It’s passive interpersonal communication. You can know what your friends are doing, without even trying.
When I try to explain the logic behind Twitter, most people respond, "Why do you care?"
Because a simple text message or an IM notification is convenient. Sometimes I don’t really care what people are doing, but it only takes 5 [...]





Pownce on this
Digg’s Kevin Rose has finally unveiled his secret project, and as you’d expect, it’s spelled wrong.
Pownce offers users the ability to share notes, events, and other media with friends in their network. This is not your typical social networking site though.
The moment you sign up, you are automatically friends with the person who invited you, [...]