Twitter?

I’m trying to get friends and listeners to start twittering – so I might as well explain why.

Twitter is a micro-blogging web application – in English, that means its like a blog where you only post really short descriptions of your activities. Some people will write a post about what they’re doing at the moment – others might insert a link to a really cool website they have just discovered. You have 140 words max per post, and as many posts as you want per day.  It doesn’t cost anything to join.

There are two reasons I use twitter:

1.  I update my Facebook status a LOT to tell people what I’m doing. Twitter will sync with Facebook, so I can update my status without having to log into FB, which often takes longer than planned (I get distracted easily). All I have to do, is go to Twitter.com (or use an application on the desktop – there are several to chose from) and fill in ‘what I’m doing’. 5 Minutes later – my status is updated on FB.

2. I don’t have time to detail my comings and goings like a normal blog – with lots and lots of words. However, I do want a record of my activities, something that years from now… I can read and see what I was up to ‘way back when’.  Twitter is easy on my schedule, and its fun to be creative with my sentences, since I only have one to use per post.

Another reason people use Twitter – I currently don’t use it for this purpose -  is because they are famous. People are curious to know what they’re up to – and so they Twitter their comings and goings throughout the day. It may seem really dumb, but certain geek celebrities use this service, and I enjoy seeing how they react to the latest tech news (by twittering) or talk about the new gadget they are playing with.

Even people who aren’t in the for-front of the tech world can get attention on Twitter. As an example, when Yahoo fired something like 1000 employees this week, there were quite a few of them who broke the story by Twittering it. “I just got layed off from Yahoo” Etc.

If this makes sense to you, and you want to do it… head over to www.twitter.com It doesn’t automatically sync with FB, so ask me for help if thats a feature you want to use.

My twitter page is www.twitter.com/jdrake90 if you have an account, you can follow my activities by clicking the ‘follow’ button under my picture.

If you think I’m completely crazy… you’re not the first.