Twitter is, depending on who you talk to:
- A complete waste of precious time, making and reading short statements about nothing. Or ...
- An indispensable tool for communicating from computer or cell phone and staying in touch with a rapidly changing world.
I LIKE Twitter, not that I use it all that much (YET!). I like what it tries to do; what it DOES do. It's sort of like CHAT on the fly, which is a little redundant I realize, even as I write it.
Twitter has been used to say silly little thoughts off the top of ones head to no one in particular, or to a business associate, or to someone you love, or someone you wish loved you.
But Twitter is rapidly becoming a LOT more. Recently a Russian break-away state used twitter as a means of organizing protest; so did dissidents in Iran who were unhappy with their Government's handing of an election. It was used to announce an impromptu concern by Comedian Dave Chappelle in Portland, OR only HOURS before it took place....Hundreds showed up. Granted, the last point is less important than the first too, but you should know the range.
Additionally, it's being marketed as the NEW MOBILE MARKETPLACE by innovative new businesses looking for ways to link clients to products and services.
Hey, like it or not TWITTER and services not yet dreamed of are part of the digital world we all have happening around us. I LIKE it. May as well; its gonna happen anyway. I'm not letting kids under 18 have ALL the fun to themselves. No way!
