Three weeks ago, Linda Girard and Catherine Juon over at Pure Visibility convinced me to start Tweeting on Twitter. It's been sort of fun, but I find I mainly do it when I am extremely busy otherwise. If I'm not busy, I do it less.
A few general observations about Twitter's utility:
- It's been a great tool for keeping up with happenings around Ann Arbor. I've certainly learned a lot more about the people at Pure Visibility who are all on Twitter.
- I've managed to reach out to other people who I knew in past lives, and that has been fun.
- In the preceding two cases, I'd categorize everyone as part of the digerati. My personal trainer is not on twitter. None of my gym pals are on Twitter. The Dean of the school where I teach is not on Twitter, nor will he ever be.
- The chief question on my mind is the extent to which twitter's mainly digierati crowd can provide me with generally applicable information. One point in favor of twitter is that I have learned alot of things about Ann Arbor I never knew, and I've been here a decade. So, it's been at least a little worth it.
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