Twitter

Do you use Twitter?  Uhh, What's Twitter, you ask? Well, according to the website "Twitter is a unique approach to communication and networking based on the simple concept of status. What are you doing? What are your friends doing - right now? With Twitter, you may answer this question over SMS or the Web and the responses are shared between contacts".

Two friends of mine, we'll call them Elizabeth (justgirlinworld) and Ben (Dubblebee), told me about Twitter in the early fall and I really didn't think much of it until I gave up and joined on November 3.  At first I was a bit skeptical, I mean who really cares what I'm doing 'right now'?  But, in reality it's more than that.  I truly see the benefits of using Twitter as more than just answering that simple question.  I consider it a form of micro-blogging.  Sometimes when I want to share a link or a quick thought, I'll post it on Twitter instead of this blog and you can always catch a few of my latest "tweets" by looking at the right side of this screen under 'Harry's Happenings'.

Sure, I "follow" my friends on Twitter to see what they're up to, but I also get updates from CNN, MSNBC, Newsweek, Senator Menendez and even my bank - Wachovia.

With each passing day, I'm using it more and more and actually plan on 'live-twittering' during the next Borough of Alpha Council Meeting, so we'll see how that goes.  If Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post can do it during a White House Press Briefing, I think I can handle it during a Council Meeting.

So those are my thoughts on Twitter and if you're up for it, feel free to join me @hzikas.