Anyone here using Twitter?

[btvfreak]

What is it?
Basically has you answer the question, "What are you doing now?" in 140 characters or less.

I thought it was pretty pointless when I first heard about it, but I started using it for kicks and have found it to be pretty addictive. I also find some good links from others, as well as, interesting news and tidbits.

If anyone cares to follow my less-than-exciting life you can find me here:
http://twitter.com/g808

Some other Twitter links:
http://twitter.com/
http://twittervision.com - cool Twitter presentation Google Maps style
http://twittermap.com/search - search Twitter posts
http://twitterbuzz.com - collection of links posted by users
http://twitthis.com - bookmarklet for easy posting of things you find

Desktop Apps:

Twitteriffic (mac only; I use this) - http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific
Tweetr (windows and mac) - http://www.tweet-r.com/
Twitteroo (windows) - http://rareedge.com/twitteroo/
TwitBox (windows) - http://www.winextra.com/category/my-software/twitbox/

[btvfreak]

Guess not... :(

[cfaslave]

I've considered it, but I'm not sure I want to be THAT connected. The concept is almost like a Facebook pager of sorts. It's not that I'm overly private, but my life tends to be pretty boring most of the time... Still, I'm thinking about trying it.

Something I do use more now is digg (http://www.digg.com/). I use it to find HTPC and tech-related articles and to discuss them. If anyone is interested in joining my geeky venture there let me know or just add me as a friend. That way you see what stories I digg and I'll see the ones you like. My username on digg is (you guessed it) "cfaslave".

[btvfreak]

For keeping up with news and interesting articles I use Google Reader. I can browse through a ton of great content, including digg, then share the ones I find interesting. You can checkout my shared links here:
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/09125226913164016368

I thought, and kinda still do think, the same thing about Twitter, but just find it sadly addictive right now. My life is sad, but as I mentioned I do get to see some interesting stuff (outside of what I read and what's listed on Digg).

[cfaslave]

Oh yeah, Google Reader is my favorite of all. Forgot to mention that one.

Feeds me regular news and more. Talk about addictive...

[Xiadix]

Ya know, I am not a twitter user, but for those that are wouldn't it be interesting if someone would build a plugin that would tweet everytime that BTV started recording and (optionally) everytime that BTV or Link watched a show. Another option would be to tweet errors and the channel updates that we are starting to have fun with.

Any developers wanna take this on? Then I might have to become a tweeter.


KevG