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15

Daily Tweet Digest: 01.15.09

By Jim MacMillan
  • I am off to play poker with some old newspaper colleagues and take their money while they still have jobs :-) #
  • Coverage from today’s NYC plane crash and rescues was further evidence that TWITTER IS REDEFINING SPOT NEWS: http://ping.fm/xAFeo #
  • Amazing! Lawyers go 2.0: I just got a Google Ad asking “Were you injured on flight 1549?” and taking me here: http://is.gd/g3u0 #
  • NYT plane crash slideshow: http://is.gd/g2TZ #
  • NY Daily News plane crash photo gallery: http://is.gd/g37L #
  • NY Post plane crash photo gallery: http://is.gd/g37a #
  • I didn’t check the alternatives, but I have to admit CNN has done a fine job with today’s plane crash. #
  • Good HuffPost assortment of videos from NYC plane crash/rescues: http://is.gd/g2pp #
  • Twitpic FAILS in it’s grandest hour. http://is.gd/g2JK What’s a better alternative for the next amazing camera phone photo? #
  • More amazing photos from NYCplane crash and rescues: http://is.gd/g2EE #
  • Stunning assortment of photos from NYCplane crash: http://is.gd/g2CO #
  • RT @jkrums: http://twitpic.com/135xa – There’s a plane in the Hudson. I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy. #
  • CNNlive video from US Airways Hudson river crash is amazing. Plane is floating. Apparently a “water landing” is possible. Hopefully ppl ok. #
  • Still “don’t get” Twitter? Enter “Hudson” or “Airways” into http://search.twitter.com/ right now. Brace for bad news; plane crash. #
  • CNN says 135 ppl on board (re CNN video live now: Plane crash in the Hudson River near NYC. Per CNN: USAir FLT 1549 Laguardia to Charlotte ) #
  • CNN video live now: Plane crash in the Hudson River near NYC. Per CNN: USAir FLT 1549 Laguardia to Charlotte #
  • CNN live video right now from a plane in the Hudosn near NYC. #
  • NEPhilly SWAT event about 60mins old. TV/Radio Newslinks: http://is.gd/g25A NO WORD from Philly’s largest news staff. FYI: http://is.gd/g25b #
  • TV&NewsRadio updates re SWAT standoff in NEPhilly: http://is.gd/g1U0 http://is.gd/g1Un http://is.gd/g1Ut http://is.gd/g1UH http://is.gd/g1UO #
  • Police standoff in progress after pharmacy shooting in Northeast Philly: http://is.gd/g1G7 #
  • Here is my 2nd preview from last week’s urban photojournalism workshop with Tufts/Exposure inBoston: http://is.gd/g1sX Stay tuned for more. #
  • Drop that peanut butter cracker! Recall issued after salmonella deaths: http://is.gd/g17D #
  • Earthquake: Magnitude 7.3 – EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS: http://is.gd/g11N #
  • uh-oh, earthquake is trending. #
  • Pownce is gone, Haiku has been abandoned, and now Meebo is M.I.A? What’s next? #
  • I should have known somebody was keeping track of “List of nicknames used by George W. Bush” – http://is.gd/g0p7 #
  • A dozen ppl just reminded me of all the nicknames Bush has had for just about everybody, not just the WH press. My bad. #
  • Bush says he calls John Negroponte “Ponti?” I thought he just had nicknames for the press. #
  • President Bush is live on CNN again right now; continuing goodbye week tour. #
  • Buy it Now! Barack Obama’s Chrysler is on sale at eBay. – http://is.gd/fSpi – Bidding starts at $100K or just take it away for $1M! #
  • Here’s a look back at my “Twinterview” with Philadelphia Weekly Wednesday: http://tinyurl.com/9tmjz7 #
  • Nice! I just heard CNN say Bernard Madoff was “under penthouse arrest.” #
  • Want to go see the Eagles at Arizona? Just $2500/seat! – http://is.gd/fXeJ #
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