ok, so i tweet

my dear friend matt talked me into trying, really trying, out ‘the twitter’ recently and so, ok, i get it now. he described it as “ambient intimacy,” a description which i quite like, meaning that in general you can participate in your day with all of your friends (some real, some virtual, some becoming) sitting right there beside you chattering away in your twitbin. it’s kind of nice.

plus the links are fantastic. i’ve found myself following some smart-as-hell people who regularly post tidbits of what they’ve been reading and thinking and you know, i feel smarter for it.

they do say that people with more friends are more likely to live longer than those without, so i’m now going to believe that virtual friends count. is this pathetic?

The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;

And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.

~John Keats

follow me if you like – http://twitter.com/semmerson