Twitter takes over

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It’s been a huge couple of weeks for Twitter, the tiny little web app that could, fuelled by the evangelizing of Scoble, and the alpha adopters descending on SXSW to share the latest and greatest. We’ve seen Google mashups, we’ve seen top 100 lists, and we’ve even seen Mr Jaffe enter the fray. No wonder then that today “Twitter” is the most searched term on Technorati.

As I’ve begun to play with it, I’ve found both pros and cons. With Twitter, immediacy of information is balanced with a lot of noise amongst the signal, and sometimes it can prove overwhelming. But Twitter has proved to be a valuable tool in thought clarity – rather than having a blog’s blank field to extend my rambling as long as I want, I’ve begun to realize I HAVE to sum up my thoughts using just 140 letters.

So in that vein, here’s five Twitter thoughts, in 140 characters or less:

  • I registered twittercon.com – perhaps a one day conference for Twitterers in NYC later this year. Any interest out there?
  • Jason Calacanis is threatening to give up blogging for Twittering – will some kind of micro monetization format be far behind?
  • Business application for Twitter: Financial analysts selling subscriptions to their Twitter list in exchange for market & stock tips.
  • What about an ARG? Played out on Twitter between actors, in real time, over one day. Isn’t this what Fox and “24″ should be doing?
  • Next time you have an idea to pitch a client, see if you can do it in a Twitter. If you can’t, maybe the idea isn’t simple enough.
  • You can read my own Twitters here.

    • Ah, Twitter. It's got a lot of people talking, but not saying very much in the process. I hate to sound cynical, but seriously, what can a person say in 140 characters? Not much. Information can be relayed, but not much can be said.
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