Colin Mercer On The Inter - Web » twitter http://www.colinmercer.co.uk Stuff Stuff and More Stuff Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:57:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Ashes First Test Tweets http://www.colinmercer.co.uk/2009/07/20/the-ashes-first-test-tweets/ http://www.colinmercer.co.uk/2009/07/20/the-ashes-first-test-tweets/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:32:42 +0000 Colin http://www.colinmercer.co.uk/?p=754 As you know, I am a huge cricket fan, therefore The Ashes is a very exciting time for me. I can’t think of much interesting stuff to do relating to it at the moment so I will start off by aggregating my tweets for each test.

So here is the first test from Cardiff:

colinmercer: Finally there is an atmosphere again. We have got to get in their faces, as they have done to use for the last 20 yrs. #ashes
colinmercer: Top notch Freddie, thats who! Great catch #ashes
colinmercer: @pingudownunder we’ve been doing that for a while already, rain dance worked well yesterday #ashes
colinmercer: Katich should have gone, tough call for the umpire, Strauss / Swann would have referred that… #ashes #bringonreferralsystem
colinmercer: Monty appealing already #ashes
colinmercer: RT @trevslibrary: It’s Monty time! :) #ashes
colinmercer: @nickobeano convict colony is one of the better songs yes #ashes #barmyarmy
colinmercer: What is the song the army are singing? sounds like “i shagged matilda”, anyone? #ashes #barmyarmy
colinmercer: 10p to everyone following me if Pontings gets a golden #ashes
colinmercer: Has @Aggerscricket not seen @GeoffreyBoycott? I guess it might not be him… #ashes
colinmercer: @ElwoodGooner england are 46-1 #ashes
colinmercer: @thealanmercer what a surprise! ive taken the whole week off ;)
colinmercer: Bopara off the mark in traditional fashion… #ashes
colinmercer: Simon Jones you have a very attractive lady friend… no wonder you’ve been ‘injured’ #ashes
colinmercer: Just heard about @bumblecricket – excited!
colinmercer: @nickobeano lots of work to go yet, wickets which have fallen have been soft #ashes
colinmercer: Fed up of Sky’s coverage of #ashes already, every 5 minutes there are adverts.
colinmercer: How can i listen to TMS when the only bands my radio has is FM and MW? #ashes
colinmercer: Great shot handsome broad #ashes
colinmercer: @ceejay2222 hehe, it would be cool to have #tdf on the laptop and cricket on tellly
colinmercer: Another wicket which can be accounted for by the thigh pad. a redesign is needed? #ashes
colinmercer: @Aggerscricket is that chappell or bruce forsyth?
colinmercer: @davidgryguc the guy chucking the red round thing at 94mph, who just dropped katich #ashes
colinmercer: Dear Australia, meet Freddie! #ashes
colinmercer: @BumbleCricket Cairns Fudge umpiring situation, OCA legislation is wrong. Give Wantage CC a shout out too, we need umpires!
colinmercer: RT @trevslibrary: It’s Monty time! :) #ashes
colinmercer: @nickobeano is all about waltzing matilda, thanks to @davetaprobane
colinmercer: RT @ECB_cricket: does anyone actually enjoy watching Katich bat? <– Lol at the comment and Lol at the source :D

Fun hey?

Follow me on Twitter for all the latest and greatest on The Ashes here.

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The most obvious one is on the article itself, here’s an example post which got some comments:

There is of course Twitter, where you can @reply a comment on articles because whenever I post an article, a Tweet is created to alert my followers that I have posted a new article. Here’s a comment I got recently:


Next is Facebook, as I mentioned above, when I publish an article I Tweet saying so, these Tweets feed into my Facebook status which again alerts my friends that I have posted. And the way Facebook now works you can comment on people’s status, here’s a couple I got on a recent article:

There is also Friendfeed, but I don’t use that much at all so I doubt I have had comments there.

I may put some more thoughts to this and try and explain why / who comments through which media, for now, which is your preference?

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  • @Whatleydude I’m coming up for a meeting this afternoon, fancy a pint at lunch time? #
  • At didcot. Shock horror all trains delayed. #
  • @missdd i know nothing! @whatleydude is making it up… Dam emo’s #
  • Ran for train, again. Stupid public transport! Will be back nearly in time for cricket. Depends how much speeding i do! #
  • Still unbeaten on a wed. Well done skipper! #
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  • In work, only feeling half as dead as i did yesterday. Great thai food last night with @missdd + newbould clan #
  • @sebrobert Link? #
  • @Whatleydude not sure ive seen one of those outside of festival grounds before #
  • @ricgalbraith Did you bite, and pop, his inflatable toy? #
  • @Whatleydude I’m not allowed outside unless accompanied by a responsible adult. And as i dont know any of those its tough… :D #
  • @ceejay2222 where you living now sir? #
  • @Whatleydude Yes yes i do! @ricgalbraith can be the responsibie adult… uh oh #
  • @jakkychamp Oxford baby! #
  • @bryan thats like a weeks worth of sleep!! What a waste :D #
  • @missdd already there… fun time franky! #
  • Vista Print http://tinyurl.com/6fswwp #
  • Sitting on my bed, fan blowing, gin flowing and City and Colour bellowing! #
  • Truck-ing Friday http://tinyurl.com/62mnps #
  • State of English Test Cricket http://tinyurl.com/5t2eyn #
  • Serious Truck-ing Faces http://tinyurl.com/6eqfdw #
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  • @spudmeister enjoy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinmercer/2688884390/ #
  • Back in the office, need to sleep, but now ive planned football and dinner #
  • Trying to fix n95 8gb, why wont it show my contact names against text messages anymore :( #
  • Is 11 mb worth of text messages alot? #
  • @sylwiapresley no idea. Grumble #
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  • Drunk before ten. Festival goodness #
  • @missdd eat some strong mints. You’ll be fine #
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  • Being regaled with the carnage of last night. #
  • Twitter back up, no twirl though :S #
  • Got some very strange tuna and sauce combination. lets see #
  • Truck tonight #
  • @sylwiapresley no, @adamjohnstone isnt in the printer, he couldnt connect with it properly. also there isnt room for boats in a printer! #
  • first headache in about 3 months. and i didnt even drink #
  • Beer, cide, gin, apple sours, jager and bucks fizz… sounds like a messy day to me #
  • @missdd come to truck #
  • At truck. Everything set. Beer time. Number 2 already #
  • @missdd lucky you! Jealous #
  • @missdd only beer so far. Night is early. #
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  • Team Beer http://tinyurl.com/6awl3a #
  • Planning my presentation for tonight. should i have dancing girls? #
  • Secretly preparing presentation for tonight… shhhh #
  • Feeling flush. Waitrose here i come #
  • @whatleydude no novelty coasters? *sobs uncontrollably* #
  • Distracted #
  • @ricgalbraith go on… take a stab in the dark? #
  • @ricgalbraith Your sir are a DISGRACE. i hadnt even realised. Clearly someone isnt busy enough! #
  • @jakkychamp you look brilliant #
  • @sylwiapresley the place is falling apart! Are you coming to oxford tonight deary? #
  • In copa. Preparing #
  • Awards went well. Driving home soon #
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  • Moth Madness http://tinyurl.com/5g4auh #
  • Lords Cricket Ground http://tinyurl.com/5tzun9 #
  • @Whatleydude non serious answer: the zoo? #
  • @ricgalbraith sounds like they are going to finally look into where my bike went when i was 12. that was a big issue #
  • The speed of mood changes is fascinating #
  • @jeremy_jeffers You back tonight then? #
  • Few beers. Now curry. What to have, what to have… #
  • @jsonstone dont you want me baby, dont you want me owww. Only used as part of a drinking game #
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  • @ricgalbraith *snigger* #
  • Morning meeting, always fun, you get to find out how much fun work will be #
  • Hiding in meeting room #
  • @atmasphere its a coincidence thing, it thinks im in NY too, at a guess, thats the default #
  • @wankergirl Its all about letters this week? #
  • @wankergirl proudly i can say i dont know any Nsync lyrics! #
  • Decision made, leaving the office dead on time today! :D #
  • … Just to go home and work from there :( #
  • @SiobhanC I’m just settling in to start working again aswell… \m/ #
  • @ricgalbraith “…and they all lived happily ever after. The End” see its easy, get over it :P #
  • Twitter Acquire Summize http://tinyurl.com/5wdezw #
  • Truck Festival 11 http://tinyurl.com/5cyojl #
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