Techy thought leaders share the things they care about this holiday season–as told by Twitter.
By: Amanda Drum
As social media floods with holiday posts, one may feel the burden to attest to their own celebrations due to a fear of missing out (FOMO), as it tends to run rampant all year round. This holiday season, take a break from your own social updates and distract yourself with yuletide Twitter observations from the Internet’s own thought leaders.
With the tech industry breaking out in 2016, we turn to a sampling of tweets from thinkers and brands in the technology sphere for their seasonal…insight:
1. Lance Ulanoff, Editor-at-Large of Mashable
Lance Ulanoff @LanceUlanoff: “Celebrate the holiday season with an 8-bit version of ‘Home Alone’”
Courtesy: @LanceUlanoff. Also, go play the game on Mashable. It’s fun.
2. BioWare
BioWare @bioware: “Ditch the Yule log – this is the real thing. Welcome to the BioWare Holiday Stream.”
Courtesy: @Bioware and temptation
3. Gothamist
Gothamist @Gothamist: “Comfort Dogs Are At Newark Airport for Stressed Holiday Travelers”
Courtesy: @Gothamist and pure souls everywhere
4. Travis Wright, Marketing Technologist & CMO, Podcast for VentureBeat
Travis Wright @teedubyaRetweeted: “Looking for an awesome book for Christmas? Check out Digital Sense by @teedubya and get your pre-order in:”
Courtesy: @teedubya and the five copies waiting under my Christmas tree
5. Lauren Johnson, Technology Editor atAdweek
Lauren Johnson @LaurenJohnson: “.@CaseyNeistat‘s new drone-powered holiday video looks like a branded masterpiece:”
Courtesy: Adweek, Casey Neistat, drone culture
6. Nanit
Nanit @getananit: “#christmas #holiday”
Courtesy: @getananit. “I’m afraid I can’t let you do that Nanit”
7. TechCrunch
TechCrunch @TechCrunch: “Marvel just released 5 hours of superhero holiday fireplace videos:”
Courtesy: Marvel, @TechCrunch, my productivity
8. Forbes Tech News
Forbes Tech News @ForbesTech: “Can’t wait to open your holiday gifts? A new app tells you what’s inside your Amazon package before you open it:”
Courtesy: @ForbesTech and the Spirit of Christmas
9. POPSUGAR Tech
POPSUGAR Tech @POPSUGARTech: “This tricky holiday brain-teaser might just turn you into the Grinch:”
Courtesy: @POPSUGARTech and my brain cells
10. Steve Greenberg, author of Gadget Nation
Steve Greenberg @stevetv: “Tree dazzler, illuminated sheers, twig lights and other holiday tech:”
Courtesy: @stevetv and his super happy dinosaur
Save yourself the trouble of generating your own tweets and refer to some of these–or the many, many more holiday posts spread over the Internet.