Man updates Twitter from site of airplane crash!

Just a quick post about another example of social media being at the forefront of new developments…

Regular readers will have seen my posts about Twitter here. (Scroll down/go back and ignore Twitter Digest posts).

Here is news of a guy who updated his Twitter immediately after being in a plane crash:

Mike Wilson updates Twitter from scene of Continental Airlines 737 crash in Denver

Do you still read the print newspaper?

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Tags: Journalism, Social Media

Category: Social Media