Lighter side: Where no Twitter has gone before
May 26, 2009 by Geneva ReidPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Student Life, Tech News
Is Twitter really necessary? You might not think so – until you see how one college is making serious use of it. Few things are more important in college life than finding an available washing machine. And now, a student at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts is using Twitter to take the guesswork out of it.
More than 80 students have signed on to receive updates on whether washers and dryers are available for use.
For example, a message sent May 18 at 6 a.m. read: Two of two washers available, one of two dryers available.
Short, sweet and to the point, right?
You also can go to twitter.com/laundryroom to check out the washer/dryer status. There’s even a bio of the laundry room: I am a laundry room at Olin College. I have two washers, two dryers, and a condom dispenser.
Twitter may not be necessary – but it sure beats dragging a bag of dirty laundry up and down the stairs for no reason.
What do you use Twitter for? Let us know in the comments section below.
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May 28th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I use it to keep in touch with colleagues in Higher Ed marketing. My twitter name is @dankarleen and here’s my page – http://www.twitter.com/dankarleen.
May 29th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Is it a network device in the laundry room that generates the tweet, or is it a laundromat user twittering on the laundry account? The remark about the student being from the “College of Engineering” makes me think it’s a network device.