Hasta La Gadget!

If everyone were like Cory Booker, maybe I wouldn’t still be trapped in this hotel room during an extended layover to New York. Okay, maybe that’s not true, but the Newark, NJ is getting all manner of accolade for his use of Twitter during the recent snow storm that buried the East Coast under feet of snow.

After the storm, @CoryBooker’s followers looked toward the mayor’s account (the real kind, not the Four Square kind) for advice. Booker responded, taking to the streets, shovel in hand, Tweeting like a madman about the storm.

Booker tweeted advice like, “If you don’t have to go out of the house, the best strategy for today is to stay in and off the roads.” And when people came to him looking for advice and guidance, he answered.

“I need street names and patience,” Booker responded when a user asked, “I have about 4 employees in Nwk stating their blocks still have not been cleaned. Resolution?”

“I’m stuck on bergen & grumman ave,” another told the mayor. “Please DM me your phone number,” he answered. There are several examples of responses like that over the last couple of days.

“This is one of those times you’re just pushing,” Booker told Time in an interview, while riding around the streets. “It’s an endurance test.”