Just 140 Characters Away

Myke Hurley, on how Twitter had changed the world:

People are becoming more world-social and making friends across the globe, some they may never meet in person. Relationships (friendship and love) are being forged online more and more often these days and the Internet is becoming a tool to help people interact on an emotional level. Twitter may be text at 140 characters at a time, but it is an enabler of conversation that can spill out in to many different forms.

My friendship with Myke is a great example of this. He reached out to me on Twitter to be on his podcast, The Bro Show.

Fast forward a year, and I have two shows on his ever-growing podcast network, and we text or talk daily.

Even more so, he’s flying across the ocean to come visit me and my family at the end of April.

Now, my parents would probably freak out that “a guy I met on the Internet” is coming to visit me and will be spending time with my wife and kids, but I don’t have a moment’s hesitation about it. The technology between us has become so transparent, I don’t find it odd or weird at all.

It was just the same at Macworld. I hit it off with guys like Brett Kelly, Ben Brooks and Shawn Blanc without any awkwardness. Heck, I shared a hotel room with Thomas Brand and Pat Dryburgh and nothing sketchy happened.

Why?

Because things like Twitter, iMessage and more tie people together. Spending “actual” time together is just a bonus, really.