Friday, 20 April 2012

Twitter use for dummies

Those books that seem to teach like every American in movies,just ripped a page on how to....use twitter. This is a self help guide to joining the movement & invite you into a new world for all you millennials.
Smh .....at myself after learning what the acronym actually stood for. (Shaking my head) .
So many of us were accustomed and fell to the Facebook buzz & hype among other things like 2go & nimbuzz which have over time become irrelevant to most who are of sophistication at least. Just like those guys getting wind on planking or 'ujinga ni' they are left over for face book guys to finally catch on or let on on an already past joke.
Twitter has gained momentum and rivaled Facebook such that I have to give props considering things like 2go are already fossils maybe even part of the oil that's been discovered in Turkana.
Anyway we aren't all tech oriented people but to be clear some things like using twitter don't have a manual & so many people are missing out on the party going on & am whiling to include everyone hence this how to get in the hype that just keeps maintaining itself. want everyone (at least those who read my blog) to post which is way out of my comfort zone.
First things first on twitter one gets a twitter handler name and has to have an @
.example @sebby12th which is mine( feel free to follow me and inquire on stuff). When search & finding friend all you do is you have to follow them and all their thoughts would be streaming on the home page just as on Facebook when updating their statuses. When you follow someone,if they don't have some security setting & if your kanye west who apparently follows back one person or used to there would be no notification alerting them so its common courtesy if you want them to follow you back to Harsh tag & write #nf meaning 'now following'. When you harsh tag any wording its like highlighting what you are talking about & usually if you follow to many people you may get jumbled up by the many tweets & forget the initial conversation with a particular person & the unique highlighting comes in handy. helps since when someone replies the highlighted bit would automatically be in the reply for example.....
Other terminologies include #nw -now watching, #np now playing. Rt mean retweeted,unlike Facebook posting comments people retweet interesting stuff and if there is still space considering tweeps utilize 140 characters then you can add a smarmy take or comment for example..
Some apps like write-longer help people like me who gats lots to say a tweet at a time to write more than 140 characters.
Replying a tweet is as simple as clicking the arrow above a tweet and sending a direct message ,the envelope would be your best bet. That the merger knowledge I have of twitter & certainly helped me a lot so explore that exploration side of you but when someone tweets you back then it will appear on mentions. Other acronyms used are such like QT when you RT means quoting someone while you re tweet them. TL is twitter list like checking the people you are annoyingly following you LQTM.laughing quietly to myself:) STFU..shut the fuck up, ROTFLMAO...Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Out.
Secret though whenever in a pickle Google search engine would be your best if you cant read such a post. Though mine is raw experience.
In Julian's word God ata-tuita tum-follow.
awesome weekend and feel free to school me on more twitter quotes and what not...you would probably helping more people than you think. enjoy your weekend blogsphere.

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

40 the new 25

In Nairobi,I kid you not by the way, there are neighborhoods that encourages single-hood. Its such that apart from not having dogs you shouldn't have rugrats -children.

Dead serious. What I found even weirder is that I found that as a really interesting hood that I would definitely want to stay at. I like children a lot but when they are moderated though I find them cheering a place up and bring so much life and laughter,when they go pee pee that smile goes upside down.

Getting back to the topic at hand, I got a friend who is 40 & sassy and found myself scoring a lunching at her place( just food ). Living alone & 40 she was wishing she even had kids rather she was or is planning to have kids now.....no judgement on my part seems like most 40year old got it really together recession or not. She was the second 40 year old I met and the previous one was or is a pilot and living to make money solely for his son. Common traits though, when they club they don't do it half heartedly...its full on drinks getting smashed on any drink they think is worth taking from the bar(by the bottle). Note not Binge drink( were you gazzle down kibao whole and dry then go clubing to take like two beers)thats not the wikipedia description,that task is yours(evil grin)

. Sad part about us 18 going on 25. Not yet rooted to spend our own hard earned cash. So most of the young tucks(not referencing the minister who call them selves youths) are worked too hard comparison of a donkey and sometimes pulling an all nighter just bets the point since your already sleep deprived wobbling like a sober Jack sparrow ( imagine additional alcohol to that mix). The 40year old now hold the managerial post or own the whole company so they have flexible hours. The young tuks me inclusive of that category just have the option to make their house more lookie lookie.....may be reward yourself with expensive cloths or aka Toyota while the 40 plus are bima Benz & Bentley- ing. Juliani inspirational words-kwa Jam sisi wote sawa even us Hopper people while non driving 40year holds are cabbing. Then you wonder? how is it some people want to phase out Nissan's, what are they talking about,well it the 40year old who are talking not you me youngies. The women are so baked they are actually the target audience for radio stations such as easy FM. Lonely maybe but the get gratified by the amount of Cheddar they can get and the knowledge they have massed during their lengthy time on this earth( am allowed to talk like a young person though am not getting any younger).

I admire them to because they are sure and go for what they want. No nonsensical running around a cup. Straight to the point. Life is short. Yolo- you only live Once so be young as long as you can Cc the ministers who are the youth.

Cheers to the early weekend blogsphere and have a happy easter.