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Twitter: The Good and the Ugly

While quickly perusing Tweets (follow me here!), I found two very interesting things about Twitter. One is really interesting and intriguing and one is really quite pathetic (but very funny).

First, the good and intriguing: @JoelFightsBack, according to recent Tweets, is looking for programmers and web designers to help with a new Lawyering 2.0 project. This project would have Internet users vote/comment on letters that Havard Law students have written to the DOJ. If you’re interested in learning more, message @JoelFightsBack on Twitter or e-mail joelfightsback@gmail.com. And let me know what you find out. ;-)

(For those who don’t know, @JoelFightsBack is maintained by Prof. Charles Nesson and the Harvard Law students representing Joel Tenenbaum against the RIAA.)

And now for the pathetic but REALLY funny: A Congressional trip to Iraq was being kept secret for security reasons until a Twitter-happy Congressman tweeted about landing in Iraq and having Blackberry coverage. Oops. Read the full story here.

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6 Responses to “Twitter: The Good and the Ugly”

  1. charlie nesson Says:
    February 8, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    thanks for amplifying our tweet

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  2. Ricardo Bueno Says:
    February 9, 2009 at 4:23 am

    It’s funny and yet kinda amazing how Twitter has the ability to break news almost before it even breaks :-)

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  3. teeni Says:
    February 10, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Technology is dangerous in the wrong hands. That’s all I have to say about that. ;)

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  4. kevintracy Says:
    February 12, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    I know twitter is popular, but it’s really kind of lacking in terms of development. Zannel is a much better service, but nobody uses it.

    I am surprised they had coverage in Iraq.

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  5. PiedType Says:
    February 20, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    I don’t understand the attraction of Twitter. As for the tweeting congressman — ’nuff said about our representatives in Washington.

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  6. Moustache, J. Says:
    February 26, 2009 at 9:02 am

    I just discovered Twitter. What’s not to love? Getting constant updates from Shaq, Snoop Dog, Jimmy Fallon, Levar Burton, M.C. Hammer and that sort of cute blond girl from “The City” is a great way to waste away the day.

    Did I mention I’m in my final semester?

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