If you’re reading this now, you missed it. An excellent play on Twitter and Foursquare reenacting everybody’s favorite movie from the ’80s — a modern classic — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
The premise: On May 7, @ferris_bueller appeared on Twitter and began tweeting lines of dialogue from the movie and assorted asides. Other characters like Sloane Peterson (Ferris’ girlfriend), Jeannie Bueller (his sister), Mr. Rooney (the dastardly school principal) and eventually even best friend Cameron and Abe Froman (the Sausage King of Chicago) joined in. (As of this morning, Froman is still tweeting (@FromanSausage).
A Foursquare account was added along the way, and eventually Ferris checked in at Wrigley Field (natch).
And then, according to TechCrunch, just as suddenly as it started, Ferris Bueller’s day on Twitter ended. A final tweet from our hero: “You’re still here? It’s over. Go home…. Go.”
Source: TechCrunch
Kathy Drasky regularly writes about online culture. Her marketing and communications work with the ANZA Technology Network, Advance Global Australians and with various Australians and Australian enterprises has led to at least a dozen trips Down Under.
An accomplished digital photographer, her photos have appeared in 7×7 Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and Google Schmap.
