Hulu, Harry & Twitter

So, being the Uber Nerd that I am, I was testing out new social media applications while awaiting the countdown on Hulu for the new Harry Potter trailer. We were running late this evening getting the kids in bed anyway, so I figured why not let them stay up a bit later and we can all watch the preview together. The countdown was on and my nerds-in-training were huddled around the glow of the LCD with me when it reads "Sorry. We are unable to stream this video. Please check your Internet connection and try again". Oy. I imagined that there were too many other nerds trying to simultaneously access the HP6 trailer with me.

Got the disappointed kids in bed. On a whim, I checked Hulu's Twitter account to see if there were others to commiserate with in my disappointment. Instead, I saw updates from Hulu regarding the fact that there was a technical issue and that they would update as they had info. By a little over an hour later, the trailer was up and announced on the Hulu Twitter site.

Nice use of Twitter.