<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, diablo cody]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, diablo cody]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/diablocody http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/diablocody <![CDATA[Crap Day for Diablo Cody is Awesome Day for Twitterati]]> Dr. Drew Pinsky turned into a self-harming cutter; Diablo Cody disagreed with the internet and a CNN anchor got dissed. Things went pear shaped for the Twitterati.

Screenwriter Diablo Cody, a/k/a Brook Busey, could not get with the program w/r/t today's internet awesomeness.

Television doctor Drew Pinksy engaged in some self-inflicted distress, at the airport. Worrisome.

Don't you know who CNN's TJ Holmes is, department story lady? Not your peon.

Actress Erika Christensen seeks man to receive home-cooked meals. Line forms to the left. In her Twitter stream.

In an obvious bid for attention, Mashable's Ben Parr called a feature he not only read, but also tweeted, "lazy" ....as if that were a bad thing!



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<![CDATA[He Can Haz Gourmet?]]> A LOLcat mogul made a perhaps jokey offer to become Ruth Reichl's boss; Diablo Cody's baby craving became overpowering and Joy Behar made a David Letterman zinger. The Twitterati were all about wanting what you can't have.

Gourmet Editor Ruth Reichl took a moment to tweet as she packed up her office, made redundant by Condé Nast.

The guy behind I Can Has Cheezburger offered to take over — err, "Haz" — Reichl's magazine.

Diablo Cody got maternal in her own unique way.

Joy Behar might be late to the Letterman scandal, but she'll make up for it by being pun-ny.

Nilay Patel of Engadget simply wants the day's tech news to actually be new. Is that so much to ask?


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<![CDATA[Kirstie Alley Conned with Technology for Second Time]]> Jessica Simpson loved her probably-eaten dog like a child; Kirstie Alley is spending money buying imaginary things and Wolf Blitzer posted a celebrity photo to his new Twitter account. The Twitterati let their emotions guide them.


Singer Jessica Simpson's missing dog might as well be her actual human baby, the baby she inadvertently fed to coyotes.


Kirstie Alley, the actress and Scientologist, has been hoodwinked into spending exorbitant amounts of money to achieve arbitrary nonsensical goals inside a made-up world created expressly for the purpose of separating people from their money. Go figure.


Mark Glaser, PBS' media critic, didn't know the power of his own tweets.


Diablo Cody craved a long-delayed three way with Ben & Jerry.


CNN's Situation Room has finally been hooked up to Twitter, as Wolf Blitzer joins the microblogging service. Finally, someone has brought a rapid, disjointed discussion of the news cycle to Twitter.


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<![CDATA[Sorry About Our Lack of Vicious Beating Videos, Everyone]]> Rick Sanchez is apologized for the lack of shameless pandering on CNN; Diablo Cody Twittered about therapy and Rafe Needleman lamented the silent passing of an historic moment. The Twitterati needed catharsis today.





Actress Diablo Cody is so badly addicted to cultural references, she can't stop dropping them, on Twitter even, about her own therapy, even. (We'd suggest counseling, but that would apparently just feed the cycle.)





CNET's Rafe Needleman scolded his inner geek, via his outer geek.





News anchor Rick Sanchez actually apologized for the lack of savage physical violence on CNN. ABOUT TIME.





Joe Randazzo, Onion editor, questioned the ethics of New York Times, actual serious newspaper. And he had a point!





LA Weekly's Alexia Tsotsis, recently of Gawker, found Nikki Finke's tech coverage highly inappropriate.



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<![CDATA[Saucy Twitterati Dream of Puppies Dressed as Gene Simmons]]> What did I learn from Twitter today? Diablo Cody thinks dicks are dicks, Ruth Reichl makes a mean Gene Simmons, and Michelle Obama has her own big-media stalkerblog. Excellent! More Twitterings from the media elite:

Juno scribe Diablo Cody talked about dicks.

Washington Post tech reporter Rob Pegoraro discussed his email habits.

Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl discomfited everyone who hadn't realized she was dressed up as Gene Simmons.

Chicago Sun-Times D.C. bureau chief Lynn Sweet fed our Michelle Obama obsession.

Today Show videoblog correspondent Sara Haines looked forward to puppies.

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<![CDATA[10 things Twitter users should not do]]> TwitterDoNots.jpgThe best way to use Twitter is to text "off" to 40404, the service's SMS shortcut number. But failing that, as more and more of us seem to do, here's a list of 10 things Twitter users should not do, inspired by a set of tips at SheGeeks.net. Mostly, since annoying Twitter users are easy to ignore, these rules are for your own safety and sanity. Ignore them at your peril.

  • Don't say anything that might just as well be said in an email, i.e. "I'm sorry Steve, it's going to have to be $37."
  • Don't forget how many people are listening. For example, do not say: "Oops, hope nobody notices the smell."
  • Don't follow people you've never met. Exception: Diablo Cody.
  • Don't follow Jason Calacanis.
  • Don't add too many followers too fast. Like any dangerous recreational narcotic, one has to build one's tolerance before ignoring the Surgeon General's warnings.
  • Don't expect timely and informative responses to your Twittered queries. Or for anyone to read them. Twitter is a heat sink for the unexpressed ego.
  • Don't Twitter things that would be better said in person. Example: "@George, No, I won't marry you. It's the halitosis."
  • Don't try to share your political, religious or business views in 140 characters. It takes more words to obfuscate how simple and derivative they are.
  • Don't follow Robert Scoble.
  • Don't follow bloggers who write about Twitter just to have an excuse to include a link to their Twitter account. They will bombard you with links to their blog posts, because they are paid by pageviews.
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<![CDATA[Here comes the cableknit sweater crowd: Ira Glass, Diablo Cody join Twitter]]> Somebody tell Biz Stone and Evan Williams to get the zin and gruyere ready, because here comes the NPR set. This American Life host Ira Glass and Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody just joined Twitter. Glass's first reports need more dramatic music: "I already have 4 followers and I haven't told a soul that I've created a twitter account. This is fun!" Cody seems more comfortable. " My Dog is Currently: showing a dehydrated cow penis who's boss," she writes. Meanwhile, Hitwise reports that Twitter ranked #439 among social networks and forums last week, and #4,309 among all websites. So, despite growing eightfold in the last year, the site remains quite small. Expect it to remain so. That is, until it's featured on Things White People Like.

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