Is Twitter the new RSS on steriods?

I’ve been hesitant to start using Twitter for a long time. I was much the same about Facebook. Now I’m addicted to both! :-) Twitter is a simple and quick way to communicate to friends, family and the rest of the online world in 140 characters (or less). So no long essays, just short snippets. “Going to a meeting” or “Good morning all, getting my first cup of coffee” or “I love Google” etc etc!

People love to share what they’re doing with others. Let the guys at the CommonCraft Show explain it to you…

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o[/youtube]

Follow me on Twitter to see what I’m doing 24 hours a day. Simply click to https://twitter.com/jamaal_jayz.

I’ve been relying a lot on my RSS feeds to keep me ahead of the times and on top of things. But now it seems that Twitter is doing that for me. The people I follow on Twitter are so advanced (well you are guys!) that I can rely on tweets (Twitter messages) to keep me up to date with what’s going on. It’s amazing. RSS I still use, but Twitter does make a big difference to the entire experience. I’m more part of the conversation than ever before, and that’s of course a good thing.

I use a Twitter desktop client called Twhirl, and on my mobile I simply go to m.twitter.com. In Facebook I use an Application called TwitterSync to synchronize my Twitter tweets with my Facebook Status Updates. This is really neat and I’m loving it. Enjoy!