Becoming A Twit
You may notice a new section over there on the left (if you’re on the main page). It’s called Twitter, and what it does is display my latest update from the remarkably similarly-named Twitter, the microblogging/social networking site that appears to be the latest craze on the Internets. I can post a one-liner (140 characters or less) to Twitter, and therefore to this section, via just about any means of electronic communication around, the most handy being a text message. If you want to follow my posts there, click “follow me”, and if you’re a Twitter user, you can add me to your follow list; if not, you can find a feed there to add to your RSS reader. (You are using an RSS reader by now, right?)
If you use Facebook, this is awfully similar to its status function, only without the slightly-restrictive “name is…” formatting. And, of course, it doesn’t require you to be logged in to Facebook in order to read it.
The common name for an individual Twitter post appears to be “tweet.” I guess that leaves “twit” to refer to the users, then?
13 August 2007 / 1 Comment / Tags: tech