I have recently joined http://www.twitter.com/. It is described as a site for 'microblogging' and a social network service. I am joining every new web based social forum I can at the moment, as an experiment of their usefulness and worth!
For anyone who is on Facebook, you will understand that it is basically the updates application enhanced- you can tell the world what you are doing in an instant, and it is also a way of having a regular conversation with others. I believe its just taking off over here, but young people, marketing companies and Politicians alike have been using twitter for some time over in America. Its useful if you are out and about because you can update what you are doing from your phone. You can 'follow' different people's updates on the site, and you can also be 'followed' so that if someone is interested in you, you are reachable in an instant!
According to the Wikipedia site on twitter, it was started in San Francisco in 2006 as an internal company communication exercise, but it was launched officially later that year due to its instant success. People are now conducting interviews on twitter with renowned bloggers, and investigative Journalists are using it as a means of updating people on what they are doing for people who are interested in their work.
It is seen to be mre natural than a blog, which is often constructed with much thought and analysis, and can be amended constantly. Lets see how twitter takes off, and what will be the next new web phenomenon....
For anyone who is on Facebook, you will understand that it is basically the updates application enhanced- you can tell the world what you are doing in an instant, and it is also a way of having a regular conversation with others. I believe its just taking off over here, but young people, marketing companies and Politicians alike have been using twitter for some time over in America. Its useful if you are out and about because you can update what you are doing from your phone. You can 'follow' different people's updates on the site, and you can also be 'followed' so that if someone is interested in you, you are reachable in an instant!
According to the Wikipedia site on twitter, it was started in San Francisco in 2006 as an internal company communication exercise, but it was launched officially later that year due to its instant success. People are now conducting interviews on twitter with renowned bloggers, and investigative Journalists are using it as a means of updating people on what they are doing for people who are interested in their work.
It is seen to be mre natural than a blog, which is often constructed with much thought and analysis, and can be amended constantly. Lets see how twitter takes off, and what will be the next new web phenomenon....
