I just received this in an email this morning from Business Week---Twitter is so popular that other sites are mimicking it...
Building a Better Twitter
A host of rival sites allow users to share short messages like Twitter, but offer unique features such as picture-sharing or private groups
http://newsletters.businessweek.com/c.asp?736333&45d6f9114dae444e&1
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Anyone out there using Twitter?
What is Twitter?
It lets users send short, 140-character blog postings to friends who 'follow' you.
http://www.twitter.com/
It's better than setting up a texting group on your phone because friends and followers are dynamic---some start following you, some stop following you.
My family and I use it to keep in touch---last Thursday morning, while bleeding profusely on the upstairs carpet after crashing into a wooden cabinet and breaking my nose, I asked my wife to find my cell phone and 'twittered' a message "I just broke my nose". In theory, that message was then delivered to all 8 of my followers, which included my brother, my son, and some clients who were expecting me to greet them at 9AM.
Twitter is a start-up company---I received an email last week asking if I would like to work for them---I believe they have 20 or so employees in San Francisco.
As a start-up, they are not without their problems. A recent Wall Street Journal article about them seems to have caused some issues with their Search feature---it hasn't worked for about two weeks.
And that message about my nose? For some reason, it wasn't delivered until around Noon.
Still, I enjoy using Twitter. You should check it out.
What is Twitter?
It lets users send short, 140-character blog postings to friends who 'follow' you.
http://www.twitter.com/
It's better than setting up a texting group on your phone because friends and followers are dynamic---some start following you, some stop following you.
My family and I use it to keep in touch---last Thursday morning, while bleeding profusely on the upstairs carpet after crashing into a wooden cabinet and breaking my nose, I asked my wife to find my cell phone and 'twittered' a message "I just broke my nose". In theory, that message was then delivered to all 8 of my followers, which included my brother, my son, and some clients who were expecting me to greet them at 9AM.
Twitter is a start-up company---I received an email last week asking if I would like to work for them---I believe they have 20 or so employees in San Francisco.
As a start-up, they are not without their problems. A recent Wall Street Journal article about them seems to have caused some issues with their Search feature---it hasn't worked for about two weeks.
And that message about my nose? For some reason, it wasn't delivered until around Noon.
Still, I enjoy using Twitter. You should check it out.
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