I had been hearing about Twitter, and thought that it might be in the first 23 Things. A few weeks ago, the Minneapolis and Saint Paul Sunday papers both had stories on Twitter. The Pioneer Press one said that "the median age of Twitter users is 31 compared to 26 on Facebook."The day that I joined this week, when I was driving to work I heard that WCCO Radio was now on Twitter. In the Mark Halperin site that I follow on my blog, I noticed a Twitter option. When I joined, I became a follower of them first and since have added Minnesota Gopher sports, the Pioneer Press, MPR, Minn Post and other sites to follow. The first night that I was on Twitter, Nightline broadcast a segment on it, so it was fun to follow the comments about it online while I as listening to the TV in the next room.
I spend enough time on Facebook that I do not need to do the same with Twitter. Since joining Twitter, I prefer to do searches on topics rather than find followers. The best use I found so far was to do a search on Minnesota writer Bill Holm yesterday after I knew of his death. It was interesting to read the many comments and see the sources of information about him. I also have checked out comments from the 23 Things folks. The Hibbing Library is a good example of a library using Twitter, and I will be interested to see if more libraries will embrace Twitter.
Now you can follow me on Twitter by finding the link on the sidebar near the bottom right of my blog. After a few weeks of use, I will see if I agree with author Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Work Week) who called Twitter, "Pointless email on steroids."
