The following is not an actual transcript of my twitter reel; it's a selected portion of the updates I received yesterday and early today. Here's what some of you missed in real time either yesterday or early this morning:
--google_us_news: from google news US swine flu: fears of pandemic rise as Mexico death toll reaches 80 (link).
(Ow, poor Mexico. As if they don't have enough to deal with.)
--johncmayer: May I address all of Brasil, please? Hi Brasil. John here. Seems you really want me to go there. I will work on it. Thanks Brasil.
(I love this guy's music. I know I know...what the hell am I doing following a celebrity...guilty pleasure, that's all.)
--stabroeknews: SN NEWS ALERT: Corbin hospitalised with chest pains.
(Yep, Stabroek News is on Twitter. Finally, breaking news alerts from Guyana we can trust.)
--bbccaribbean: West Indies tour England (link).
--afcguyana: Despite orders of the court directing gov't to issue TV licenses, the gov't has refused to obey the ruling--NO RULE OF LAW IN GUYANA.
(Keep the pressure on there AFC. Way to go!)
--cariblife: Great blog and pictures of Obama and Summit in Trinidad (link).
--andersoncooper: Dear President Obama #97: Report Card Notice (link).
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The thing is, too many of us already spend too much time on the internet. One mental health professional recently added it to a list of "soft" addictions she claims are preventing Americans (and others) from living productive lives, or at least preventing us from living the lives we really want. But it's a catch-22. We live in a world where many of us for very valid reasons depend on the immediacy of the news or on establishing an internet presence in order to remain or achieve cutting-edge, or to fight the good (or nasty) political fight. Blogging and tweeting can help us do all of that. I say take it all in small doses.
