When the internet goes bad
Jan. 12, 2009 Filed in: Personal
Hope you all had a great weekend. It’s been very windy the last couple of days here in Orange County and the winds continue today. It made for some interesting rides over the weekend.
Recently, I’ve become pretty addicted to Twitter and get many updates from all the people I follow throughout the day. I enjoy reading them and follow everyone from cyclists to geeks and design professionals. It’s all good and I have a fun time doing it. Except when it backfires on you.
I was sitting at home on Sunday night and one of the people I follow decided to Twitter about the Golden Globe awards. No big deal. Except for the fact that this person lives on the East Coast. Ugh.
At first it wasn’t that bad. Small tweets about what the attendees were wearing, how they looked and who was there. Well that was because the show hadn’t started yet. Once it did, I got to find out who won all before the telecast had even started in my neck of the woods. When the show finally started for me, I wasn’t really in the mood to even watch it anymore...since I already knew who won.
I suppose I could have turned off Twitter but I was getting updates from others I follow. I guess I would say that if you’re going to watch a live telecast of something and you Twitter, maybe you should think about others who might want the surprise in another time zone.
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