So I had this rad vlog planned out to do today, but like ALWAYS, my roommate is sitting outside my door watching TV. Seriously, I know, I should be able to tape with someone on the other side of the wall if I am going to post this for (potentially) millions to see (realistically dozens). However, I just lose a little something with the knowledge that he’s right there, hearing me cackle away at myself. I could go on about this guy, but I won’t bore you with my roommate tantrum and get to the “good” stuff….Twitter’s ruthless rule over my life. This is probably the 1,329,438th “Twitter Runs My Life” blog article on the blogosphere, but I’m putting in my two cents. First of all, for everyone out there deficient in the newest social media, Twitter is:
Twitter is a free social networking and micro blogging service, that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. [Wikipedia] Basically Twitter is an away message that informs everyone what you’re doing at any given time (if you choose to inform everyone). This can be something useful like “New Blog Post at:___” or something mundane like “Watching Gilmore Girls”. Either way, you’re updating people about your life. At first, I signed up for Twitter to see what the fuss was about. Quite frankly, I wasn’t that impressed. But in an effort to be more in tuned to all the social networks, I acquiesced to my initial hesitation and started to “Tweet” more regularly. I began to begrudgingly post tweets to get more involved and acquire Twitter “friends”, but I soon found myself Twittering like crazy. During my normal day, I’d think to myself, “Hmm, maybe I should Twitter this.” Some of my recent tweets are, “Installed Gmail chat!” or “New Gmail theme…awesome!”. Goodness, I am a dork! Twitter is seeping it’s way into every facet of my life. I find that I have to resist making tweets because who really cares that I just switched toothbrushes and love my new bristles? Twitter is a fascinating site that I’ve found to be quite useful as well as consuming. It’s a great news source. I “follow”news sources like CNN and the NY Times, which give me up to date news stories. There are certain blogs I follow via Twitter so I know when they’ve posted something new (I guess I could subscribe to their RSS). I also follow friends to keep informed about their daily lives. Basically I can feel like I’m connected to a person without ever speaking to them and in some cases, knowing them. This is why I am approaching Twitter obsession. I like to be “in the know”. Twitter allows me to do this very easily. I am also very self absorbed and actually think people care what I am doing at all times. Twitter is my enabler. Did you know I can post tweets from the web on Twitter.com or on my desktop from Twirl, or on my phone via Twitterrific? That’s too many places! That’s not all of the options either. I can’t get away! I have a love/hate relationship with Twitter. I am willing to give up some of my privacy to peer into the lives of others. It may not be the healthiest thing for me, but it could be worse, I could be smoker. If’ you’d like to know a little more about me and my Twitter obsession, follow me on Twitter at:
