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"Given where most of us are probably reading it, maybe the book should have been called ‘Shitter Wit’."
I noticed a number of referrers in Twitterbelle’s Google Analytics from a site called netzwertig.com, and there I found an article about all the various Twitter favorite apps. Unlike most such essays, this one included a few paragraphs about the Favrd crowd itself, something I’ve never seen before. Here are those bits:
“In the English-speaking world a loose group has built itself around Favrd, connected by nothing but its humor. Actually, a book is being developed around the best Tweets. Merlin Mann, well-known from the productivity scene, and two acquaintances have founded one of the most amusing podcasts, You Look Nice Today (another listen-worthy podcast out of the Favrd circle is Arrive Having Eaten).
With Birdhouse a Twitter application for the iPhone appeared, which seems to have divided the Favrd crowd: on can store tweets as drafts and refine them before one publishes them. This amusing video, that the Favrd users of Birdhouse made, should not remain unmentioned. One of the makers of Birdhouse is Adam Lisagor, who likewise takes part in You Look Nice Today.
Interesting from a sociological view is the group makeup, which on the one hand is build only on implicit gestures (the favorites), but over time has built a strong dynamic.
Some follow-worthy twitterers are the Canadian Jason Sweeney aka @sween, Joshua Green Allen aka @fireland, Tim Sidell aka @banbanana and many others.”Favrd, Favotter, Favstar.fm und Favcharts.de: Des Twitters Favoriten » netzwertig.com
"Little known fact: “Twitter Wit” is a popup book. When you read it, you get a massive erection."
"It’s pretty funny."
Laughs for Lucy Kate
Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less, edited by your friend and mine, Nick Douglas, goes on sale tomorrow!
Purchase it through the link above, and a portion of the sale will go to Team Lucy Kate.
Let’s push it to the top of the Amazon sales rankings and spread that link far and wide.
The charitable way to buy Twitter Wit: Use this link and part of your purchase will go to the March for Babies through Team Lucy Kate.
"Problem with the web is all the empty, pandering two-sentence bites of fake insight that help us pretend we’re cultural critics. Amirite?"
"I think whatever country gave Lady Gaga her title must have had a really, really young monarch."
Vote for my SXSW panel full of funny Twitter users.
The conference: South by Southwest (SXSW) is space camp for tech, film, and music nerds. There’s drinking, and some eating, and other drinking. There are panels so there’s a room to sit quietly in during hangovers. The title: Slow Twitter: Users who take their time tweeting The description: Twitter twitter twitter, twitter twitter, twitter! The actual description: Slow Twitter is like Slow Food, but much sillier. The people who use the most impulse-driven site for the most thought-out one-liners have created a new art form with its own poetic language, economy of space, and a million ways to joke about being drunk, naked and crying on a Monday. A panel of witty Twitter users, moderated by the editor of the book “Twitter Wit,” will discuss what goes into writing a good tweet, why Twitter is a legit form of literature, and why already-famous writers and comedians should “waste” their best ideas on Twitter. The panelists: So far, Adam Lisagor (lonelysandwich) is signed on (he’s double-fisting Twitter panels this year), and we’re considering a few other top Twitter users. Email nick@toomuchnick.com if you’re a damn good tweeter (whether funny or just careful) and you want to apply. And please, sign in and vote for my panel. You’ll be earning a few Twitter users a free pass to SXSW and encouraging more people to tweet smartly.
"TWITTERING is a hot way for celebrities to test out one- liners. Among the zingers in “Twitter Wit,” out this month from HarperCollins’ It Books imprint: Michael Ian Black — “When people pick their ‘five people living or dead to have dinner with,’ don’t they worry they’ll be the most boring person at the meal?” Sarah Silverman — “Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move? I’m gonna need a quick answer on this.” Diablo Cody — “OMG, I’m at Baja Fresh and they have a Diablo Taco on the menu. I’m like, ‘Me too, in my pants.’ ” Paul Feig — ‘If someone spits gum on the sidewalk, we should be able to take their DNA from it, clone them, and then beat the [bleep] out of their clone.” Michael Showalter — “Waitress just said their creamed spinach was ‘banging.’ Not sure how I feel about that."
HARPERCOLLINS’ IT BOOKS TO RELEASE ‘TWITTER WIT’ FEATURING COMEDIANS’ TWEETS- New York Post
Hot damn, Twitter Wit got on Page Six!
"Holding your foot above your head IN YOUR HEADSHOT is a BAD IDEA!"
Daryl Eisenberg, casting director for “Gay Bride of Frankenstein,” twittering from a casting session.
[Daryl Eisenberg Courts Controversy After Tweeting During Auditions - NYTimes.com]
