So 140 Characters Walked Into A Bar

If the term “characters” is lost in translation for you, then think “sociable, genial, funny” and “larger than life”.

Actually, 140 characters in a bar sounds like a bar anywhere downtown Dublin on a Friday evening [even in these recessionary times]. I guess they asked for a Guinness and a Guinness Follower [chasers are so 90s].

Ah yes, that looks like 140 characters

It’s amazing what messages you can pack into one tweet, even when 140 characters seems a small amount. I “watched” a whole Boston Celtics playoff game a few weeks back on Twitter; by the end of it I was a nervous wreck, but not only did I get the score updated constantly [they won that battle, if not the war] I was completely immersed in the game as if I was in the TD Banknorth Center.

But anyway, what about other uses – say, using Twitter to order beers – maybe it’s happening in your area already? I was in a bar in Estonia a few years ago where you could order a beer via the telephone on the table – what about @estoniabeerdrinker – 2 pints for table 5 please?

If you have kids, how about tweeting them [come on, they all have mobiles or laptops!]; @MumAndDadNeedPeace – Time for bed, finish your homework. NOW!

[Just make sure to turn the mobile or laptop off after 1am to avoid being used as a taxi service].

I can see endless uses and of course, despite the fact that it seems like we’re not communicating in the way we knew, it looks like Twitter has us all talking. Constantly.

Now then it’s time to find where those characters went [for research purposes, of course]!

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