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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Twitter and "Face Book" Are Older Than the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/05/04/twitter-and-face-book-are-older-than-the-internet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/05/04/twitter-and-face-book-are-older-than-the-internet/</guid><description><![CDATA[You got me all a twitter with that article.....<br><br>FIRST time I've felt that way..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[fastharry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2009 10:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Twitter and "Face Book" Are Older Than the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/05/04/twitter-and-face-book-are-older-than-the-internet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/05/04/twitter-and-face-book-are-older-than-the-internet/</guid><description><![CDATA[OK.  Just this once, you can see a word invented.<br>In response to the seeming new word, twitter, that<br>ornithologists and birders, as well as many other<br>fields, have used for centuries, we have this nicely<br>-done piece  by Terrence O'Brien, that is clearly <br>- wait for it - TWITTIA.      Don Miller]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[drmiller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 4th 2009 10:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Twitter and "Face Book" Are Older Than the Internet]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/05/04/twitter-and-face-book-are-older-than-the-internet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/05/04/twitter-and-face-book-are-older-than-the-internet/</guid><description><![CDATA[Of course there would be references to Facebook.  The site takes its name from face books, which have existed at top universities and preparatory schools for decades, if not longer.<br><br>"Twitter" also takes its name from the word "twitter," meaning small talk.  However, none of the references you mention are predictive of these social sites in the way that Vandevar Bush kind of predicted HTML links and the world wide web.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigMKnows]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 1st 2009 4:15PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
