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 [...]





What am I doing? Where am I? Ask my phone.
Two new mobile services just recently caught my eye. And I have to admit, I am addicted to them.
Twitter, a two-year-old social networking site, asks one simple question, “What are you doing?”
When I first came across this site, I signed up for an account, and sparingly updated my status. I never really got into it [...]