Alright, so.

(I'd first like to apologize - I've been fighting off several different things in the past month and a half & it's caused me to fall severely behind in my school work. The podcast blog will be posted shortly...)

For my second emerging technology post, I've decided to focus on twitter. When I was introduced to twitter, it was explained to me as "just your facebook status". I do believe this is a good summation of what twitter is. Basically, all twitter asks is - What Are You Doing?

I've found this to be an easy way to keep up on my friends who live in other parts of the country, and bands that I deeply love. Through "following" people, you see their updates on your homepage. These updates can be anything from the mundane, to informative or even just funny.

I began using Twitter over a year ago, when it was just a baby site. My exboyfriend introduced me to it, and at first I thought it was ridiculous. Who really cares? However, now I use it to keep in touch with my friends who are scattered across the country. We all attend loads of concerts & we always want to know how each other's most recent concerts have gone. Instead of having to retell the same stories over and over, they know how the night is going. We tell funny stories back and forth across it, and when something bad has happened, we know that after we send that twitter, all of our friends are going to be praying for us.

Twitter is also a great way to keep up on musical artists that you love. So many times, bands will post tweets about the tour dates they just announced, or the contest they're holding for free tickets. It was because of twitter that my best friend & I were able to work as catering volunteers at Warped Tour, and subsequently met every single band playing at Warped.

It definitely is user friendly. As with all new things, it takes a few try's to fully catch on, but it doesn't take long & they really walk you through it all. As you get more comfortable with it, you can change things around, based on what you want.

My twitter is http://twitter.com/fostermonster
I make no guarantees that my posts make sense...