{"id":1925,"date":"2008-05-14T07:18:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2008-05-14T07:29:18","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:29:18","slug":"twitter-resistance-is-futile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/05\/14\/twitter-resistance-is-futile\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter: Resistance is futile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winehiker Russ<\/a> told me this would happen: Initial resistance overcome by temptation, then adoption. <\/p>\n

For those who haven’t drunk the Kool-Aid, Twitter<\/a> is essentially a rolling chatroom that can be updated via web, Crackberry, iPhone and any other implement of Internet addiction. You follow other people’s tweets, and they usually reciprocate by following yours. A few folks who hang around here signed up for mine so I figured what the hell, let nature take its course.<\/p>\n

Here’s my twitter profile,<\/a> for those already among the tweeting masses. <\/p>\n

Example of a cool use of twitter: I read this way, way hilarious spoof of the Clinton campaign<\/a> by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. Normally I wouldn’t bother with a blog post, but it was funny enough to pass along to other people, so it became a tweet. Yesterday I twittered on my visit to the eye doctor and having pupils the size of pie pans all day. Who wants to know this stuff? All I can say is: you’d be surprised. <\/p>\n

(Hey, one guy used his Twitter account to get sprung from an Egyptian jail, so it must have something going for it). <\/p>\n

Folks on my Twitter list at the moment: <\/p>\n