Discovering Twitter

I just finished reading a little book by Tim O’Reilly and Sarah Milstei, The Twitter Book. It is aimed at Twitter newbies (such as myself) and it does a nice job explaining the power of Twitter and all its various usages for personal and business needs. It didn’t took me long to finish it as well, as it is written in the spirit of Twitter – short and to the point. It takes you from a Twitter ignorant to a pro in no time

But why would one want to know about Twitter anyway? Hmmm, tough one. To be honest, i didn’t see much value in Twitter either, when i first created an account. I actually didn’t use it much at all – I wasn’t sure why i needed yet another communication channel to tell the world about what I’m doing, thinking, eating. I have a blog, like everyone else, right? And I’m not posting much on it. I have an account on Facebook like everyone else, right? But i am not using it much apart from playing Texas Hold’em occasionally. So what is different with Twitter that would make me tweet regularly each week, or day, or even more times per day? And who would care about it anyway?

First, the tweets are short messages that must obey the 140 character limit. So you don’t have to engage more than a minute (unlike when you are posting on a blog) to get your thought across. And when you start following smart and witty people, it is actually very amusing reading their tweets. It is like peeking into their minds. And that gives you motivation to tweet back. And in a matter of no time it becomes great fun!

I admit, i am a Twitter newbie but i am starting to be really hooked. And not just thanks to the book

Chi non muore si rivede…

It is so nice to find an old friend again! It really makes your day.

Moving

So this is it.

My last stuff has been packed, the apartment has been cleaned and all that is left is to hand out the keys to the owner and wait for Sunday to arrive.
I am going to Denmark and will stay there for the next 5 months and although I have been planning it for a year now, it sure feels like it has arrived too soon. But it also brings that excitement and anticipation of the unknown that somehow spices up my otherwise pretty ordinary days. I haven’t felt like this in a long time, to be honest. Which says a lot of what kind of life I’ve lead since I decided that maybe this whole computer business is something I might like … you know … sex ‘n’ drugs ‘n’ bytecode.

I am sold

Yay! Ooohh! Waw! I doubt i will go out or away from my desk ever again … Yesterday my new shiny Macbook Pro just arrived and i haven’t left it since … omg, is this thing sexy or what?

New home

It has been a while since i last checked in here and there has been some problems with my host server.
Now that i changed servers things will hopefully run smoother …

Expect the old content to be back online in a few days.