Mele’s Musings

Twitter took off from simple to ‘tweet’ success

Yes, I love to talk about Twitter. Yes, I wrote about it my last post. Yes, you still don’t get it. But you should – you really should!

Picture: smh.com.au

Article excerpt: “What are you doing?” That question is the rocket fuel for Twitter — a hot social-network service that lets you tell people what you are up to at any given moment of the day — via cellphone, instant messenger, or the Web. Never heard of it, you say? “What are you doing?” is the question Twitter asks “Twitterers” to answer in a simple text message as they connect with friends, co-workers or the wider world. Twitterers “tweet” about everything from what they had for lunch to how much they enjoyed their latest Netflix DVD. If that sounds silly and incredibly narrow at first, don’t worry, you’re not alone. “When people hear about Twitter, their immediate reaction is that it’s the simplest and stupidest idea in the world,” says co-founder Biz Stone. “They do not want to know that their brother is eating a hot dog right now,” he says. “But then they discover that their friends are on it. And so are the L.A. Fire Department, NASA and JetBlue. Then they get it.”
The rest: USAtoday.com

Musing: Read the article, try the service, and then tell me what you think. Biz Stone (man, that guy’s name is cool - I wish my name were cool like that) said it best in the quote above – it doesn’t make sense until you use it for a while. But Twitter is not just about frivolous information – it is a “hypergrapevine news resource” when used correctly. My bet is that Twitter, or Twitter-like apps will become the new killer app on the web. Call me crazy, but I think so.