Kids:
A few hours ago, I landed in Los Angeles, turned on my phone, and confirmed what you already know. Sony Pictures Television is replacing me as showrunner on Community, with two seasoned fellows that I’m sure are quite nice - actually, I have it on good authority they’re quite nice, because…
From the room in which Remedial Chaos Theory was broken by Chris McKenna and writers. I’m sorry, that’s not accurate. The room in which Chris McKenna and writers were broken by Remedial Chaos Theory. Thank you so much for your patience and sacrifices, guys.
dvdp:
Astronomical is a scale model of our solar system in twelve 500 page volumes printed-on-demand. On page 1 the Sun, on page 6,000 Pluto. The width of each page equals one million kilometres. -
//via olena
The New York Post published an interview with Adam Carolla on Sunday in which he said, among other things, “dudes are funnier than chicks,” and, regarding writing for television, “they make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny on the writing staff.”
I disagree,…
Well, maybe not evil, but “highly problematic.”
First, let’s remove what we all *think* Lego is (i.e. our own nostalgic memories, our aspirational beliefs, or $250 robot sets), and instead concentrate on what Lego today is, for the most part: It’s movie-tie-in model sets marketed pretty much…
TWITTER: @Sreenet’s Twitter Guide for Newbies & Skeptics
Twitter Ideas: A work in progress by @sreenet
[shortcut for this page at http://bit.ly/twitterideas ]Suggestions welcome: sree[at]sree.net
WORKSHOP: FOUR THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER (+1 optional session!), Oct 7, 14, 21 & 28; 6:30 - 9 p.m, Columbia J-school: Social Media for Journalists, Bloggers & Media Professionals - register here
MY FEED: @sreenet - http://www.twitter.com/sreenet
MY SOCIAL-MEDIA GUIDE: http://bit.ly/sreesoc - tips, handouts, tools and more
MY WORKSHOPS: http://bit.ly/workshops - events around the country
MY SOCIAL MEDIA SYLLABUS: http://bit.ly/socmediaskills - a five-week course at Columbia Journalism SchoolThis is meant to be a way to introduce Twitter to skeptics and newbies and is NOT comprehensive.
==>A big welcome to the TechCrunch readers who are here thanks to the mention in @vwadhwa’s piece on why Twitter is his only social-networking tool.
[Many thanks to @NatIves for putting me on Ad Age’s 25 media people to follow. Also, thank you to OnlineSchools for putting me on Top 100 Twitterers in Academia. Armed with these, I can… well, what, exactly?]
*** MY TWO WEBCASTS WITH ALL-STAR TWEETING JOURNOS:
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Intros to Twitter:
- See this collection of “10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates (if #5 doesn’t inspire you to use Twitter, perhaps this will)
- Mashable’s collection of all things Twitter: twitter.mashable.com
- Cyberjournalist’s Top 10 amazing, funny, useful Twitter links
- 100Twt.com: List of 100 most popular people on Twitter + their real-time tweets
- OutlawDesignBlog: 30 essential Twitter tutorials for newbies & experts
- Read lots of useful Twitter tips at Twitter_Tips
- Listen to my Jan. 2009 webcast/podcast with terrific journos, “Twitter for Journalists: Everything You Wanted to Know About Twitter But Were Afraid to Ask” + see live coverage of my April 2009 workshop on “Twitter for Skeptics”
- NYT’s love letter to Twitter, “Putting Twitter’s World To Use”
- WSJ interview with Twitter founders (and backstory)
- NY Magazine: The Twitter Approval Matrix (“Our deliberately oversimplified guide to whose tweets are worth following”)
- David Carr explains why Twitter will endure | Vivek Wadhwa on why Twitter is the only socmedia tool he uses
- Twitter books:
Breaking News
- BreakingNews: “Your most credible Twitter news source. First in online breaking news!”
- BreakingTweets.com: “world news, Twitter-style; hyperlocal gone global”
- Almost.at: “Following People at Real World Events in Real-Time”
- GoogleNews: now on Twitter
- CNNbrk: CNN’s breaking news account, originally created by a viewer
- Reuters: Reuters on Twitter
- DrudgeReport: yep, he’s here, too.
- Understand Twitter trends with WhatTheTrend.com, which explains the sometimes cryptic items on search.twitter.com
Wes Anderson’s latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, is now out in theaters! New York and Los Angeles saw their debuts last week, and nationwide roll out is just around the corner.
San Francisco will see the debut of the film on Thursday, May 31st at the Metreon, help us spread the word and enter our official contest for a Moonrise Kingdom gift pack!
To enter the contest, simply reblog this post on Tumblr for your chance to win an official Moonrise Kingdom gift pack, which includes shirts, patches, a canteen and a cooler! Five winners will be chosen at random. View all the prizes here.
If you want to attend the free screening of Moonrise Kingdom at the Metreon in SF tomorrow (Thursday, May 31st) just shoot an email to MoonriseRSVP@gmail.com for free tickets!
