I continue to suspect that Twitter is over-rated — almost certainly for most businesses, and possibly just plain over-rated. I don’t see how it adds much to life.

If you want to keep in touch with Friends, Facebook is better. If you want content, a blog is better. If you want people to know that you just ate a sandwich, you need to get over yourself.

I can see how Twitter would be good for giving people instant updates on an event, like a conference. But … why? Why can’t I read it tomorrow on your blog?

Also, is there anybody I can follow on Twitter who is constantly going to every conference I care about (and who won’t tell me about his dog and his lunch)?

You can write short posts on a blog if you like, or long ones (which you can’t do on Twitter.)

Via RSS feeds (which any blogging software will provide) you can get blog posts a number of ways. Maybe not on your cell phone, but … if not, then soon.

It’s the Big New Thing, but I don’t think it will last. Other, more robust applications (like Facebook) will figure out how to deliver whatever small benefit Twitter offers, and Twitter will go away.