I am about to go to the toilet. It may not be pleasant. More details later.
I can imagine that the previous three sentences filled you with revulsion and disgust. I have got a point – honestly (and it does not involve graphic details of my toilet habits). My point can be summed up in one word:
Twitter
I have been reading a few blogs recently and have noticed that more and more bloggers are asking me to follow them on Twitter. I’ve had a quick look at the Twitter web site and it basically says:
Answer this simple question – What are you doing?
The opening line to this post tried to illustrate how I thought this whole Twitter thing worked. I’ve seen something similar on Facebook where you can leave a status of sorts stuff like:
Fred is skinning a dead fish
Bill is up to his eyeballs in dog poo
Linda has just dumped Greg but don’t tell him.
So what’s the difference between your Facebook status and Twittering? To be honest, I don’t know. I never bother filling in my Facebook status simply because I don’t want my friends to become comatose reading about my mundane and tedious life. Can you imagine it?
Dave is having a one way conversation with the cats about who scratched the door.
Dave is beginning to regret having chicken madras last night.
Dave has hay fever and it is totally unpleasant.
Dave is at work, cursing, spitting and drinking copious amounts of tea.
Actually to be fair, my life isn’t that humdrum; I do occasionally wander out into the wide world and slap it in the face (or usually get slapped instead), so there may be a remote chance that somebody might be vaguely interesting in some bits of my existence. I doubt it though.
So now I have a dilemma. Should I get onto this Twitter thing and spend my whole day updating it? I can see one use for it – that’s to promote this blog – but is that enough to make it worth my while?
I must admit I’m intrigued to find out what famous people are doing. For example, I know that Stephen Fry is a huge fan of Twitter and does it all the time. I wonder whether it is worth enrolling. I enjoy writing drivel here, so I wouldn’t want to make it a substitute for this blog. But I guess it could have its advantages.
So, can I ask anybody out there whether it is worth me doing it? Do you “tweet” and if so, why? And does it help to fulfil your life?
I’m genuinely interested, particularly after the recent events in Iran, where Twitter seems to have come into its own.
By the way – my first tweet, if I go for it, will be a report on my first paragraph. That should scare people away.
I can imagine that the previous three sentences filled you with revulsion and disgust. I have got a point – honestly (and it does not involve graphic details of my toilet habits). My point can be summed up in one word:
I have been reading a few blogs recently and have noticed that more and more bloggers are asking me to follow them on Twitter. I’ve had a quick look at the Twitter web site and it basically says:
Answer this simple question – What are you doing?
The opening line to this post tried to illustrate how I thought this whole Twitter thing worked. I’ve seen something similar on Facebook where you can leave a status of sorts stuff like:
Fred is skinning a dead fish
Bill is up to his eyeballs in dog poo
Linda has just dumped Greg but don’t tell him.
So what’s the difference between your Facebook status and Twittering? To be honest, I don’t know. I never bother filling in my Facebook status simply because I don’t want my friends to become comatose reading about my mundane and tedious life. Can you imagine it?
Dave is having a one way conversation with the cats about who scratched the door.
Dave is beginning to regret having chicken madras last night.
Dave has hay fever and it is totally unpleasant.
Dave is at work, cursing, spitting and drinking copious amounts of tea.
Actually to be fair, my life isn’t that humdrum; I do occasionally wander out into the wide world and slap it in the face (or usually get slapped instead), so there may be a remote chance that somebody might be vaguely interesting in some bits of my existence. I doubt it though.
So now I have a dilemma. Should I get onto this Twitter thing and spend my whole day updating it? I can see one use for it – that’s to promote this blog – but is that enough to make it worth my while?
I must admit I’m intrigued to find out what famous people are doing. For example, I know that Stephen Fry is a huge fan of Twitter and does it all the time. I wonder whether it is worth enrolling. I enjoy writing drivel here, so I wouldn’t want to make it a substitute for this blog. But I guess it could have its advantages.
So, can I ask anybody out there whether it is worth me doing it? Do you “tweet” and if so, why? And does it help to fulfil your life?
I’m genuinely interested, particularly after the recent events in Iran, where Twitter seems to have come into its own.
By the way – my first tweet, if I go for it, will be a report on my first paragraph. That should scare people away.
