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Twitter Jail (is social media reliable in an emergency)

Tim Burrows's avatarWalking the Social Media Beat

From the onset of the flood warnings in Alberta I have had search terms and monitoring in place to follow along from a safe, dry distance. From the beginning, the Calgary Police Service has been nothing short of awesome to watch!Screen shot 2013-06-21 at 6.50.49 PM

They have been on the ball broadcasting information, sharing information, answering questions providing links to more information and going at it on a full speed setting. At the time of writing, Calgary Police have tweeted 44 times in the last hour.

But, they have paid the price for providing all this information…Twitter Jail.  That’s right folks, the police have been sent to jail.  But, not to fear, they have more than one account in Calgary and one of their members jumped in and started tweeting on behalf of the big account.Screen shot 2013-06-21 at 7.04.38 PM

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The best definition of Twitter Jail comes from Urban Dictionary,

“Twitter Jail is no tweeting if you’ve reached…

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Twitter Jail (is social media reliable in an emergency)

Twitter Jail (is social media reliable in an emergency).

Life…it really begins after you think

Great thoughts here!

Tim Burrows's avatarWalking the Social Media Beat

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I know this post is NOTHING like what I usually write about here, but something happen last night that made me want to find some way to talk about it.  SO, since I have this forum, I will use it…if you think that it will help someone out there in some way, please feel free to share it.

Kids…I know that there is a demand for you to fit in, be popular, be accepted and be liked. But lets face it, some of us are just square pegs that don’t fit into the round holes very well. It’s not that we do anything wrong, it just sometimes feels like we don’t do anything right. You will NEVER be liked by everyone and you will NEVER be great at everything. Growing up seems like the longest journey you will ever have. But, trust me…it flies by and one day you will…

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I’m Back

Well I am going to try to revive my dorment blog page!  Now that I am in the off season I have slightly more free time…..slightly.  I will try to post and write more things here that I come across in my SM travels 😉

Christmas 2012

Have a happy and safe Holliday season from the van Mil family 🙂