04.04
Well, I said it would never happen, but it has. I’m on Twitter.
It’s so surprising that I would become addicted to it. To me it always seemed like the “mood” option on MySpace, just on a site of it’s own. But then I realised how simple it is. I have an application in my system tray called “Tweetdeck” that keeps me constantly updated on how all my “Friends” (in MySpace terms) are doing, and also lets me update what I’m doing or what I want to say, without me having to faff around with logging into a website or anything. Very very handy.
As a bonus, I’ve noticed quite a few celebrities using Twitter, without the help of their PR agencies (like their MySpace profiles). The celebrities I’ve noticed are personally using it, are Keith Chegwin, Noel Edmonds, Stephen Fry, Terry Wogan, LeVar Burton (Geordie from Star Trek: TNG), Brent Spiner (Data from the same show), and a bundle more. It’s so refreshing to see, say, Cheggers getting confused over an email and asking for a bit of help, rather than have his ghostwriter telling everyone about his latest show.
Also, I believe I have found the world’s worst advert. It’s from Glade. Having not learnt their lesson over the little kid sitting on the toilet and needing an air freshener, they’ve gone one step further; just in case we didn’t quite understand the last time.
Gobsmacking, is it not? Those of you who don’t watch a lot of TV, think yourselves lucky. This is on almost every advert break on every major channel. You also have to love that they insist “more discreet than an aerosol” — well that may be, but the advert certainly isn’t! Insisting that the little kid is going “to do a poo at Paul’s” doesn’t exactly leave much to the imagination.
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