Getting in to Twitter

Posted on 05. Apr, 2007 by Philip in Big Trousers News

So you may notice my little Twitter window in the sidebar and wonder what all that is about.

I will attempt to explain.

In the current climate of SMS messaging and IM using AIM or MSN, Twitter has emerged as an addictive web based SMS style mini blog tool. You can subscribe to other peoples’ Twitterings and get their thoughts sent to your phone. Or just view them in your Twitter home page. Some stuff is so humorous and up to the second you can get veeery addicted.

The best way to explain is with a few examples.

The first thing I thought when hearing of the release of the new MacPro was that the cursed one “Leo Laporte” who apparently is well known for purchasing Macs just prior to new Apple releases, had taken Scott Bourne to an Apple store yesterday to buy a new MacPro and two cinema displays. This was part of the MacBreak Weekly podcast last night.

Merlin Mans’ Twitter this morning tied everything together and no doubt Scott will be amused.

Also in discussion with Helen at HMC to encourage her to get on board.
She did, and these are the pics I sent to her of the subsequent message.

In the Twitterific window.

This as SMS on the mobile.

So when you reply to the SMS with the mobile phone???

It feeds that message into my Twitterings.

We will see how this all progresses, but if you are interested click on the “Follow Phil” link in the Twitter section in the sidebar.

In answer to the Question “who pays?”

In Australia, at least according to Steve Rubel, it looks like Twitter does.