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It’s Official, I’m Twittering

March 22, 2008

By Scott Kiekbusch

I found myself asking myself: Twitter… Why not?

Yesterday, it happened… I succumbed to Twitter’s siren song.  As you may know, I have toyed with Twitter membership.  I know several people who use it, but I couldn’t bring myself to take the plunge—I found it to be a lot more noise than signal, and another distraction.

What pushed me over the edge was a post by John Mack on his Pharma Marketing Blog.  While his post didn’t tell me anything new about Twitter, nor was it terribly persuasive, I found myself asking myself: Twitter… Why not?

In less than 24 hours of Twitter usage I’m following 18 people—mostly friends, colleagues and industry people that I respect—and 12 are following me—mostly reciprocal followers.  I’ve posted a few tweets including links to interesting services and what I had for dinner last night.  I’ve also discovered a couple interesting blog posts.  I have to admit, it is somewhat addictive; I’ll hold off on using the service on my phone for now.

I’ll post updates about my experience with Twitter here—whether I’m finding it useful, or a waste of time.  If you use Twitter, or are considering it, add me and I’ll do the same. 

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ben said:

I got the invite, but I’m online mostly at work and Twitter’s blocked.  Since I’m hardly online at home it wouldn’t make much sense.

Plus I’m already cross posting in a dozen places.  But I’ll be interested in seeing all the little “Tweeted” posts here if you pipe them in.

March 24, 2008 - 03:57 PM

Scott Kiekbusch said:

That’s what mobile’s for man!

If I decide that Twitter is something I’ll keep up with, you can expect the feed to show up somewhere on the site.  So far, lots of noise, but still strangely addictive.

March 24, 2008 - 07:49 PM

Feedback said:

i still don’t get why people use this. or flickr (is it that hard to use your own gallery?). seems like trash, or noise as you called it. complete waste of time. even if seemingly addictive at first, i assume it’ll fade fast like similar things have. (people still use myspace/facebook? why?) it still blows my mind that people spend hours on youtube. vaudeville for the internet.... greaaat…

April 3, 2008 - 06:57 PM

Scott Kiekbusch said:

Once upon a time, I rolled my own image gallery (mostly for family who want to see pictures of the kids), and I got tired of keeping it up.  Flickr is very useful for me; they take care of the overheard, hosting, software updates, and have many useful features that go beyond the standard image gallery.

After using Twitter for a little while, I do find myself enjoying it, but there is certainly more noise than signal.  I think though, that—depending on who you subscribe to—the noise can be enjoyable.  Think of it like a cocktail party with a room full of people whom you find interesting.

April 4, 2008 - 09:48 AM

Scott Kiekbusch said:

FYI - My latest “tweet” has been added to the footer of the site.

April 8, 2008 - 04:00 PM

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