It’s been awhile…since my last post about Twitter. I wrote this right after that post out of frustration so I let it sit. I’m posting it now for your “enjoyment.”
So, now I’ll be in more trouble with all the Twitter kool-aid drinkers, but oh well. I had some fun with the script of A Few Good Men. It’s meant as humor, nothing more, nothing less…breathe deep! Here it is:
You want answers?
We think were entitled to them.
You want answers?
We want the truth
You can’t handle the truth!
People, we live in an online world with tools like Twitter. And Twitter has to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, (insert your name here)?
I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
You weep for Twitter and you curse @djakes. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that @djakes Twitter post, while tragic, probably saved lives.
And @djakes’ existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives…
You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at Twitter meetups like at NECC, you want @djakes on that wall.
You need @djakes on that wall.
We use words like blogs, wikis, and del.icio.us (but not diigo)…we use these words as the backbone to a life spent creating online communities.
You use ‘em as part of a 140 character punchline.
@djakes neither has the time nor the inclination anymore to explain to people who refuse to actually read the post, then question the manner in which @djakes wrote it! He’d rather you just said thank you and went on your way.
Otherwise, I suggest you grab a mouse and write a post. Either way, I don’t give a @&^%$# what you think you’re entitled to!
Did you write the Twitter Post?
I did the job you sent me to do.
Did you WRITE THE TWITTER POST?
You’re #%*&*&% right I did!!
What the &$#&$^ is this? I wrote the post, I’d do it again.
I’m going back to my office.
You’re not going anywhere @djakes
MP’s: guard @djakes
I committed a crime? A crime?
But it’s got 106 comments!
This is funny, that’s what this is!
OK, let me have it…
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October 25th, 2008 at 2:51 pm - Edit
Clear. Crystal clear.
October 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm - Edit
Dean’s response was the best –
one of my favorite movies —
and it made sense what you did with it.
October 25th, 2008 at 5:31 pm - Edit
Diigo…You can’t handle Diigo!
No, seriously…Why not Diigo?
October 25th, 2008 at 5:31 pm - Edit
Wonderful. You da man!!
October 25th, 2008 at 5:41 pm - Edit
HA! Ok- you are one sick cookie. I love it.
Thanks for some laughs during my Saturday morning troll through the edtech world.
I think I had a sick little smile on my face the entire time I read it.
Sean
October 25th, 2008 at 11:00 pm - Edit
So I wonder now, at this point in the game…
* What have we learned?
* Does Twitter and blogging and the like really have worth?
* How does a person’s motives affect the value of what they contribute?
* Where do we go from here?
October 25th, 2008 at 11:25 pm - Edit
The live version was even more funny.
Before addressing Darren Draper’s questions can you come up with a parallel scenario to Jack in the Shining? I’d like to hear it.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:44 pm - Edit
Either you get it or you don’t.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:51 pm - Edit
I thought it was a lick in the pants in April… became quite interesting in summer… and is now a real component of my PLN in October. @nashworld
October 25th, 2008 at 11:53 pm - Edit
HA! Ok… A KICK in the pants! Wow… Ok, so… The iPhone has limits in typing to online forums. I’m dumb.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:05 pm - Edit
Setting: @djakes on the witness stand in a Second Life courtroom…
October 26th, 2008 at 6:35 pm - Edit
Brilliant! This is what blogging should be. Humorous, sarcastic, poignant, oppositional, opinionated, and provocative all wrapped up into one neatly written post.
Fun reading, David.
October 27th, 2008 at 8:25 pm - Edit
[…] and the professional alignment of the crowd… or something. In fact, my comment(s) to this very entertaining post by David Jakes contain quite the thumb-typed error. Perhaps you should check it […]
October 30th, 2008 at 9:12 pm - Edit
Too freakin’ funny. I was envisioning @djakes on the stand, infull dress unifrom, getting all red faced. :-).
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm - Edit
I don’t think I want to mess with you.
November 19th, 2008 at 3:40 pm - Edit
And people actually take time to comment.