Part I – Twitter Before the Conference or Event

“Using Twitter for literate communication is about as likely as firing up a CB radio and hearing some guy recite ‘The Iliad.’” – Bruce Sterling, science fiction writer and journalist

It is funny how some of the most amazing people do not get the most basic technologies. Bruce Sterling is one of the best known and sharpest science fiction writers and this is something that he said some time back.  I am guessing that he has never listened to a CB radio because although I never have, I am sure that there are some smart, well-read truckers who have spoken their own version of the Iliad while driving across the long, lonely desert of the American West.

Come to think of it, Twitter has become a place for literate and well-meaning conversation and it is not only a phenomenon, Twitter has become a tool that millions of people use every day to communicate, educate and to spread information among friends and colleagues.  Twitter has also played a role in bringing down governments and sparking a full blown revolution or two.

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