just what do they do exactly?

i haven't heard of twitter...

...and when you talk about web 2.0 are you refering to the framework or something else?

Twitter can be explained by this diagram - "The history of cat blogging":

Follow the edge-of-your seat drama, step by step here: link

... not likely to find too much about architecture, but it is fun as a pipeline. I can send a text message from my phone while I'm out and it'll show up on the internets. Cool!

wait...so I have to get a cat?
damn internets.

I tried it out a little last night and I'm stumped. I'm not sure it's for me.
It seems like a great way to keep up with the day-to-day activities of your friends, but my friends don't use it. beyond that, I don't know.

Experiment failed. for now.

do you bring mies to work, tumbles?

lucky!

It seems like most Twitter users are the self-proclaimed geek type (myself included), who find this kind of indirect communication interesting - it's almost like away messages for IM, but it's much more flexible in that you can use it via text messaging (or if you have an iPhone, you can use PocketTweets.

check out the article about it in the july wired:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson

i was going to ask why the hell anyone would find this interesting or useful, but then i read their take on it last night and got more intrigued at its possibilities.

...and i've followed clive thompson for a long time now and he's usually got a pretty accurate read on 'potential'.

Funny I started reading this thinking it was about some architect - isn't there an architect called Stanley Twitter?

I've realized what it's good for. integrating into a blog or webpage for live updates. I'm working on adding some content to my page and i think Twitter updates will make a nice addition.

at least until the novelty wears off.

My left eyelid twitters whenever I get super stressed.

Does that count?

Come on folks ... I'm trying to add people to my Twitterstream.

My Twitter id is: enriqueramirez.

whom do you follow?

You guys have to see this guy's Twitterstream. It's hilarious. Make sure you swallow any beverages first.

http://twitter.com/fireland

Any more twitterers? I am in the process of setting up now for a new and unique purpose...

OMG WK - that is hilarious!! And talk about late.

Jimmy where's your twitter?

Follow me on Twitter as I jump on the ledge.

I have been finding Geoff Manaugh's tweets from Rome and Turin to be quite interesting