I suspect I am one of the last people on the planet to have discovered
Twitter. Twitter is a bit like a combination of blog, instant messenger/text messenger and social networking experience*. Instead of a full scale blogging experience, all Twitter "posts" are 140 characters long and once you upload them, anyone who is following your feed can see what you're doing. It doesn't replace blogging (no images, for instance), but it does allow you to post bits and bobs when you don't have time for a large post to your blog or you just want to mention something cool or give your friends a quick update on what you're doing without sending out an email blast. And, of course, you can follow your friends feeds and get similar information.
As someone who used to have time to share more on her blog, and who still has lots of stuff to share, just not enough time to type it, I thought I would try it out. In my sidebar, I've added a "Watch Me Twitter" section where my most recent twitterings will be. And if you're on Twitter, you can find me
here -- and my user name is
KeybrdBiologist.
* I am also on Facebook but don't show up there very often. So many webby things to play with, so little time.