January 9: Twitter

Okay, I'll admit it. I was curious about this whole Twitter thing and how it works. My initial perception is that it seems a little self-serving. I mean does anyone out there really care what I'm doing at any point in my day, other than maybe my wife and my boss? So, I had to experience this phenomenon for myself and, at the same time, it seemed like a good thing to add to my "new things for 2010" experiment. So, I just finished signing up and even posted my first "twit", "tweet" or whatever they call it - I haven't gotten the lingo down yet. I kept it short and simple, although the character count for each entry seems to indicate every entry has to be that way, saying only that (and I'm paraphrasing) "I joined Twitter to try a new thing and I'm blogging about it right now". Fascinating, huh? So, if any of you out there want to follow me through my days, you can search me on Twitter by my user name smcounsell41302. I just can't promise you'll find many updates during your visits.