Twitter made me feel safe

A lot of people are trying to get their heads around Twitter these days and I have to say my own enthusiasm comes and goes but one of my most significant Twitter moments came when I was on a Greyhound journey in heavy, driving snow, between New York and Washington. The fact that I knew that at any one time a lot of people were reading my tweets meant that I felt less apprehensive. Partly just the contact, however tenuous, with people I knew and partly the fact that if something did happen a lot of people would know about it instantly unlike almost any other option open to me at the time.

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[ant]

Know what you mean. By only turning on my mobile to text twice a day I was able to stay in touch with loads of people whilst in the mountains. And I got two weeks battery life out of the phone too! It was a bit like sending a postcard to everyone I knew twice a day- light, fun, easy, reassuring. How can people not 'get' this?

[Pedro Custódio]

Hey Euan,

it was fun to read this post of yours today, while I was on the train on my way home... some days ago I actually felt the same way, I was in line at the hospital urgency, and I just twitered about it, the reply messages I received kind of made me feel less alone, and not only less worried as they have in fact made the time more bearable, considering I was there for over an hour waiting for my turn.

Hope everything is ok with you.
;)

cheers.
Pedro