You may have heard about a new web service named ‘twitter‘ recently and be curious as to what it actually is. The best way to describe it would be a way to let people know what you are doing at this very moment. You are limited to only 140 letters to describe what is going right now. This has also been termed ‘micro-blogging’.
Where things start to get more interesting is when you begin to follow other people and keep up to date on what they are posting. A number of my family members are on twitter and it’s a really handy way to keep up to date with each other’s every day lives.
If you are concerned about your privacy (by default, everything you post is viewable by the general public) you are given the option to lock down your account so that only people you authorize may view your updates.
If you are curious and want to try it out, go to www.twitter.com and create an account. Feel free to follow me, or check out the twitter advanced search page to find people with similar interests, or people in your area.
