What are you doing?
“Twitter” popped up on my radar today as I was thinking of how to best keep in contact with project teams or work groups.
I first noticed the Twitter feed button showing up on my favorite blogs about year ago, but I had no interest in just adding another colorful feed icon onto my own site. Twitter admits “it sounds ridiculous and stupid when you first hear about it” but it is, nevertheless, simple to set up and kind of addictive once you get going with it. If I’m working on a Web project involving a design team spread out across town, country or continent, I sometimes need a little nudge of motivation to keep me focused or to remove a creative blockage. Twitter allows my team to follow my creative process when I turn on the “follow me” features.
It does cause you to question why anyone would want people following their every thought, feeling, or disappointment, but you can just as easily extend the concept to some practical purposes for work or business.
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I don’t know if Twitter will become a way for me to annoy colleagues more, but it does allow me to demonstrate a pretty good collaboration tool that can help me share my thoughts, ideas, and favorite toys I’m working with. It’s also a great way to have some fun with friends and family.
Addendum
Notice the “Clipmarks” image? Another reason Firefox is my browser of choice. I spend a lot of time online and view more than a few Web sites each and every day. Just as I take a notepad or journal with me every where I go, Clipmarks is with me on every World Wide Web destination. It provides a handy tool to keep your posts fresh and timely without having to access your site’s administration functions. Edit the document before posting it, however. Unless your site’s visitors are comfortable with typos and poor grammar, I recommend playing it safe and keep these type of posts brief.
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