGES; it's nice
having work not hinder your social media fun! I've MISSED YOU. Minus the
fact that I talk to you ever day.
Details.
Hah, love that you totally defied the black out but publishing what you WOULD have tweeted. That's awesome!
I got caught up on True Blood during the blackout.I'm jealous that you're flying coast to coast!
I was SERIOUSLY considering doing the exact same thing with my impossible tweets. But I was too lazy.
yeah it was sort of crazy to not tweet or facebook. oh we're so dependent these days.
Hah, love that you totally defied the black out but publishing what you WOULD have tweeted. That's awesome!
this made me giggle because i freaked out a bit too. i wasn't that productive cuz i kept checking to see if it was back up hahacan i buy a pretty dress from etsy and come to your tea party?
Um, absolutely! Tea party it is!
this made me giggle because i freaked out a bit too. i wasn't that productive cuz i kept checking to see if it was back up hahacan i buy a pretty dress from etsy and come to your tea party?
Twitter is still being a poop for me!
Um, absolutely! Tea party it is!
Twitter is still being a poop for me!
I wanted to say Facebook was down on twitter, but twitter was down too, so…I just went back to sleep.No social media = No life worth of living. J/K. Not really.
I wanted to say Facebook was down on twitter, but twitter was down too, so…I just went back to sleep.No social media = No life worth of living. J/K. Not really.
What I would have tweeted in response to this tweet:Daydreaming about dresses I’m finding on Etsy… planning a tea party with @kylaroma so we can wear these new dresses…@doniree @kylaroma I am inviting myself to your make believe tea party. I own many appropriate dresses, love tea, and am not at all pushy. Except for the inviting myself to your tea party thing. I'm fun though. Promise. #partycrasher
What I would have tweeted in response to this tweet:
Daydreaming about dresses I’m finding on Etsy… planning a tea party with @kylaroma so we can wear these new dresses…
@doniree @kylaroma I am inviting myself to your make believe tea party. I own many appropriate dresses, love tea, and am not at all pushy. Except for the inviting myself to your tea party thing. I'm fun though. Promise. #partycrasher
Not only that, but my Google Reader was acting funny. I about pulled my hair out (until I realized I could actually fix my feed reader). Sigh.
Not only that, but my Google Reader was acting funny. I about pulled my hair out (until I realized I could actually fix my feed reader). Sigh.
Yeah… I'm not going to think about this upcoming weekend until at leastWednesday night. Yesterday's standby-traveler hiccups DRAINED me and I'mexhausted.
You would die in Sturgis. Nothing worked there. Nothing. No Twitter, no Facebook, no Internet AT ALL. It is like it is cut off from the rest of the advanced world. But it is a lot of fun. So I guess I forgive it.
Oh, I love the ability to disconnect sometimes, but while I'm sitting incube world? NO WAY.
Cross country in two weekends?! Yeesh! That's a lotta travel.
Yeah… I'm not going to think about this upcoming weekend until at leastWednesday night. Yesterday's standby-traveler hiccups DRAINED me and I'mexhausted.
You would die in Sturgis. Nothing worked there. Nothing. No Twitter, no Facebook, no Internet AT ALL. It is like it is cut off from the rest of the advanced world. But it is a lot of fun. So I guess I forgive it.
Oh, I love the ability to disconnect sometimes, but while I'm sitting incube world? NO WAY.
Cross country in two weekends?! Yeesh! That's a lotta travel.
My opinion? You're an NYC girl.
My opinion? You're an NYC girl.
Pretty sure I'm going to come to the same conclusion.
Pretty sure I'm going to come to the same conclusion.
It's just sad that I need something like this to realize my addiction to twitter is sort of unhealthy
It's just sad that I need something like this to realize my addiction to twitter is sort of unhealthy
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If a tree falls in the forest and no one blogs about it, does it make a sound?
Umm, I pretty much love you for this post. Lots and lots.
I pretty much love you all the time.
Umm, I pretty much love you for this post. Lots and lots.
I pretty much love you all the time.