1. One night my friend MintCool tweeted there was a deal on Flip video cameras at Amazon for $59, which was like 1/3 the price I’d seen in stores, plus did I mention I had an Amazon credit for $32? So I got this sweet unit for $27. 

2. WilW, who I do not know except I, like millions of people, saw him in 1986 in Stand By Me, mentioned in a tweet that OS X was ready for update and I downloaded it even before my computer mentioned there was a need. Thanks, Wil!

3. CraigNewmark  – who I also do not know personally, but I know (and you may have heard?) that he founded a certain List — and I had a back-and-forth conversation about the best Twitter app for the iPhone one day. (TwitterFon, IMHO, and Tweetie in his.)

4. One night I followed a tweet-link from KathySena to the funniest blog I’d ever seen, and I always appreciate a good laugh.

5. I found out my cousin got tenure. On Twitter. (Actually, he got tenure at George Mason University. But I found out about it on Twitter.)