links for 2009-05-28

Clip: "It’s the connection I feel to the people I follow when they make me smile, or feel sad or feel passionate about something. It’s the constant display of humanity sliding by on my screen daily. I know when someone thousands of miles away is feeling frustrated at work. I feel the elation a virtual stranger is feeling when he finishes that race he’s been training for forever. I share that funny moment that person I miss hanging out with has…and can feel closer to her for it.

The other stuff is gravy. If it weren’t for the interesting tidbits and connections I feel emotionally to the people on Twitter, I wouldn’t tune in so religiously and catch the great New York Times article or the fact that one of my favorite artists is coming to town. If all I got was customer service on Twitter, I’d only tune in when I had an issue. But because of the ambient intimacy of the connections…the real human experiences being shared daily, I may also tune into the ‘commercial breaks’…"