Twitter

Fun. Lots of newness. Much happy.

√ Set up our new computer, an iMac. My first new desktop computer in 8 years. Rather spiffy.

√ Got together on Saturday with some out-of-town friends who were here for the day. Lots of laughs and our first visit to the oldest farmers market in the area. Rather amazing.

√ “Created” a new cocktail. Sweet tea + bourbon + a spring of mint. Rather refreshing.

√ Put finishing touches on the paint job in the un-bedroom. Means that after 3 years we are officially finished with repainting the entire inside of this house– and can reclaim our weekends. Rather wonderful.

√ Changed my blog template to this more up-to-date one that you’re now seeing. Rather dashing.

√ Started reading two amazing memoirs. One with an artistic/scientific bent, the other with a celebrity/humanitarian bent. Can’t decide which one to finish first so I keep switching back and forth between them. Rather compelling.

√ Decided to tidy up my twitter feed by deleting most of my tweets. Have adopted a “less is more” approach regarding my future tweeting. Rather liberating.

So how was your weekend? Care to share?

First I wrote this.

For smirks and giggles I started a Twitter account last week. And to date, I am underwhelmed.

I can see that if you have family and friends who are on Twitter, you could have a fun time staying in touch and sharing info that is of interest to your group. I don’t have any family and friends on Twitter that I know of.

I can see that if you were a fan of some celebrity, then it might be fun to see what this person had to say. I am not a big enough fan of any celebrity to care about their day-to-day thoughts and actions.

I can see that if you had a smart phone and were in a boring real-life situation– at the doc’s office– on the bus riding home from work– waiting at the airport– visiting a crazy old relative whose politics were the opposite of yours– it could be a blessing to have to check your Twitter account. But my phone isn’t smart, so I don’t have that option.

I can see that if you had no access to the internet via a desk or laptop computer, then a Twitter account could give you a fast RSS-style service that would keep you up-to-date on your favorite topics, websites, mags, and newspapers. But I am very fortunate and have both a desk and a laptop computer with internet connection that are available to me at any time.

So, what am I missing about Twitter? Is there something there to hook my interest so that I might begin to smirk and giggle as I had hoped that I would? Or is it as pointless as it seems to me?

Then I did some research and found this information.

Twitter Looks Chaotic: Don’t Be Afraid – “But behind the churn of news and trivia there’s a remarkable depth of knowledge and opinion.”

Twitter Tweets Some Big Q1 Stats – “Twitter is now seeing 155 million tweets a day.”

Twitter in Plain English – “Real life happens between blog posts and emails.”

Now I am left really wondering.

So I’ll ask you, gentle readers? Do you twitter and tweet? And if so, what do you get from the experience? Explain Twitter to me. Please.