Twitter On Paper Generating Hand-Made Twitter Tweets...

May 27, 2009 3:37 PM

Twitter On Paper, by Sam Potts, (via simko) is a free service that generates hand-made one-of-a-kind editions of Twitter tweets. Proof that we are all nostalgic for the olden days of hand written notes, but are all too lazy to actually write them?

How does Twitter on Paper work?
Twitter on Paper is a new service that allows you to request paper editions of tweets.
’Editions‘ isn’t really the right word, since they are one of a kind. But basically, how it works is: you ask for a tweet and I mail one to you. By post. In the real world.
No way. It’s just that simple?
Pretty much, yes. There are two types of tweets you can request: new and old. If you select New Tweet, I’ll make something up and send it to you. If you request Old Tweet, you can then specify which tweet you’d like.
And you’re doing this why?
Recently we’ve seen a number of new services that help you put tweets on things. No one is putting tweets on paper. It’s a shame. Twitter on Paper changes all that. We aim to demonstrate that a paper-based media model can compete in the modern marketplace.
Why would anyone want a tweet on a piece of paper?
I have no idea. (via)

To contact the author of this post, email rachelle@guestofaguest.com

Robert Jobsuche

May 28, 2009

8:57am

I want to tweet on paper! Sometimes you just don't have any access to the internet - hand-made tweeting is a nice workaround ;)  

Jas Festywal

July 6, 2009

2:30pm

This is quite an interesting idea, I would be very interested to hear about the demand for this service. On the one hand, I find myself crying out for a more paper based approach to media and information. I find nowadays that often I have done so much reading on online newspaper sites during the day and evenings, that by the time I have bought the morning papers the next day, it appears I have read all the articles already the evening before. This can be quite a frustrating phenomenon, because nothing quite beats sitting and trawling through the Sunday Papers on a lazy weekend early afternoon. This is quite a specific case though, because I think that what appeals to many people about Twitter is the immediacy of the service, even more than with other forms of "new media". I wonder whether in the case of a service like twitter there is really demand for receiving tweets in a paper format.  

Alexis

August 9, 2010

9:48am

Why would anyone want a tweet on a piece of paper? coz of nostalgic reason. I miss getting Postcards and hand written letters sometimes. E-Mail, Twitter and Facebook made communication so easy and so much more impersonal. I feel like I much more involved if I have to write it myself on paper. I can imagine people having their paper tweets on their work desks or on the street. Wouldn't it be great to see people running around in the street showing the paper tweet to the people?  

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