Chirp.

[cathyr19355]

Today, I opened an account on twitter.com.

Why? Because landley and fadethecat have recently done so.

I'm still trying to figure out what the point of twitter is. To my mind, it combines the annoying elements of both blogging and IMing without incorporating the good points of either. So why twitter? To have a mini-blog on your phone? Since I can read and post to my LiveJournal from my Blackberry, I still don't see the point.

But maybe I'll find a use for twitter now that I have an account. So, for now, chirp.

Comments

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

I guess I'll start sending out a few tidbits and see if anyone follows me.

The real question is whether I need two streams: one for profeessional updates and another for personal twaddle.

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

I've changed my twitter account to http://twitter.com/MosheYudkowsky, on the theory that I should use this for business/outreach/pr. If I need a personal stream I'll build it separately.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

Ah. In my line of business, most of my clients have probably never even *heard* of twitter. :-)

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

My former largest client (and now my largest source of referrals) operates entirely by IM. I found this out when, during a discussion with the CEO, he pulled out his cell phone and said "let me take care of that right now" and promptly started to use IM instead of voice.

And the W3C uses a terrific IRC client. It's tied into the teleconferencing bridge, and you can even take meeting notes online that automagically turn into properly-formatted minutes.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

Of course, you're not a lawyer who works primarily for insurance companies--two groups that tend to be naturally behind the times.