Riverwords » twitter http://www.riverwords.net Matt Snyder's online journal for writing as it happens, and life as it comes! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:22:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Iowa, the land where they let the children cry http://www.riverwords.net/2008/09/03/iowa-the-land-where-they-let-the-children-cry/ http://www.riverwords.net/2008/09/03/iowa-the-land-where-they-let-the-children-cry/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:06:19 +0000 Matt http://www.riverwords.net/?p=27 The Internet is changing Des Moines, and it’s about time. I’ve started using Twitter in the past few weeks. It took me a while to appreciate it beyond some freakish obsessive compulsion to share what we’re all having for lunch. It turns out, it’s a very interesting peep hole into a growing scene of digerati in Des Moines.

I now follow a bunch of strangers who are really excited about Internet technology and social media. And, that alone is pretty interesting to me. It’s part of my profession, and how I spend far too much leisure time. But, along the way, I get glimpses of far more interesting things. What people are like. What they’re doing. What they’re passionate about.

None of that’s particularly new. What’s new is that they’re right here in flyover country trying to get together with like-minded souls to make the most of their home town. I find it hopeful. Even a little inspiring to get discover some new things for myself.

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