Twitter-tastic!
I’d never used Twitter before I started working from home, but increasingly have used it as a widely distributed group of people that you would chat with round the photocopier, if you work in an office.
Whereas before I’d chat to colleagues about the weekend, the weather, a film I saw, a joke I heard or something silly on the web, I now post it to Twitter. Before, I would have shouted at IE 6 and John or Nedjma would point out where I was guillotining my three pixel drop float bug. Now, I howl on Twitter and some nice person has a look. (When I left commercial web development last June, I severed all links with IE 6 by buying a Vista computer, thereby swapping one curate’s egg for another.)
Last week when I began recoding this site into HTML 5, something magical and twitter-tastic happened. People I’ve never met took the time to send me screenshots, suggest bug fixes, or simply messaged me to say they were enjoying my updates.
It might be a timesink and 97% banalities (most generated by me) but I now officially love Twitter and those who subscribe to my banalities. If I ever meet you, I’ll buy you a drink or sleep with you. (I get to decide which.)
5 Responses to “ Twitter-tastic! ”
I’m a twitter noob as well – http://twitter.com/jared_w_smith. I’m still figuring out exactly how I want to contribute to it, but I’ve already gained a lot by following fine folks such as yourself.
Bruce. I’ll have to insist on the drink option. Sorry to disappoint.
Yeah… It’ll be the drink for me too Bruce… unless of course it’s many drinks, then we’ll probably sleep together too.. 
I started Twittering recently as well and find that I use it for almost exactly the same stuff you do. I’ll have to add you so that I can ask for accessibility help occasionally!