I just want to talk about a little thing called Twestival, which is coming up this Thursday.
Now, I’ve rambled on about twitter enough. More than enough. And then some. With a healthy dose of a bit more.
Speaking of which – here’s me, on twitter, so give me a follow with an @ if you so please.
Now, Twestival, if you haven’t yet heard, is 175+ cities around the world mobilising through Twitter and hosting events on February 12th. All money raised from these events is going to provide clean drinking water to the 1 in 6 people who do not currently have access to it. I didn’t manage to buy tickets in the first round of sales, blast my procrastinating ways. But, luckily, all my moaning and pouting and disappointment paid off. When the next round went on sale, my man was able to snipe up a pair. He’s not quite the twitter assassin I am, but he’s a badass ninja, sneaking in and snapping up tickets I didn’t even realise were on sale. I am mighty pleased, to say the least.
Aside from my bragging, I just wanted to talk a little bit about this Twestival business. I just think it’s awesome that there’s been such a tremendous amount of support – I mean, 175+ cities worldwide, is phenomenal. Instead of using twitter to bitch about motrin, or talk about what we ate for lunch, people are mobilising, and doing something valid. The site is predominantly the water cooler of the online world. You know, you can flirt with Sue from accounting, console Chris in IT over his latest botched foray in the rhealm of romance, or dish with Glenda from HR about how much sluttier Karen’s skirts have been getting since McHandsome as Hell started in marketing. Except that Sue is a children’s book writer, Chris owns a badass winery in California, and who knows what Glenda does, she’s freaking hilarious and that’s all that matters.
The point is, I love the idea that communication can lead to change. Like there are all these altruistic tentacles reaching around the world, pulling in twitter users, and helping us to make a difference. Grassroots, only wires and modems and other names for technological things because I don’t know that many. Which also proves just how easy Wordpress truly is.
I love the idea that a person, or a group of people, can look at a tool and use it for something else, evolving it into a more dynamic thing.
Where else can we band together and each do something small, to spur on change? How many existing arenas aren’t being used to their full potential?
