I’ve started using Twitter lately. Actually I have had an account for about half a year, but it was not untill a few months back when I really started to use it.
I was one of those Twitter-sceptic people. Looking at it saying, “naaaaaah – what’s the use of that?” Why would people want to know every bloody thing I am doing?
The fact is that with proper use this new concept of micro-blogging is a great way to stay updated and keep your network updated about what’s going on. Of course, no one – or at least very few people – are interested in the fact that you’re going to the loo. However, when used properly services like Twitter is a great way to stay in touch. Keep your network updated on events, make short statements, ask for assistance – there’s actually many possibilities. I am starting to really love it 
Another side of this micro-blogging is the power of information sharing. Because these messages are short (usually 160 characters or less), it’s suddenly much easier to post from anywhere – your cellphone has become a much more useful blogging tool! A great example was the plane that went down in the Hudson river in New York yesterday. Before any news station probably had images or even a clue that a plane had crashed, reports were already flowing on Twitter. The picture in the feed linked above is probably one of the first pictures available of the plane and the passengers, from right after the plane went down. This way of quickly spreading information is also something which makes this kind of service extremely powerful.
Today I also tested a service called TwitPic today (after discovering the foto from the plane crash). It allows you to e-mail pictures to an address and the picture is then added to your Twitter feed with the subject of the e-mail as description. Great when you’re out with your phone and want to share something
If you’re on Twitter, or want to follow me by RSS, my username is karbotweets. We’re also tweeting at Integrasco – make sure you follow that one as well
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Also registered a long time ago on twitter but never used it much. Looking at the tweets from last year after reading this post made me realize another way it can be useful, in addition to what you already mentioned, and that is as a simple log/memory trigger. Just reading one little message can make you recall so much about an event a long time ago that you thought you had forgot completely.
Btw, I think your blog is censoring my gravatar! :p
Have to look into that – think it was working earlier
I don’t use it constantly, but I’m on Twitter as Uncle_Max, because I’m apparently completely uncreative with usernames.
yeah just like u said jaran, i’m just wanna try out all kinda new web think, yeah just wanna try out, after lot of my friends use it, i find value from how it word.
This my 1st time i’m visit ur blog dude i surf about iTunes agent http://ita.sourceforge.net/ yeah prety cool app that u make dude, thank.