A good friend of mine recommended twitter recently. I would be a good boy, and give him a link, but he is currently online-homeless, so not much I can do for him at the moment.
As if e-mail, land line telephones, cell phones, sms, chat, blogs, social networks, and smoke signals were not enough we now need the “web 2.0 generation” of communication mechanisms. Enter Twitter.
You only enter 140 characters at a time. You access it from you computer, cell phone, or chat client. You post whatever you are up to at the moment. I must say, it is a bold concept, but at the same time, kind of empty.
Do I really want to know, what someone is up to, right now? Are those quips relevant? I know there are certain emotions, that are only relevant to you at the moment. It feels like this is striving to become a mechanism that provides snapshots of moments in ones life. The question is, does it live up to it’s promise, or is it just another way to pass bits around?
I tried to join into the Twitter experience. Up till now, I have only been living one side of the fence. Since I only have one follower (the same person that made the recommendation), I am living a half baked life.
I invite you to JOIN me on twitter. I go by the name ‘tamgo’. Let’s see if together we can find out if this thing is worth it’s salt.
