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August 8, 2008
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It was amazing to watch the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but it was also curiously fascinating to watch (and read) a fireworks of postings on Twitter.
If you're not familiar with Twitter, it's a micro-blogging platform that allows users around the world to share very short messages with others.
I often eavesdrop on a site called Twitscoop that gathers posts based on topics or keywords so you can get a global feel for stuff you're interested in. They include a cool graph that shows topics as they rise and fall in interest over the past 6 hours, 1 day or 3 days.
Sample Twitter Post Related To Olympic Ceremonies...
Opening Ceremonies were absolutely absolutely breath-taking! Such an amazing display.
Opening Ceremonies Twit: President Bush and Laura Bush look bored out of their minds.
I was mega impressed with the opening ceremonies although not so much with Ralph Laurens outfits for the USA team.
Those opening ceremonies were pretty impressive... but I still wouldn't want to live there
Why so much bagpipe music during the opening ceremonies?
Just finished being blown away by the opening ceremonies - our son is in awe that the basketball team is practicing in the dorm next to him.
Dreaming of a new non broken couch. and watching the opening ceremonies for the olympics.
LOVED the opening ceremonies. i teared up on more than one occasion. i seriously love the Olympics.
Managed to see some of the opening ceremonies. Well orchestrated, very disciplined. Not overly impressed.
Watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics in China. Interesting perspective of Pres. Bush in crowd with Iraq & Afghanistan walking in.
Interesting - guess he was bored - ha. when was he on? bush looks bored as hell at the ceremonies
My favorite part of the Olympic opening ceremonies: seeing Yao Ming hoisting up the cute little heroic kid. Also, how about those fireworks?
Olympics r on! Wow! Unbelievable opening ceremonies. The fireworks set off all car alarms around it.
In true international spirit, we're eating taco salads while watching the Olympic opening ceremonies.
View thousands of Twitter post related to the Olympic Ceremonies at:
View a live Twitter Cloud of trending topics at:
Note: I have no association with any of these sites; I'm just a big fan of Twitter and TwitterScoop.
- TAGS:
- olympics,
- sports,
- beijing_olympics,
- opening,
- ceremonies,
- china,
- fireworks,
- 2008,
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