I think twittering is probably a logical outgrowth of another trend that I don’t get (very likely marking my onrushing cootism:) texting. While I was pretty quick to jump on the IM thing (and was very happy when most IM protocols allowed for longer messages,) the idea of sending small instant messages from a phone just strikes me as annoying and pointless. Especially when I get charged by the message. Even with a “full qwerty keyboard,” or the iPhone’s large (for a phone,) friendly, and configurable touch-screen, it’s just too small to type conveniently on. I’d generally rather use my phone to call someone. Or play tetris.

Twittering is to text messaging roughly what blogs are to e-mail. in that context, I can almost understand them, if I could just wrap my brain around texting in the first place.

Even so, Xanga has a similar feature (pulse) that I’ve probably only used once. The standard blog entry can serve the same function, but is much more flexible (since it can be longer.) Since I don’t blog from a phone or feel like spewing my every random thought on to the internet (or to my various friends,) twittering probably just isn’t for me. I’d get a lot less tetris played that way.

Ultimately, I think I’d also see a drop in my productivity and the general quality of my discourse as well. Not that I blog enough that you’d notice it anymore. :P

Besides, the comment you just made is short and visible to the public. You’re practically twittering already!

Why you would ever want to say anything to everyone but say that little…I just can’t see having a use for it.

Saw your comment on my notary blog post. If I had known, I might’ve pinged you. :)

Yeah, I’ve switched to twittering random links also. Basically stuff I didn’t feel that deserved their own posts, but wanted to share. You should look into the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress where you can display your recent tweets on your side bar.

There’s also an option to generate a blog post weekly or daily of all your tweets.