{"id":484,"date":"2009-01-15T02:30:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T07:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/?p=484"},"modified":"2009-01-15T13:02:19","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T18:02:19","slug":"a-twitter-experiment-15-movies-30-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jasonmorrison.net\/content\/2009\/a-twitter-experiment-15-movies-30-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"A Twitter Experiment: 15 Movies, 30 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been known to do geeky things.\u00a0 For one, I’ve been experimenting with putting parts of my life on the web live via Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 For another, I’ve been going to a 30-hour science fiction movie marathon<\/a> with friends for the past 14 years.<\/p>\n

It’s time to merge the two together in a Twitter Experiment<\/strong> this weekend.\u00a0 Starting on Friday, 7 p.m. EST I’ll be posting updates to Twitter about the movies, ridiculous sci-fi plot devices, funny cracks from the crowd, and the general movie marathon experience.<\/p>\n

Now for some questions and answers:<\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0 How can I follow along?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 Follow me on Twitter<\/a> and watch the snippets roll in.\u00a0 Alternatively, if you’re connected to me on Facebook you can watch my status updates, it’s the same thing.<\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0 I’m going to be there, how can I participate?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let me know in the comments below, we’ll make it a thing.<\/p>\n

EDIT:\u00a0 Use hashtag #marathon34<\/strong> in any Tweets.<\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0 Why would anyone have even the slightest interest in this? <\/strong><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 The CWRU Science Fiction Marathon<\/a> is really an excuse for a bunch of sarcastic people to shout insults and rejoinders at a movie screen.\u00a0 It’s like a huge, live-action, sleep-deprived version of Mystery Science Theater 3000.<\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0 No, I mean why would anyone have the slightest interest in you going to a movie marathon?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 Point taken, its not like I’m famous or anything (outside of being temporarily internet famous in Australia<\/a>, of course).\u00a0 Luckily many of my readers are friends, colleagues, and a bit geeky themselves. If you’re going to get a tiny-text-snippet tour through a science fiction marathon, though, I might as well be your guide – I have a fair knowledge of the genre, I used to be a movie reviewer, and I like to make sarcastic comments.<\/p>\n

Q:\u00a0 How is this possible?
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0 An iPhone, and WiFi or the regular data connection, that’s how.\u00a0 I might also play around with my G1 phone with Android a bit.\u00a0 If my connectivity fails for some reason, I reserve the right to basically give up and pretend I never even mentioned it.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

One other thing I just can’t leave out of this post – when I mentioned this to my coworkers, they poked fun.\u00a0 My coworkers at Google<\/a>.\u00a0 That’s right, I’m officially too geeky for Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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