Have You Caught the Twitter Bug?

I signed up for Twitter recently to see what all the fuss was about and quite frankly, I still don’t see what the big deal is.

I don’t really care for it much but maybe I need to spend more time on it to actually catch the twitter bug. 

So, you’re supposed to just post what you’re doing right? Update as you go through your daily tasks? Why exactly would I want to keep everyone up to date on what I’m doing right now? I mean, should I update that I’m going to go poop?

So Twitter is supposed to be like a micro-blog. So far, what I like about it is that some of the bloggers I follow (ProBlogger, JohnChow, DoshDosh, ShoeMoney, etc.) sometimes use Twitter to let people know they are working on a new blog post, or to ask a question, or even just shout out to their followers about something cool they found. 

So it definitely has it’s uses…I’m just not totally convinced it’s all that great. That could be because I am only following a few people at the moment or that none of my friends are using it or that nobody is really following me.  

So here’s what I gather I’ll be using Twitter for:

• A source for news (quicker than blogs)
• A place I can ask a quick question and get a pretty quick response
• A status report for my far far away friends (soon, they aren’t on it right now)
• A form of letting my followers (maybe more soon?) know what I’m going to be posting next, working on currently, when I’m using the toilet (I kid, I kid! ) or any other “important” update
• A place to tell people about something funny or interesting that happened or that I found
• Lastly, I’ll setup my phone to twitter while I’m at WinCo….a micro-rant! Stupid Sucks!

I’m sure there are tons of other uses for Twitter out there, if you have one (or many) please share…because if Twitter really is so freaking amazing, I’d like to be in on the fun!

Here’s a cool list of 50+ Guides, Hacks & Scripts for Twitter. While you’re at it why don’t you follow me on Twitter!