Sunday, July 26, 2009

Early Proto-Twittering

I've kind of fallen off Twitter in recent weeks, but the news from Future Feminist Librarian Activist that John Quincy Adams will soon have a daily Twitter feed renews my interest.

History, don't you know.

Mr. Adams' tweets will come courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and will begin on August 5th and recount his travels as taken from his diary, 200 years later to the day. Apparently he could sum up a day's events in a single line. I have rarely been a diarist of so few words myself, and look forward with interest to admiring the concise writing that will no doubt be on display.

I'm so in.

3 comments:

erinserb said...

does this now mean that Millard Fillmore will have a historic blog coming out soon too? I mean, c'mon :-) wasn't he one of our most dynamic presidents? OH, yea, and William Henry Harrison can write all about his short life after he caught pneumonia on his inaugural day

Seriously though, I think it is a good thing; the more history, the better!

A'Llyn said...

I agree--all historic people should be Twittering and blogging by now.

Get with the 21st century, dead folks!

Jess said...

This is a neat idea! I am going to follow Mr. Adams.

Hey, I didn't know you blogged. Dr. MacCall told me today that you're an exceptional blogger and writer. :)