The Apocalypse Approacheth?
So the interwebs are all a-flutter with the Swine Flu possible pandemic. You haven’t heard? Then you are not connected!!! Are you not using Twitter? Don’t you have your Google Alerts set to swine flu as it happens?
Seriously, the news cycle is now measured in nanoseconds and is unverified but replicated endlessly. Perhaps, this thing disease has legs. But it’s really hard to tell. Mashable, at least, has published a brief article that provides some level headed sources for information.
Of course, Google itself has its own map for tracking the episodes of swine flu.
Have fun!
k, OK not MySpace, but Twine, Newsvine, Jaiku, I can’t even remember all the Web 2.0 things I’ve signed up for) and then pretty much forgot about it. But every once in a while I get an email that someone is following me on Twitter. My first thought is always, “How sad for them.” Then, I start feeling guilty. I don’t have many tweets (updates). In fact, the last one was March 28 and I was sick. But I have decided to try and learn more about Twitter. So, I started following a few people myself today, mostly to see how others use this tool. And I think I will start posting tweets as I go through the day. So,