Have you started twittering?

I’ve now been using Twitter for about 3 1/2 months. Sometime in the next few days, I’ll post my 100th update. If you are an RSS reader of this blog, you’ve probably noticed the daily updates that get posted to the blog from my Twitter account, but I’m guessing many of you have no idea what it is. On the Twitter website, they share this explanation.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

So, it’s sort of like a blog except for the fact that you are limited to 140 characters with each post. So the idea is to provide really short updates on what’s going on in your life. You then find some friends which you would like to follow. [I'm currently following 29] You can then receive those updates [from friends] via an RSS feed or text message. On your personal Twitter page [mine is here] you can see all of your posts together or click with friends and see your updates along with the updates of all your friends.

I know what many of you are thinking. It’s something along the lines of, “this sounds really strange.” I know you’re thinking it because I did to when I started, but it’s actually been a pretty cool addition to my life. Many organizations are using it to stay connected to their constituents. Who knows? Maybe we’ll have a First UMC Mansfield Twitter account soon? In case you’re wondering, Mansfield ISD has a Twitter account.

If you are interested in setting up a Twitter account, let me know. I’d love to “follow you.” [I know, weird stalker language, but that's what they call it.]