Gearfuse has finally taken the plunge and now has an official Twitter account. You can follow us at twitter.com/gearfuse. We’ll have updates on badass posts, contests and a whole lot more. Start following us today and make us feel privileged and special!
Twitter is causing a hubbub across the globe as the next step in communication and social interaction. Your Twitter URL is now considered to be as sacred as YourName.com. For many, this is totally justifiable. Creating and promoting your online “personal brand” on Twitter is quickly becoming the modus operandi of the modern business man.
Can you really and truly be one with your brand if you don’t advertise your online lifestyle during your offline time? StickyTwits Bumper Stickers allows users to stick their Twitter URL right on the bumper of their cars for the world to see during their daily commute. Choose your own color scheme from their four varieties and order your own for $14.95.
Queen Oprah is on Twitter and she’s gaining like 34254435 friends a second. Didn’t she get murdered by Tom Cruise or something? Does this count as the first resurrection on Twitter ever? The account was a placeholder, but is now active. Oprah’s world domination is imminent.
Link (oh hai, I’m on Twitter too)
A few days ago, an ingenious Twitter account mysteriously appeared online. The owner of Twitter profile OfficeChair engineered a rig which allowed his office chair to send a tweet to Twitter everytime he passes gas while sitting in the chair. And boy, does he pass gas plenty. But how did he do this and how could you do it yourself?
You’ll need to pick up a few supplies and have at least some sort of sufficient tech DIY knowledge, but as long as your brain (and later, your ass) is intact, you too can make your own tweeting office chair.
New scientific findings have discovered that the rapid-fire rate of information and social interaction on Twitter can cause all of you mere mortals some serious issues. As a Jew-Bot T1100, I’m at no risk here, though you, as a human, are apparently at risk of a numbed sense of morality and indifference to human suffering, classic symptoms of a sociopath.
So you might feel like your more social than ever, but you’re actually digging yourself into a hole of insanity. Humans, so weak.
Link (follow me on Twitter here)
EDIT: I also failed to notice that this is A COMPLETE HOAX.
Twitter is gaining in popularity, that cannot be denied. I still just don’t understand why people like to lifecast this much though, but hey, who am I to judge?
The Twitterati will today be pleased to find out they can now pay Twitter a good chunk of money for extra features. Four tiers of payment will be available: Sparrow, Dove, Owl and Eagle. Here’s what’s included with each fowl:
Sparrow ($5/month) – Users get 145 character limit, 5 extra random followers. Dove ($15/month) – Users get 160 character limit, 25 extra random followers, 1 random celebrity follower, auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” T-shirt. Owl ($50/month) – Users get 250 character limit, 100 extra random followers, 2 random celebrity followers, 30 minutes on recommended list, auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” hoodie. Eagle ($250/month) – Users get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” tuxedo, custom “Fail Whale” page when service is down.
I can’t help but notice that the top three packages all come with clothing. A Twitter Tuxedo? Really? I’m curious to see how this works out. No doubts that quite a few people will hop on this right away, but I’m curious to see if the majority of Twitter users are ready to shell out money for the service. Time and tweets will tell.
Twitter users take note: you can now tweet to ring a doorbell. While I’m not a Twitter user or fan of the service, I can appreciate how useful of a hack this is for people who can’t knock because their hands are full or something of the sort. The project is built around an Arduino, which is another why it’s so awesome. It’s a really easy project and even an Arduino novice could whip it up in an hour.
Of course, if anyone can tweet your doorbell you’re going to be in for a rough week.
