 It’s good to know that the torch of tradition burns brighter and brighter as it is passed from generation to generation. Remember those ancient Greek wedding ceremonies where the newly wed couple updated their Facebook status in real-time? No? Well, that’s because it never happened… but now it does. After Tracy Page and Dana Hanna were officially pronounced husband and wife, Dana instantly updated his Facebook and Twitter status via his PDA. Dana Hanna is a software developer known as “The Software Jedi”. Somehow he found time to exchange wedding rings with Tracy Page, but maybe to her chagrin. Within minutes of being pronounced ‘man and wife’, Hanna pulled out his smartphone and began to social network. “Standing at the altar with @TracyPage where just a second ago, she became my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss my bride,” he Tweeted. When the celebrant (who knew about the Tweet plan ahead of time) announced that “Dana is updating his relationship status on Facebook,” the room burst into collective laughter. Hanna published a short video of the event on YouTube. He has already received nearly 90,000 views thus far. Hanna explained that he and his wife are “very technology centric” and that they use Facebook and Twitter to keep in touch with their large scattered families. “In fact, when we got engaged, we changed our Facebook statuses and didn't even call anyone since the word would spread on Facebook far faster than it would have over the phone,” he explained. “After doing that, we received a lot of laughs, and some minor criticism from family whom were insulted that we couldn't even pick up the phone to call them. It became a bit of a joke between all of us.” To prepare for the stunt, Hanna had the maid of honor snatch Tracy's mobile just before the wedding. He then pre-typed Twitter and Facebook messages into both of their phones. “All of our family and friends loved this, and in fact many people even Facebooked pictures of me Facebooking during the wedding,” he exclaimed. Hanna defended against opponents of his nuptial hoodwinks: “People really don't understand the history behind the story, and that we don't really twitter/facebook to the extent that it's interrupting our lives.”
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