What’s Twitter, and why should I be using it?
Many of you have probably heard of RSS, a technology that helps people keep up with new blog entries and news articles. RSS works by updating a feed when new content is published. It’s a lot easier to keep up with a single feed than constantly browsing all of your favorites sites to see what’s new.
Even more groundbreaking than RSS, in my opinion, is a rapidly growing service called Twitter. There’s a lot more to Twitter than first meets the eye. Meaningful updates from friends and family are nice, but its ability to quickly feel the pulse of the internet is incredible.
Today when Google went down, I logged into Twitter and noticed by looking at the right sidebar that #googlefail was the most active topic this morning. When I clicked on #googlefail, I was able to see other Twitter users’ updates talking about the failure– updates that were only a few seconds old. Amazing!
So, go ahead and sign up, and when you do, be sure to follow KentComputers!
