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March 9th, 2007

Are you Twittering?

Posted by Marc Orchant @ 2:13 pm

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I've been using Twitter for a while now and must admit that it has stuck in a way many social tools have failed to for me. Part of the reason, I suspect, is that it's very low effort. But more to the point, many of by online buddies are using the service as well and that makes it a very convenient way to keep up to date on what they're doing.

Yes, there's an inevitable noise level inherent in this sort of thing. And the volume has gone up (way up) since Scoble, Pirillo, and Rubel decided that Twitter was cool. But all in all, there's little not to like and the conversations are often quite interesting.

While reading today, I see that Rubel has started a new theme: claiming your Twitter page on Technorati. I'm interested in seeing how this ends up working.

UPDATE: Bren has a great guide to Twitter at the Slacker Manager blog. 

Marc Orchant has been building, testing, and sometimes breaking hardware and software for 25 years. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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Think of it as asynchronous IRC
It is like IRC in that it's an open conversation and it's like IM in that it can actually turn into a near real-time conversation. It's not as demanding of my attention as either IRC or IM though. I c... (Read the rest)
Posted by: morchant Posted on: 03/09/07 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
I have to admit. I don't get it.  dave.leigh@... | 03/09/07
I just figured it out this afternoon  junesix | 03/09/07
Think of it as asynchronous IRC  morchant | 03/09/07

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