I’m changing my mind about Twitter. Up until around an hour ago I thought it was a complete waste of time. Now I only think it is a bit of a waste of time – if you’re not careful. The reason for this significant change of mind? Several:
I noticed that James Governor was using Twitter to fill his schedule while at an event. That’s useful though an ordinary SMS would do the same job.
Salesforcewatch plans to provide updates when Salesforce.com announces its earnings next week. At the time, I’ll be traveling so getting those updates without having to search will be helpful. Even if I was at my desk, those updates would still be useful to help follow the story from multiple sources.
MediaUK is using Twitter to provide updates. So is the BBC World Service. An end to email updates?
Craig Cmehil found someone doing interesting things and has hooked up via Twitter. So there’s discovery potential.
Even so, I’m still cautious about this service. I’m running Twitter in my Firefox sidebar today just to see how much of a distraction it really is. No way would I run it on a mobile phone – at least not for the moment.
