To kill a tweeting bird

I have decided to take my leave from Twitter, the now-popular social media website everyone's talking about. It's not that I'm worried my future employer might find some ugly thing I've tweeted (like I've tweeted ugly things, pff), or that my brain is going to turn into jelly. The thing is, I just don't feel like posting updates for 97% people I've never even seen in real life, 52% of which are marketers, 34% are spammers, and maybe a good 11% whom are actual friends or particularly interesting people (statistics may not be accurate). In fact, I don't think these people care much about what I am doing with my life, either (sure, maybe some of them do, but then again that's not the majority).

This is not meant to be an offense to any of my followers or to any of the people I was following.

Rather, it is meant to be a final goodbye to each and everyone of these people (except the previously mentionned 11% actual friends or particularly interesting people).

My bird is dead and you probably won't hear from him again. Until maybe one day I'll make another account and start over. But when that happens, it probably won't be on Twitter.

Lendemain de Toronto

Que de misère j'ai à comprendre ceux qui ne vont pas aux voyages de fin d'année sous prétexte qu'ils sont "déjà allés". Il est évident qu'on ne va pas là pour la place. On ne va pas là non plus pour s'enrichir culturellement ou pour voir du pays. Hé bien, peut-être un peu, mais plus que tout, on y va pour le plaisir. Le "trip" d'être entre amis et de faire des activités délirantes qu'on ne pourrait pas faire à Québec.

Je suis de retour de mon plus récent voyage de niveau à Toronto, de retour sous la pile de devoirs et d'étude. Au loin, une file d'examens pour lesquels je dois me préparer. Je vais répondre à vos questions (du moins, celles que je crois que vous voudriez me poser) comme suit:

"Alors, comme tu es de retour, est-ce que tu vas recommencer à bloguer de façon régulière comme tu l'avais dit dans ton dernier B.I.L.A.N. ?"

Je ne garantis rien à cet endroit, étant donné les obstacles (devoirs et étude) précédemment mentionnés.

"Et le guide du blogueur? Où est-il?"

... Autre question?

"Qu'en est-il du guide de l'apprenti bloguer? Quel est son emplacement?"

Bel essai, mais meilleure chance la prochaine fois.

"Et le GAB?"

Bon, c'est assez pour les questions.

Je vais voir ce que je peux faire, mais je ne fais plus de garantie.

What are YOU doing?

An article of Tweets. Enjoy.

"I like Twitter... it lets me know what people are doing. Too bad it's not always interesting."

"I use Twitter at work. It's useful, 'cause I can tell my colleagues when our boss is coming around."

"Twitter: Facebook, except with less functionalities and no information-stealing."

"It's a bit like having a cellphone strapped to my head, with dozens of people speaking through it."

"Too bad so many people are trying to tell me how to tweet. I'm just trying to tell people what I'm doing, not become a pro twitter."

"Well, got to go now. Tweet you all later!"

This is rather a quickie. It doesn't cover too many aspects of twitter, but it still covers a few in a rather subtle way. Actually, it doesn't cover the aspect of twitter I like most: It forces you to be concise, to find other ways to say things in a shorter way.

Hope you enjoyed it, even if it was short.