Do I Like Twitter?
Posted June 6th, 2007 by Kelby
Twitter has been on the minds of many folk inside the walls of Digital Influence Group and outside. BusinessWeek’s Catherine Holahan (with whom I’ve had the pleasure of working a number of times) wrote a piece discussing how bloggers are increasingly adopting tools like Twitter that enable them to quickly post entries to their blogs using their cell phones. While these devices may limit the length of posts (even on my Treo I am not a big fan of typing long messages on the tiny keyboard), individuals no longer have to wait until they get in front of a computer to write about the conversation they had at lunch or kids can quickly update their parents on their current whereabouts.
What really got me thinking about Twitter (after my initial use of the service failed to capture my attention), was the two CNET colums, one taking a pro-Twitter stance the other an anti-Twitter. I thought both authors did a great job presenting their cases, and while I remain in the anti camp, I understood the arguments for the service and continue to think about how the service could be used as something as just an online journal of mundane activitites.
As my colleague Kevin noted, it is all about “how” one uses Twitter that demonstrates the service’s value. While I agree with this, other than a few specific instances (families staying in touch with each other), I can’t think of any particular compelling reasons to jot down little details about what I am doing, going to do or thinking about doing. Maybe my life just isn’t that interesting…
Anyone using Twitter in an interesting/offbeat way? I would love to hear about it.
