socialmedian: Had my 19th Birthday today

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Had my 19th Birthday today – Wow, what a blast!

Source: Josh Chandler's Blog

Oct 24, 2009

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Today (October 24th) was my 19th birthday. Now, not that I want to portray this as “must read news”, but I wanted to share my incredible experiences via social media I have had throughout the day.

What started off as a mundane birthday actually turned into a very exciting, rich and fulfilling day (thanks in part to social media). I had literally logged onto Twitter, posted my update to announce I was 19 years old and within about thirty seconds or so received my first DM.

Now, this wasn’t any old “Happy Birthday” DM, this was a “Happy Birthday DM” with a difference. Sent by @ezrabutler, a contributor to 1938Media.com this message was written in Hebrew (see screenshot below!):

Shortly after this DM arrived, I receieved another message from Twitter (this time an @reply), from @LindaCarmica. She provided a link which I duly went to, and this is what I found: