twittering

Twitter is a micro-blogging site that does one thing, and does it well: asks you to answer the question “What are you doing right now” in less than 140 characters. People who subscribe to your “tweets” then get those updates delivered to their computer, their IM, or their phone. It’s very addictive once you get into it, and it has several great uses: it lets you keep in touch with friends – especially those you don’t see daily – and be a part of their daily lives and it can help you discover great new links and sites. Just the other day I got a notification that a music marketing author and speaker from London, Kavit Haria, had found my twitter-profile and signed up to follow me. I, in turn, decided to check out his profile, signed up for his RSS feed, and downloaded a helpful report from his website. All because of these little, less-than-140-character messages.