Twitter- Everyone is doing it.

It is finally the end of the year, and I found myself learning a lot in the Secular and the Sacred. I learned more about religion. I learned about stereotypes and how it can affect people. I even learned about how our generation is when it comes to technology. As a lot of our blog posts have been about texting and how are generation is dependent on being around people. I found an interesting article on cnn.com called "CNN 'twitterer' completes London Marathon." I found this article interesting because it was about a CNN journalist who decided to twitter about his London Marathon experience. Peter Wilkinson the CNN journalist, basically ran in the London Marathon which is just over 26 miles and while running he was texting to his twitter to update people about his event. While reading this article it made me wonder what this world really has come to, I use to run in high school and I cannot even imagine running and texting at the same time. The fact that he still ran the marathon in about three hours and 30 minutes still amazes me. I have recently learned about Twitter and what it is. What I have learned is that it is a way for people to "tweet" about what they are thinking or doing. It is a new form of Facebook and Myspace but a little more simpler and with less features. When reading the article and just learning about Twitter, it brings me back to one of our course readings, "The End of Solitude" by William Deresiezwick. In his article he explains how our generation has a really hard time being alone. He mentioned how some students have to have someone talking to them while they are trying to do homework. He also mentioned how we are scared to be alone, and how we rely on technology. In the article it shows that its not just our generation who is relying on technology. I find that a lot of the older generations are starting up Facebook pages, and are starting their own Twitter accounts. I am even finding that instead of a parent calling their children they text.

Twitter Fever! Dir. E! Perf. Joel McHale. Youtube. 23 Apr. 2009. .

In the video above it shows how a lot of celebrities are becoming a part of the Twitter community. When you look at the different celebrities talking about Twitter they are a part of the older generations. Also, it is a video to show how everyone seems to be a part of Twitter, and a lot of them are telling people to look at their Twitter page to get updates. It is basically a reach to the fans. But just as our generation alone it seems like another way to stay up to date with our friends, and to meet new people.

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