Comments on: Tim Russert dead, so says Twitter

By: michael galpert

michael galpert — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:21:17 +0000

I don’t read/watch the news anymore. I just follow twitter.

By: Hudson

Hudson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:11:46 +0000

…and i heard it from your tweet. it’s very sad news and what’s interesting to me on the tech side of things is that I’m glad I heard it via “word of mouth,” not from big media. i would have seen it on NYTimes a few minutes later, but with Twitter it’s more personal, being literally person to person, and somehow more comforting being able to share it that way.

also, Summize breaks after page 100 of Tim Russert results, which is nowhere near the first tweet. I think developers often underestimate the potential use/depth of their infrastructure, cf: http://is.gd/x05

By: jen b

jen b — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:51:09 +0000

I actually found out in the car driving. MPR broke in to communicate the news. The odd thing though, it had a twitter like feeling to it when it happened. I actually thought to myself, if i were at my computer, I’d have found out about this on twitter but since I’m driving, I had a twitter moment in the car.

By: Velveteen Mind - Megan

Velveteen Mind - Megan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:31:05 +0000

I found out via Twitter, as well. As it works out, I end up getting most of the news via Twitter while I’m going about my usual routine. The news comes to me through the people that I follow.

Fascinating.

By: AK

AK — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:27:15 +0000

i dont know that i agree with tony – where was russert before the war?

By: Tim Russert « GingerSnaps

Tim Russert « GingerSnaps — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:15:53 +0000

[...] Once again, the news broke on Twitter before it even made CNN. [...]