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

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

But why can't he just send text messages? Or make telephone calls? I suppose twitter would do for an impromptu debugging log--especially if the geek doing the debugging was seeking advice from a distant friend, as esrblog sometimes does.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

The site he has is a journaling site with a few thousand users. He doesn't use Twitter to notify tech support folks, but to keep his users informed.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

I see. So there is a defined community with a reason to be interested in 140 character posts from him. Okay, I can see that as working too; that's three specialized uses for twitter so far.