Andrew Fitzgerald: Adventures in Twitter fiction

https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_fitzgerald_adventures_in_twitter_fiction/transcript?language=en

This TED talk by Andrew Fitzgerald discusses mainly the use of twitter and how our knowledge of the internet is so limited right now. We are just starting to understand all the uses it may serve. New methods of storytelling will be created with the internet. Fitzgerald uses the example of the eBook, Wool, and how that short story exploded on the internet. Immediate responses and enthusiasm the author received inspired him to write more. He also provides the example of Elliot Holt, an author who wrote a short story on twitter through multiple tweets. The each tweet was sent out at different times, leaving the audience in suspense and wanting the next tweet or piece of the story. Andrew Fitzgerald then goes into detail about more twitter accounts that tell stories such as Crimer Show, a twitter account that follows two characters including a protagonist and antagonist and situations these characters get themselves into, almost like a TV series.

Andrew Fitzgerald is a member of the Twitter team and works for this company. This gives him credibility when discussing how stories are being told all over twitter. He is very effective in getting his point across through the use of real twitter accounts thats sole purpose is to tell stories and entertain an audience. He provides specific examples and how each account/author puts their own twist on the stories they tell. These examples appeal to the audiences emotions as they are somewhat funny and comical, giving the audience a reason to go take a look at these twitter stories for themselves. Fitzgerald's argument is that the internet especially twitter, is providing creative minds with more opportunities to express their stories and thoughts. He is very bias in this argument considering that he is an employee of Twitter and advertising for them.

I can relate to this TED talk as a teenager because I myself have a twitter account and like most other high schoolers know the benefits of using this social media. It can provide an escape for creative minds and i personally view tweets that are told in a story format even by some of my friends who are only trying to be funny and entertain their twitter followers. Twitter is very important to some people and I know a couple of my friends who could not go a day without checking their timeline and finding out the latest "story".

Double Indemnity Heroes

In your mind, are there any heroes in Double Indemnity? If so, who? 

Double Indemnity is a film with a plot filled with corruption, adultery and murder and is exciting from the first minute to the last. It seems as though every character is corrupted by either love or power/money with no true hero that saves the day or does the right thing. However, if there was one character who was good and true throughout the whole film, it would be Barton Keyes. Keyes is a colleague and friend of the main character, Walter Neff. He is a hard worker and never lets a case go thanks to his "little man" or gut feeling inside his stomach. 

 Keyes is the investigator that solves the murder of Mr Dietrichson. The homicide was almost ruled as an accident or suicide but Keyes knew there was something more to the story and trusted his "little man" as he investigated the case. Even when it seemed that there was no more evidence or leads to work with and he no one supported him, Keyes never gave up and continued to pursue the truth. As we know, his best friend, Neff was the true murderer and the answer was right under his nose the whole time and without the confession of Neff, Keyes may have arrested the wrong man. Keyes is the only character in the film that was not corrupt and showed true sincerity and strong morals. Although Double Indemnity is filled with characters that have been corrupted by lust or power, Barton Keyes is the closest thing to a real hero in the film.