Confessions of a Twitter Convert

I have a confession to make.  I did not get Twitter.  An employee encouraged me to open an account a few months ago.  I obliged by opening an account and then ignored it.  I thought it was weird and a waste of time.  Months went by and I continued to question its relevance.   My final conversion to a Twitter user was solely for practical purposes.  You see, you can use Twitter to update Facebook status via a Facebook widget.   With Facebook gaining momentum on both the work and personal front, the ability to Twitter my updates to Facebook was a huge time saver.  It also gave me the ability to update via text messaging from my iPhone.  Now that I am an active user of Twitter, I have noticed a few compelling things:  first, I prefer Twitter to writing blog posts (hence my hiatus from posting here).  It is simple to use and enables me to post frequent updates throughout the day.  Second, I am quickly gaining "followers".  I don't know half of the folks who are following me, but that is OK.  I guess they are interested in something I have to say!  Third, I have noticed more companies using Twitter in innovative ways.  This CEO recently used Twitter to get instant feedback from his followers during a meeting with eBay.  Cool stuff!   Lastly, my own team has dialed up use of Twitter to communicate our JavaOne activities and give away free stuff.   Why don't you check out Twitter and follow us on our SDN@javaone08 channel?  Let me know if you get hooked, like I did

Posted at 02:11PM Apr 23, 2008 by kcelestre in General  |