Sunday, May 3, 2009

GETTING TWITTERY

I've been playing around on Twitter lately... not sure I get it, but I'm willing to give it some thought.

Twitter is sort of like text messaging your way through life... "Reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell"... "Just closed another first-time buyer on a great starter home"... "Thinking about taking a vacation in December - but no breaks until then"...

Twitter limits you to 150 characters per entry, and everyone who chooses to "follow" you sees your postings when they log into their Twitter home page, or they can even choose to have your messages sent via text to their phone (I do NOT recommend this!).

Barack Obama, Shaquille O'Neal, Tony Robbins, Oprah... it seems everyone is Twittering today. These postings range from fascinating to a complete waste of time. So the jury is still out.

Are you Twittering? If so, what do you think?