Classifying Twitter

I mean to expand on this later. But I was wondering how to 'label' Twitter?

I was hearing the TWiT podcast (http://twit.tv/twit)

which is an excellent podcast by the way and as is customary, there's a social media update from Leo Laporte.

Here's the first update. Lance Armstrong, avid twitterer, refused to speak to the press and instead updated his Twitter and initmated fans about a broken arm. Is this bypassing of conventional media? Is Twitter the ultimate ether, where anyone with a radio station can broadcast news? And your twitter account is exactly a mechanism to do that?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hqaYvaKXPG6ygYt1V_VSjpj5xz1w

Here's the second story, about corporate use of Twitter.

http://mashable.com/2009/05/21/twares/

An airline bypassing all conventional media for advertising vis-a-vis : radio, tv, print media, the traditional internet web ad's and going straight to the users.

PonderPoint #1 : The Losers of Tennis

We know the winner and the first runner up in a tournament of tennis gets prize money. Ever wonder what happens to the hundreds who are not one of those two fortunate ones? They still have to buy racquets, hire coaches, travel to tournaments. How do they sustain themselves?

Thinking....

Michael Phelps Ka Kachha

Is Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian? Or is his Speedo LZR undie the fastest undie to ever dip into a swimming pool?

Found this article quite informative on the topic, especially the conclusion, which is quite hillarious.

Perhaps they could go back to competing nude as they did at the original games. It would make the swimming and track events more interesting but, on the other hand, the weightlifting would be positively terrifying. Maybe that’s not such a good idea after all.

Read the rest here.