Twitter Wit: Brillance in 140 Characters or Less

By Nick Douglas and Nick Douglas

New York Magazine proclaims, "Twitter is the hot web company right now...the Next Big Thing;" the New York Times calls it "one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet;" Time magazine claims "Twitter is on its way to becoming the next killer app;" and Newsweek notes that "Suddenly, it seems as though all the world′s a-twitter."

Since its creation in March 2006, Twitter has unleashed a torrent of self-expression from its six million members around the world, who send and read each others′ "tweets," messages up to 140 characters in length. Friends use the site to make plans; relatives use it to stay connected; politicians use it to lobby for votes; and humorists use it to perfect their craft. In fact, Twitter users have reinvented the classic medium of the witticism in a site where anyone can be a Dorothy Parker or an Oscar Wilde.

Twitter Wit is the first compilation of Twitter aphorisms, with submissions ranging from quotidian vignettes like "I bet in Sweden the Ikea instructions are in English" to bumper sticker-type quips like "I think the bird of love is the dove. My husband thinks it′s the swallow," and contributors ranging from celebrities like Shaquille O′Neal, Jimmy Fallon, Penn Jillette, John Cleese, and Steven Fry to regular people with previously unappreciated sharp tongues. Featuring a foreword by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, this authorized anthology of the thousand most most clever and memorable "tweets" relates the diversity of human experience in hilarious bite-sized pieces.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061897272
• ISBN13: 9780061897276
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: It Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

Physically Satisfying

I gave this book five stars even though it is not literally the most perfect book ever made. (That would be a little book I like to call Auto Repair For Dummies.) Here is a very even-handed review of the book: PROS: * Rolls up easily into a tube to serve as a make-shift telescope with startlingly clear 1:1 magnification * Will work in a pinch to kill insects smaller than the book, if swung with gusto and palpated terror * Contains tweets from many of my friends * Found in the top drawer of every hotel room in which Nick Douglas has ever stayed * Includes handy pull-out section for you to write in your own tweets * Puzzles: Some tweets contain secret, anagrammed messages! (Page 82 has a DOOZY) CONS: * Also contains tweets from several of my mortal enemies (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) * Covers are very floppy, almost like they're made out of paper * Smells delightfully of lilac * Will bring a smile to the grumpiest of literate faces * Prompts everyone who was in the book to write a silly review of it * No answer key or teacher's edition In the end, your annoying insect infestation won't stand a chance against this tiny powerhouse. I WILL IGNORE ALL REBUTTALS OF THIS REVIEW FROM INSECTS AND INSECTOIDS. EDIT #1 8/28/2009: The book is looking at me. EDIT #2 8/29/2009: Grammer, punctuation, and cockney rhyming slang corrections.

A Triumph of the Human Spirit Pretty Much

There are literally millions of books, and this one is no exception. Flip it open for a quick lol. Start at the beginning to experience the story in its intended sequence. Or maybe read several pages and then skip to the end to see if you solved the mystery correctly. Twitter Wit lets you decide, as Douglas guides us on a dark journey into the minds of some of Twitter's most underemployed layabouts. Along the way, he examines the human condition and whatever. This is totally the Dances With Wolves of Twitter books.

I can't stop laughing!

I am absolutely hilarious in this book. Nick did a great job of showing my depth. You will all love me, guaranteed.

Mostly About Me

This book contains a lot of things written by ME so I'm giving it 5 stars.