Unless you haven’t turned on a computer for the past year, or you simply don’t visit any sites other than AOL, you will no doubt be familiar with Twitter. It’s been the center of all the buzz around the web for a while now and people are throwing out all sorts of terms such as “Micro blogging”. If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about and what Twitter can do for you, keep reading.
The concept is simple: you get a maximum of 140 characters to get your message across. You can post as many messages (called tweets in Twitter lingo) as you want and people can read your tweets and even “follow” you on Twitter so they get all of your tweets conveniently displayed for them. The point is to get the message across in a short and simple manner. Efficient and unobtrusive.
Tweets can be grouped into lists so that you can aggregate messages of a similar nature into groups. Tweets and profiles can be viewed directly on the Twitter website, but you can also use one of any number of applications (installed on your computer or mobile device) to enjoy the Twitter experience.
