To my former sexual partners, as required by law -- @markowitz
Re: What seems to have been your car -- @pumpkinshirt
From: eHarmony. Subject: Your profile has been rejected. -- @jadawa
I hate to do this via email . . . -- @SusanEJacobsen
Fwd:Fwd:Fwd:Fw:Catz! lol -- @danblondell
What happened in Vegas did NOT stay in Vegas -- @jschechner
Your Dad is Now Following You on Twitter. -- @CathleenRitt
From: Your Doctor. Subj: Good news, bad news . . . -- @Baszma
Urgent notice to everyone who was at the hot tub party last Saturday! -- @lavasusan
From: AT&T. Subject: Your international roaming charges -- @kvijayraghavan
Hi! Remember me? I’m in town!! -- @Stefaniya
Error in lab results -- @ricksva
From: NIH. Subj: Important new information on link between computer usage and rapid-onset dementia -- @maineone
Honey, you saved those tax papers from 1978, right? -- @pumpkinshirt
From: Yale Office of Admissions. File Size: 2K -- @perryan
We need to talk. Call me. -- @_not_THAT_guy
From: Your Petsitter. Subject: Before you open the door when you get home . . . -- @brianwolven
From: Your Publisher. Subject: Ha, good one! Could you send the real chapter now, please? -- @Lookshelves
Your GM common stock -- @scottmarkarian
Did you mean to hit Reply to All? -- @Maggie_Dwyer
From: Your eldest kid. Subject: How do you get chocolate sauce out of the sofa? -- @aymroos
The above is an excerpt from the book The World According to Twitter by David Pogue. The above excerpt is a digitally scanned reproduction of text from print. Although this excerpt has been proofread, occasional errors may appear due to the scanning process. Please refer to the finished book for accuracy.
Copyright © 2009 David Pogue, author of The World According to Twitter
About the Author:
David Pogue, author of The World According to Twitter, is the weekly tech columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and contributor of funny, weekly tech videos for CNBC. He's the author or co-author of 50 books, including six in the For Dummies line and 25 in the Missing Manual series, which he created. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children. Join Pogue's world at his website: http://www.davidpogue.com/; at Twitter: @pogue; or at his blog: www.nytimes.com/pogue.