The SuperBowl: a Recap of my Twitter Frenzy

My dear sister, Jessie, was in town yesterday to hang out with us en route to a few days in Oakland for work. We picked her up in the morning, then went to get brunch @ Copenhagen Cafe in Burlingame.

Then after a quick 2-14 mile hike (hard to say exactly how long it was), we returned home to watch the game after loading up on some snacks and drinks at Trader Joe's (including Anytizers; though I prefer the actual wings to the boneless "nuggets").



It took us about the first half to catchup on DVR (shameful, I know, but this is what you get when you watch the superbowl with your sister and fiance). I thought it would be a Steelers' runaway victory, so I early on started rooting for the Cardinals. But my efforts seemed for naught after the 100-yard pick-6 by the Steelers made it 17-7 at the half. Here's the TD in HD (this is pretty sweet, actually):



I'm not sure at which point I started twittering (and thus updating my facebook status, as I have linked both accounts for ease of use, despite acknowledging that they can and probably should be used for different purposes. I simply don't have the bandwidth for upkeep of both. See lack of posts to this blog in January for reference).

But once I started, I couldn't stop. And I had 3-4 responses from a distant acquaintance from college (who agreed on my point that the refs had made some questionably pro-Steelers calls), my Stanford friend's wife (and my friend of course), whose family is a die-hard Cards fan, and one of Krista's best friends from college (who asked if I could have possibly updated my status more during the game).

There were a few reasons I couldn't stop:

1. I was outraged at the horrible job the refs were doing, and finding no outlet with the two females I was watching the game with (I was mocked for saying the word "ticky-tacky"), I turned to twitter to broadcast my opinion in hopes of a more receptive audience (I found it btw, as noted above).
2. I wanted to connect with Adam and Jen Burns, but not be on the phone or IM with them constantly, to share my rooting for the Cards.
3. I felt like this SuperBowl was really a historical event for social media, and I wanted to be a part of it.

Sure enough, Charlene Li (formerly of Forrester, author of Groundswell, and social media expert) tweeted today a link to a new york times geographic map that is pretty awesome. I really like the "Go" map (I said "Wow" instead of "Go"; more neutral :) ).

Here are my tweets, in reverse order (check it out, timestamped and better organized, on my twitter page)

Also, I have to give Krista credit for catching Holmes' winning TD celebration was in honor of the Lebron (and KG and MJ) chalk ad. Someone from Nike get him on the phone!




# No way his feet are in. no way. about 21 hours ago from txt

# What a great game. about 21 hours ago from txt

# Wow now the cards have too much time almost. about 22 hours ago from txt

# YES arrington! about 22 hours ago from txt

# Love the lebron chalk celebration by holmes tho! Even if his right foot didn't come down (it didn't). about 23 hours ago from txt

# Wow big ben is a stud. We r going to OT folks. about 23 hours ago from txt

# I'm speechless. Perfect play. OT? about 23 hours ago from txt

# YES!! Wow. I think these refs have been pretty poor. So many calls that shoudln't be made. But a great game! about 23 hours ago from txt

# Yes, good personal foul call. Cards deserve that one. about 23 hours ago from txt

# @Smallwunder i know--i'm KILLING twitter tonight. gonna try for a blog post tonight. and isn't tweetdeck awesome? 10:33 PM Feb 1st from web in reply to Smallwunder

# Just checked twitter. The superbowl is the biggest day of social media to date-we have hit critical mass. So many 'omg's'! 7:26 PM Feb 1st from txt

# @Smallwunder great game. feel bad for burnsy (jen AND adam)....lot of fun though. 7:23 PM Feb 1st from TweetDeck in reply to Smallwunder

# they'll review this...not a fumble. one more hail mary still to go. 7:08 PM Feb 1st from TweetDeck

# @rentcentralpa absurd huh? 7:08 PM Feb 1st from TweetDeck in reply to rentcentralpa

# Wow. 6:48 PM Feb 1st from txt

# My sister is sitting next to me checking her iphone for my tweets/fbook updates. Lol. 6:46 PM Feb 1st from txt

# Love madden taking a stand: 'he should be thrown out for that'. Hate when announcers dont take a stand. 6:43 PM Feb 1st from txt

# Dockett is otherwordly right now.

# Shld've been a PI penalty on Pittsburgh on fitz's TD. Stupid refs. 6:27 PM Feb 1st from txt

# Loving the cards' no huddle game plan right now. Smart to treat this like there's only three minutes left. They're the anti-eagles. 6:24 PM Feb 1st from txt

# The refs have clearly been told to help pittsburgh as much as possible. The roughing qb and running into holder calls were absurd.