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Old 11-05-2014, 03:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Very interesting article about a brain-damaged man who uses Twitter as his memory

Brain-damaged man uses Twitter as his memory - Digital Life - Digital Life | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service

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So using modern technology, Dixon found a way to circumvent the problem as best he could: Twitter. Dixon’s private Twitter account amassed more than 22,000 tweets in the last few years, each one serving a purpose of a diary entry, day-to-day memories he now stores online, rather than in his brain.
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