I just added a twitter widget to the sidebar of the blog.  I’ve been largely undecided about twitter, but have recently seen some great uses of it and have come around to see the handiness of the idea.  While in SoCal, I saw people using it to get together.  It went something like this:  Alice is bored at home on Friday night.  She looks at twitter and sees that Bob is out at wine bar with some mutual friends from work.  Alice can then call Bob or just show up.  I remember that in college people used to leave situational outgoing messages on their voice mail/answering machines.  They’d say things like, “Hey, we’re out at the High Dive tonight.  Hope to see you there.”

Additionally, I agree with Clive Thompson in How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense.  I think it gives one a real sense of the lives of friends.  I have friends I don’t see or talk to often, but it’s nice to have an easy means to keep up with them.  I find twitter has a much lower barrier to entry than blogging.  Check out my twitter, if you like.

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