I’ve been playing around with Twitter, a somewhat new web thingie by one of the guys behind Blogger. It’s kind of hard to describe, because people don’t really use something like this yet. So maybe it’s ground breaking, and I’m an early adopter; or maybe it will crash and burn. Who knows, but let me tell you a bit about what it is.
With Twitter, you can send a message, through the web or through SMS, to all of your friends’ cellphones. I think of it like SMS presence information. It’s like your MSN nickname or your facebook status, but live and onthego. You can let your friends know when you’re up to something cool, or looking for something to do, and they will get the message even if they’re not on the computer. Or you can think of it like little blog snipits that you broadcast to your friends. Or it’s party line by using text.
Anyways, I’m not sure if there is really any utility in this. The problem being that if you have a lot of friends who regularly use this service, you will be overwhelmed by text messages, and some will have bad timing (like during a meeting). But I’m sure people thought the same thing about blogging when it started (people are going to stalk you!).
Oh yeah, here’s my Twitter page.
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