Process: Broder le paysage par fils de conversation

I recently received the Five Roses Cook Book that I had ordered online, issued by Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited, Montreal (1915). To my delight, I found an old newspaper clipping nestled between the pages — thrifty stylewise women… It's as good as finding money in the pocket of an old pair of jeans.

It is this very haphazardness, the possibility of the chance meeting, that I enjoy most about Twitter — be it coming across a tidbit of information, an interesting link, or corresponding with another tweeter.

Tweets in time, fragments of thoughts, questions, flung out like fishing line on the water, floating and undulating with the current, and by chance, catching on to something in the flow — a @mention, a Retweet, a message. The #hashtag, much like a lure, directs conversation. I like the French word mot-clic. Un mot imagé. Not only a way to categorize the tweet, but a call to action. Le mot-clic mène à d’autres fils de conversation.

The twittersphere was abuzz about Twitter turning 5. @NathalieCollard started the thread:

Joignez-vous à la conversation et dites-nous pourquoi vous aimez gazouiller.

@tonguerug : sladdakavring virtuel. Broder le paysage, la websphère par fils de conversation. http://bit.ly/eBqDJI #5ansTwitter #montrealless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyJulie Lapalme
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