How do you use social networks like Twitter and Facebook if you are computer shy or don’t have access to the Internet?
Well, you can use a mobile phone to post updates without a computer but this woman is using something that most of us can’t even imagine — see uses a pen to write her tweets on a piece of paper and then send them to Twitter using a fax machine.
Hard to believe? Watch this news story:
The woman, whose Twitter handle is @dorothy_celery, uses a service from Celery that lets people send and receive email messages through a fax machine without requiring a computer or an Internet connection. Other than email, Celery now works with Twitter and Facebook as well.
The service costs about $8.98 a month and you can not only send tweets via fax but they’ll also fax you back any @replies to your Twitter account. Thanks @hc.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/twitter-facebook-for-computer-shy/11864/
Reader Comments
This is the most awesome thing in technology that I’ve heard for quite a while.
Most of the time when people try to dumb technology down, you end up with a dumb product, but I know people that would absolutely use this product a lot.
Written by Nathan L. on 12.18.09
Looks like a publicity gimmick. The lady has the Celery website up on her profile..Too much link-love..
Written by Anand Srinivasan on 12.20.09