Get short, timely messages from Matt Boothman.

Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @MattBoothman.

Get updates via SMS by texting follow MattBoothman to 40404 in the United States
Codes for other countries

Country	Code	For customers of
Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:
Australia	0198089488 Telstra
Canada	21212 (any)
United Kingdom	86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Indonesia	89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel
Ireland	51210 O2
India	53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon
Jordan	90903 Zain
New Zealand	8987 Vodafone, Telecom NZ
United States	40404 (any)

MattBoothman

Meaning to type the word "sociology", I absent-mindedly type the word "sociopath" instead. *ulp* 9:21 AM May 25th via HootSuite
@guerrilla_edit Ouch! Even ironically, typing "Totes" gives me spasms in the grammar gland. I thought I could take it but I can't. 8:42 AM May 25th via HootSuite in reply to Guerrilla_edit
@guerrilla_edit Totes 8:32 AM May 25th via HootSuite in reply to Guerrilla_edit
@guerrilla_edit It is! Gaiman's 1st Law: if there's a typo in something you've subbed, it'll be the first thing you see when you open it. 8:15 AM May 25th via HootSuite in reply to Guerrilla_edit
New issue of mag (the first issue I've edited almost-solo) back from printers. Staring at it in abject fear of Gaiman's First Law. 7:59 AM May 25th via HootSuite
Dangling modifier in thing I'm subbing suggests the Olympic torch is doing its entire UK tour aboard British Airways flight BA2012. 7:36 AM May 25th via HootSuite
@cockleonius Then you better remember LinkedIn is Serious Business. 9:22 AM May 24th via HootSuite in reply to Cockleonius
@cockleonius No, but you lose your executive smarm privileges. 9:12 AM May 24th via HootSuite in reply to Cockleonius
xkcd on Klout. I think we should all make this same pact. ow.ly/b6sfq 9:59 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
subedited Spot the rather enormous, glaring error by the BBC: twitter.com/subedited/stat… 6:52 AM May 22nd via web Retweeted by MattBoothman and 110 others
charltonbrooker Advertisers! That's enough slow-paced breathy female vocal acoustic cover versions of big 80s pop songs for now. Yours, Britain. 6:39 AM May 21st via TweetDeck Retweeted by MattBoothman and 1028 others
You can't ring-fence me - I've got fingers in too many pies. #mixedmetaphors #corporatese 6:40 AM May 21st via HootSuite
daviddlevine But when you inhale, you BREATHE, not BREATH (that's a noun, "a lungful of air"). 6:20 AM May 21st via Echofon Retweeted by MattBoothman and 1 other
daviddlevine If you don't want to do something, you're LOATH to do it, not LOATHE (that's a verb, "to hate"). 6:19 AM May 21st via Echofon Retweeted by MattBoothman
Busfield One of the all-time great typographical errors and corrections twitter.com/darrenrovell/s… via @darrenrovell 8:01 AM May 20th via web Retweeted by MattBoothman and 70 others
I can think of no earthly reason why @russellgrantcom has decided to follow me. Maybe this is what breakout success feels like. 9:58 AM May 18th via HootSuite
@mixmastered This one involved Howard Hughes and a sunken Russian nuclear submarine! 3:43 AM May 16th via HootSuite in reply to mixmastered
Researching news stories for a mining magazine. I didn't expect to come across the phrase "this turned out to be an elaborate CIA plot" 3:10 AM May 16th via HootSuite
Too many notebooks! 7:34 AM May 15th via HootSuite
Officially handing over my @BlackshawUpdate committee responsibilities to the new crew this evening. 7:56 AM May 12th via HootSuite

Name Matt Boothman
Location London
Bio I work with words. They're better behaved than children or animals. I shouldn't have to say these are my views, no one else's.