Social networking technology has changed the way communication works. There are a variety of new levels of interaction that are possible. This is not only connecting people in new and unique ways, but it is also allowing people to tell stories across a whole new range of media. On the cutting edge of this new technology, creative individuals are experimenting with the basic elements of the story itself.
Unless one has been asleep or living on the moon, they know of Twitter. It has evolved into the world’s greatest cocktail party, and no one has to clean up afterwards, or even pay the tab. It’s the new electronic campfire we sit around to talk and laugh and even sing. It’s an endless conversation like no other, and it’s just starting to pick up steam. We’ve all heard about how news breaks on Twitter before it hits any of the traditional journalistic outlets, and how it’s being used by emergency responders in difficult situations around the world. But the potential overall cultural impact of Twitter is just beginning to be evaluated and processed. Twitter is the new water cooler for the creative class — the social break room for people who don’t work in an office. And for those who do, it’s the ultimate coffee break. With five or ten minutes of total immersion, you can be socializing with people all over the country and around the globe, sharing quick tales of weal and woe that range from the mundane to the supernatural There’s instant advice, encouragement, and information to be had any time you stick your toes into the Twitter stream – if you’ve found a good spot on the bank of this wild new river to perch. I’ve been using and enjoying this novel social medium and “micro-blog” website under the carefully devised codename, TomVMorris, for about six months. And I’ve briefly mentioned it in a couple of previous blogs. Given all this, as a philosopher I admit I have a keen eye for something that surprised me at first given the millions of tweets that run down the Twitter stream….wisdom, or what I have coined “Twisdom, my term for Twitter wisdom.
