Here’s a fun tip for following a current event on Twitter.
1. Boot up Search.Twitter.com
2. Do a search for your current event AND a Twitter pic sharing service. For instance, today is iPad 2 release day. There are people all around the country and world waiting in ridiculously long lines. Using Search.Twitter, here are a few sample searches I did:
iPad2 twitpic.com
ipad 2 twitpic.com
iPad2 yfrog.com
iPad2 plixi.com
3. These searches and more like them yield the following amazing set of image results from people all over the world:
WHOA!
http://plixi.com/p/83269483
LONG LINE
http://twitpic.com/48ji9v
A pile at Wal-Mart
http://twitpic.com/48jqgr
TONS of people, but it looks sunny
http://twitpic.com/48jhyv
Store about to open?
http://twitpic.com/48jt5m
AWESOME PANORAMA
http://yfrog.com/gz1pbrj
Traveling the world with my body… actually boarding planes and going places… is superior to looking at pictures. But this is still fun. You can also use Twitter to keep up with less fortunate events like the earthquake in Japan, or the uprisings in Egypt.
This real-time set of search results is one big reason why I prefer Twitter to Facebook.
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