Sunday's LA TIMES reports on a new site, Twitter.com that is catching on and we should be paying attention to.
"The folks at Twitter.com have built their site around the seemingly toothless but cosmically important question, "What are you doing?" Launched in July, the aptly named service aims to close the real-time gap between you and your friends when you are not e-mailing, instant- or text-messaging one another, by letting you send your nearest and dearest up-to-the-minute updates on everything you think and do."
"Twitter works by hypercharging social networks such as those on MySpace or Friendster. A new Twitter user creates a very basic profile and then creates a mini-network by linking to his or her friends, family, acquaintances and pretty faces found througbrowsing the site. Then, whenever the mood strikes, the user logs in to Twitter.com (or sends it a note via text or instant messenger),
answering the "What're you doing" question in 150 characters or fewer. Once you chime in with your latest activity or pondering, your message is then radiated out to all the members of your circle, who can check in at their webpage to see what their friends are up to, or better still, receive flashing updates on their cellphones or instant messengers whenever a friend checks in."
Here are some examples from an average evening. One can imagine books listed if anyone happen to be reading.
"watching cat videos on youtube"
"Trying to finish my senior thesis. Or start it."
"Our guests have just leaved. They were all danes, who were over for
a drink and danish cakes. Yummy :D"
"watching HOME ALONE with the Chris Columbus/Macauley Culklin
commentary track."
"At Sushi Roku in Pasadena"
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