SFist: Twitter is Finally Useful for Something

aj

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:42:30 -0800

Twitter was exceedingly useful during the non-torch-relay. I learned that the torch was on Van Ness easily an hour before everyone else at JH Plaza.

rjhintz

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:38:07 -0800

Some decent uses of twitter, besides reporting imminent imprisonment, have been emerging. For Berkeley fans of Cheeseboard pizza, you can follow cheeseboard and get an announcement each morning what the pizza variant will be that day. Somewhat less useful, since the "channel" is so chatty, is following JetBlue, if you're a JetBlue fan. Also, since this is the SFist site, it's interesting that the Shanghai "-ist" site, has a twitter feed, shanghaiist, while SFist doesn't. And lately I've been complaining about problems with different bits of software and I've been getting questions by email about my issues from the software companies, for example, jajah.

icbalaam

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:04:54 -0800

I haven't used my Twitter account since setting it up months ago. Somehow, I don't think I'll need to use it on my next trip, which is to Idaho. Though one never knows.