Setting the World Atwitter?

So something really cool happens and you absolutely can’t wait to see everyone and tell them. Well with a mobile phone and Twitter, you won’t have to. Wait; if you have a cell phone you can probably just call them. Or text them. Or send out a mass email. Not to mention, if it’s that awesome it’ll probably be a lot cooler to tell them in person.

Excuse my sarcasm, but Twitter just does not wow me (plus, it logs me out every five minutes). With Twitter you basically keep people updated on what you’re doing. You can keep tabs on and reply to your followers and followees in real time or take a look at what everyone else is up to by checking the Public Timeline. And get this–you can take Twitter with you by setting up your phone or instant messenger to post to it. I’m not really sure why you need to post what are basically instant messages in a public place, especially when posts are limited to 140 characters. But obviously there are enough people who obsess enough over constantly knowing what other people are doing to make use of Twitter.

When all Twitter can do is send short messages, I would definitely not be choosing it to make posts on the go when I could be using Utterz (which allows text, audio, video, and photo posts that can be made from PC or mobile device). What does make Twitter more than just an instant messenger is the fact that you can use widgets to ensure that your updates appear where you want them. One thing that is really cool about it is that people from all around the world are using it–you’ll usually find at least three different languages being used on the Public Timeline.

Twitter was founded by Obvious in 2006 and is free to use (not including possible charges from your phone service provider). Try it out at twitter.com

Do you twitter and why?