Get ready. Get Set. Twitter!

twitter_screen
Originally uploaded by Superaverage

It's been over a year since I've heard of people using Twitter and it seems to be picking up momentum. I watch trends and call myself an "eventual adopter". It may seem like another web-based fad that sucks time from the real world. And true, it's not for everyone. But it is for people that are online and social already. And after 1 day, I like how already I'm tied in with friends near and far.

For those who are unsure about what Twitter is wikipedia describes it as:

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as tweets) which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

And for a great explanation of how and why Twitter works see the Twitter In Plain English video from CommonCraft.