You may have noticed the “I’m Twittering” headline over to the right and thought to yourself:“What the hell is a Twitter?”
According to the Twitter website, it is a free “service for friends, family and co-workers to communicate…” and is used by the LA Fire Department as well as presidential hopefuls John Edwards and Barack Obama.
Like you, I was completely in the dark until The Ubster and The Crew introduced me on New Years Eve. After a couple glasses of fine red wine I finally got it and began following a few people, including The Geek of Everything (*except home pool maintenance) who incidentally provided the quote for this post.
Since, I've become somewhat addicted to Twittering - known as Tweetaholism.
In short, Twitter is good for:
- Micro-blogging
- Sending brief, concise and relevant text messages
- Sending quick inane or irrelevant text messages
- Communicating information to a group
- Wasting time
- Driving up your mobile phone bill with loads of SMS messaging
- Communicating complex thoughts or instructions
- Communicating directly with an individual
- Workplace productivity
- Participating in or following dialogue via a mobile device while driving or operating heavy machinery
“Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
4 comments:
It was The Geek of Everything that sparked my addiction to Twitter.
It was Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick which sparked my interest in (ok, addiction to) twitter.
oh man.. i was really enjoying texting to twitter while i drove a forklift. looks like i need to stop.
Your the bestt
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