5 Years and 14,500 Tweets

5 Years that I've been on Twitter. 5 years. So lets see: 14,500 tweets/(365 X 5)= 7.9 tweets a day. Hmm.

I don't know about 2009, but right now, Miley Cyrus does indeed have more followers than Ashton Kutcher. 

Paul Wells joined later that year. He now has published 47,000 tweets.

2010 was the year of the iPad. I was obsessed. 870 tweets in March 2010, 28 per day!  Only 33 tweets a year later, but still obsessed with the iPad.

In May 2012, some nimcompoop at Yahoo killed Geocities. The CBC still survives. 

  

Tweets of the PT Cruiser Bank Robber

Edited on 2012-03-08 at 15:34 to reflect Meghan is actually a Blackberry user, not an iPhone user.

Meghan Darcy Melnyk, the new age bank robber:  Drives a PT Cruiser and reads The Economist.

Hat tip to CBC, CBC Calgary, ABC, Yahoo, Calgary Herald, Macleans, Huffington Post.

Meghan Darcy Melnyk allegedly robbed a bank. She was caught with the disguise, the knife and all the money, so I use term "allegedly" because of my love of TMZ. Meghan also appears to enjoy TMZ type entertainment. Last year she tweeted: "  Drink of choice tonight- a #lindsaylohan : a redheaded-slut dropped in coke. "

PT Cruiser

Last time I was in Calgary, my rental was a PT Cruiser. I loved my PT Cruiser. If I was going to rob a bank in Alberta in the dead of Winter, I totally would have used my PT Cruiser rental. Granted, back then the car did get you noticed. People would pass me and shake their heads, truckers would talegate and, the worse, other PT Cruiser owners would talk to me (one guy told me his was in storage for the Winter).  Now we know, the Calgary police can spot a PT Cruiser from the air. Thousands of pick-up trucks in Calgary, but very few PT Cruisers... 

Student Government

I was also involved in student government. We had to fire one person from the executive (the religion department student representative), because he accepted a free flight in exchange for being bumped off a flight from Halifax. I guess he felt it was a gift from God, but my colleagues felt it was a gift from Air Canada and should not be used for personal gain (I voted against his firing). So I get the sense of entitlement one can gain from being in student office (although I personally didn't get any flights or bank money, I did get a couple of totally deserved free slices of pizza). There was some other alledged corruption against the guy heading the campus environmental group (he later represented Green Peace). The girl from History alleged, but never proved, he robbed some mugs meant for fundraising. I thought my student colleagues were quick to judge. Two members of the student executive at the time went on to become Parti Québécois Members of the Legislative Assembly.

Bank Robbing

Like Meghan, I've also thought about robbing a bank. The 50% success rate is less than ideal, but they have money and I don't.

What I'm saying is I can relate. I envy my former colleagues who went on to represent Greenpeace and be elected members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Suddenly working in a call centre isn't the worse scenario. I could have ended up in jail. Or, worse, as in the case of Meghan, on bail awaiting trial at my aunt's! And frankly,  she deserves it. I can morally justify robbing a Toronto based bank, but a credit union?

Here are her tweets (taken from Google's Cache)

1. Alberta Student Summit breaks for lunch #samru #asec #caus #agc http://twitpic.com/62kx2b 12:15 PM Aug 7th, 2011 via Twitpic
2. Drink of choice tonight- a #lindsaylohan : a redheaded-slut dropped in coke. 9:43 PM Feb 24th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry®
3. Dear #MRU students, I will endeavour to live up to your expectations and serve you to the best of my ability as the next #SAMRU president. 8:31 AM Feb 10th, 2011 via web
4. @MontyG_MRU thanks monty! 9:09 PM Feb 9th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry®
5. _MichelleDennis New vp-student life: Kaylene; vp-external: Michelle; vp-acandemic-Jen; prez: Meghan!!!! Women power! @samruBuzz @MRUFANClub 8:37 PM Feb 9th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by meghanmelnyk
6. #samru election results are in! 8:39 PM Feb 9th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry®
7. I was elected for 2011/2012 President as #SAMRU 8:35 PM Feb 9th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry®
8. Two hours left to vote in the #SAMRU elections! come on #MRU students, have your say! 2:04 PM Feb 9th, 2011 via web
9. Last day to vote in#SAMRU elections! come on #MRU students, have your say! I will continue to fight for you on-parking, transit, textbooks! 8:47 AM Feb 9th, 2011 via web
10. Hey @_MichelleDennis and @kylemacquarrie and other #samru candidates, come out to Students' Council meeting tonight! 4:30, council chambers 1:38 PM Feb 7th, 2011via web
11. @HeatherMLA I am indeed! I bet you are too with all the hoopla at the Leg! 10:39 PM Feb 5th, 2011 via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to HeatherMLA
12. At #MRU going to see residence students and talking to them about the issues they are facing. tweet me if I missed you! #samru #vote 2:38 PM Feb 5th, 2011 via web
13. Running for President of #SAMRU! please get out and vote online www.samru.ca/vote 1:30 PM Jan 31st, 2011 via web
14. “@TheEconomist: The global economy How to stop a currency war http://bit.ly/a6kwxr” @jonesimedes interesting but not new ideas. 7:28 AM Oct 15th, 2010 via Twitter for iPhone
15. TheEconomist Output, prices and jobs http://econ.st/a3FYbE 2:27 AM Oct 10th, 2010 via SocialFlow Retweeted by meghanmelnyk and 32 others
16. GreatestQuotes "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein 3:04 AM Oct 10th, 2010 via SocialOomph Retweeted by meghanmelnykand 237 others
17. Trying to reconnect with myself. 2:20 PM Sep 26th, 2010 via web
18. I think it is #superhappyfunday at #samru! 8:04 AM Sep 23rd, 2010 via web
19. Had a great meeting with mayoral candidate @nenshi talking about secondary suites and voter accessibility. 6:19 PM Aug 4th, 2010 via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Did you see number 14 and 15, she reads the Economist!

WMTC , Twitter Version

I just discover the Snipping Tool in Windows Vista. Now that I no longer have to press "print screen" and paste and edit contents in the "Paint" program (I feel sorry for you Windows XP users), I have gone a bit snipping crazy.

My first project is a twitter version of my favourite blog: We Moved to Canada, aka wmtc. Because, lets face it, life in Canada is too enjoyable to spend it reading a blog from an American in Mississauga.

Twitter is Costing me Money

Last month, pre-Twitter, I made $7.26 thanks to my blog. Not much you say? Well, based on the first half of April, I'll only make $2.50 this month! Less than half? And it get's worse, twice as many people have clicked on ads in the first half of April vs. the first half of March. So Twitter is generating more traffic to my blog, but a much less lucrative one.

This is something to think about for those of you with higher blog income. Ashton Kutcher may have a million Twitter followers, but he ain't got didly from it. Well yet anyways. I'm sure he will lead us to something lucrative for him.

By the way, in case you are wondering, the most I "earned" was US$20.26 in October 2006, which I think was the Liberal convention. Bashing whatshisname was quite popular. And to be fair to Twitter, October 2008 only netted me 77 cents... 

Canadian MPs that are Twits, er, on Twitter

http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2009/03/which-canadian-mps-are-on-twitter.html

Envoyé depuis mon iPhone / Sent from my iPhone.

You Read My Tweet, Me Make Money

I include a link at the end of my posts and Tweets. You will click on it, buy stuff, and I will live like a king.http://tinyurl.com/cdslpu

I want to insert ads in my Tweets

I made $7.92 thanks to my blog last month. But blogs are so last year. Now, like Miley Cyrus (who started at the same time I did), I'm Twittering on Twitter. The thing is, I got used to being paid for my hobby. Not much, granted, but who get's paid for their hobby? Anyway, I find the 140 character limit per post is plenty. So I have some room left over for advertisements.

Any ideas on how I can insert ads into my Tweets?

The Guardian Switching To Twitter Format

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/01/guardian-twitter-media-technology

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Twitter lights up with reports of Sydney power failure, zombie onslaught - PC World

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/297343/twitter_lights_up_reports_sydney_power_failure_zombie_onslaught

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Sydney Strugles With Zombies During Power Outage (Twitter Trends)

Earlier I joke about mob declared aliens. Well, Australians managed to
get zombies on the twitter trend list (see picture).

Short and Sweet: the Genious of Twitter

Twitter is a news junkie's dream. Sure the news isn't always as "important" as the conflicts of the Middle East, but news is news when you are a junky. 

I've been avoiding Twitter because I really didn't care about people standing in line, eating dinner or worse, their bowel movements. But I missed the point: You have control over who you follow.

And if you read twitter on a computer or your iPhone (vs text messages on your cell phone), irelevant posts are extreemly easy to gloss over. Kind of like scanning newspaper articles.

Posts are short. But they often link to pictures or web sites if you are interested in further reading. In addition, some times posts are part of a conversation. And as long as you aren't using the mobile version of Twitter, you can easely follow the conversation.

Twitter intergrates the best of Pointcast, newsgroups, Myspace and Blogger. With the exception of Pointcast (which is dead, people now use agragators such as Yahoo News or Google News), Twitter doesn't necessaraly replace these services, it inhances them.

-Mark Cuban Twitters about being fined for comments on Twitter

-Calgary poised for Twitter boom

-Twitter Plots Paid Accounts: Warms Up to Newbies

Twitter Trends: Genious

Twitter trends is amazing. And you don't have to register or anything.
In a few minutes I'll post an app on this site so you don't even have
to go to www.twitter.com. Stay tuned to
www.altavistagoogle.blogspot.com for all your market trend needs.

Things I have discovered using "trends" in the last 24 hours:

-Formula One Racing and Twitter are popular in Brazil.

-People actually whatch golf.

-There are alot of Vancouver hockey fans.

-Even though I'm a TV adict, there are plenty of popular shows that I
have never heard of.

- Brits changed time today and not 3 weeks ago like the civilized world.

- F1 is not available in HD. And plenty of people are confused as to
why.

I have to admit, I approach Twitter trends with apreantion. Should I
believe the mob if they start writing that the aliens are coming, the
aliens are coming!?

The Celebrity Twitter Ecosystem - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/fashion/29twitter.html?ref=style

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Twitter Is Addictive

Unlike MySpace, you don't waste time with Twitter. You're waiting for
a beer, you can twit (or read about Miley's Saturday night). OK, so I
guess that qualifies as wasting time. I guess Twitter just makes
wasting time more productive.

Did the Tonigh Show Just Spam Us?

Not sure what the proper term is for in-show advertisement, but both
the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the show that comes after (the old
Conan show, since last week with the guy from Saturday Night Live),
had long segments about Twitter. Coincidence?Is the recession so bad
that comics are including ads in their jokes?

Mercifully, the Scotish-American guy on CBS only complains about his
low budget. Although there was a potential plug for the Scrable iPhone
app, but I think I'm just being paranoid.

By the way, this blog does not include any paid for plugs, honest. The
only advertisement on this blog is clearly identified as such and
generated by the good, albeit cheap, folks at Google.

Speaking of Google, since I am using an iPhone to write this, I was
able to Google Late Late show to figure out the name of the host:
Craig Ferguson.

Jimmy Fallon, the new Conan on NBC's Late Night makes CBS's Craig
Ferguson sound like Picasso. Actually, I don't know what Picasso
sounded like but I'm sure he didn't shake as much as Fallon. Or maybe
he did.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Craig Furgusson is high art
compared to Jimmy Fallon. Furgusson has especially mastered the
monolog. Talks straight into the camera, even taps it, and in 7
minutes tells us a great timeless story. Furgusson's monolog is worth
recording if not staying up for. Fallon? Not so much.

CBS's Late Late show with Craig Furgusson is to NBC's Late Night with
Jimmy Fallon what iPhone is to Blackberry: Infinitly superior.

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