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LOTS OF TWEET NOTHINGS COMING FROM CITY HALL

Assigned story on mayor’s 1st Twitter experience. Figured I had time to get coffee first. Took cream, no sugar.

Mayor’s brief messages to 6,650 followers about as riveting as footnotes in city budget.

Got started with: “Good morning! Trying this out during my spanish lesson. Como se dice ‘first tweet?’ ”

Later reveals he met in a.m. with Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey.

Timing is coincidence.

Mayor calls him “smart guy.”

He went to NYU.

Got idea by watching taxi dispatchers in NYC.

Fascinated. Did some software and realized “it was just a bunch of individuals talking with individuals.”

Telling boss, next time I want assignment writing about taxi dispatchers.