The 140 character web

I wish I could find them now, but the first couple of times I heard about Twitter about 18 months ago, it was in a couple of disparaging reviews of the application.  They went somewhere along the lines of "why in the world would anyone want to know what you're doing ALL THE TIME?  How self-absorbed."   Well anyone who has a blog is already struggling with self-absorption anyway, so cross that one off the list.  But I get that first response every time I try to explain Twitter.  My answer is that everybody has a few people, i.e. a circle of friends , that do want to know what each other is doing, maybe not ALL the time, but a lot of the time.

As far as my outgoing Twitter posts go, I've pretty much got it down to a science.  I twit, you see it here and here and here, and soon perhaps here as well.  Blogging about going to the bathroom is boring (unless you're Carlos and Heather), but using twitter to fill in the gaps between blog posts is pretty cool. 

Incoming tweets?  That's another story.  I get an unsettling feeling every time I get a text notification, and that happens way too much with Twitter.  Plus the cell phone bill the last two months has been a little ridiculous.  So I mostly check them online, and turn it on from my cell phone when I'm bored.

Carlos posted recently about his love/hate relationship with Twitter.  I concur.  But if you can work it into your life, there's enough to love about it that makes it worth checking out.

Go ahead.  Sign up.  You know you want to.  And look me up.  My profile is marklee3d...

Comments

[Dee]

Yes- twitter is addicting. Some of us- well me anyway- have you to thank for hooking us on twitter. I have followed Third Day for 13 years- first blog I ever read was 'This guy falls down'. Started a blog because I liked yours. Now I twitter- and I'm hooked.
Thanks Mark :)

[Joan Young/Godgrl Gomer]

LOL...Yes...and knowing you survived your adventure on the roof is also worth it...

[Dawnifer Gomer]

So if one wants to start a blog or Twitter or whatever, a comment like "I've had an "everything bagel" kind of day!" would be a good one to start with? And someone would care that I made a statement like that? Just teasing! I live for the "my daughter just wrote her name in pollen" kind of Twitters from you! I just crack up!

[Mark Lee]

Or, Cathy, you could have just used the URL I provided in the tweet :)

Hey, at least you found me!

[Cathy Holford aka Pixie Wildflower]

Mark, I already follow you at Twitter. Someone posted about you being on Twitter on the Third Day boards, can't remember who. One of my friends from Vox got me on Twitter initially. It's a good, quick way to share random thoughts. I haven't posted that much lately, though and I use it online. I just have a simple plan with my cell phone, so online is better.

I am at:

http://twitter.com/pixiewildflower

Well, it was because of Twitter that I knew that you blogged about Twitter in the first place. I had to look up your blog url again from your profile at last fm.

Take care and keep rocking!

[cool dad]

Just got on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. I'm starting to see how useful it can be. And I'm following your Twitter in a non-stalker kind of way.

[Wendy]

Yeah I thought the same thing and the phone bill was a little more this month (getting college basketball scores and Twitter maketh my bill runneth over! ;). Well I solved that...just buy more messages because I just REALLY have to know that you are blowing bubbles in your front yard (that made me smile btw).