I’ve been hearing about a web 2.0 site called “Twitter.”  When somebody uses twitter they are said to “tweet.”  I have to tell you that this terminology really didn’t strike me as anything that I would ever be involved in.  However, tonight I signed up for my own twitter account and now I tweet!  As a matter of fact if you go to the calendar page on my website you will be able to follow my twitter account. 

Here’s why I did it.  I continue to study and explore social media and tonight I am listening to a series of videos, one of which is about www.twitter.com.  The forecast is that this is a rapidly growing phenomena and I so I want to understand it. 

Recency often replaces authority.  Google is giving us an in to page one as they continue to change the rules.  How is it affecting media?  When I search for something that is current, I see results on news from places like PR Web.  How do we get there?  We do a press release.  If we want to dominate and play with the big boys we need to write content and do media everyday.  It’s pretty intense.  Twitter will track you as you do that.

I am now set up to syndicate my twitter updates on facebook, my space and my website.  I can simply send a text message and all 3 places will be instantly updated so that anybody that wants to know what I am doing can quickly see that.

Web 2.0 is an exciting arena.  Twitter is just a small part of it.  If you want to try it, go to www.twitter.com and sign up for a free account.