Why I love Twitter

I have to begin by saying that at first glance the whole idea of Twitter seemed to me like just one of those vacant ideas that today's flaky college students came up with to irritate their elders. But now I have a job that, in part, asks that I find unique ways of promoting Inkwell. And it just so happens the hottest marketing tool these days is Twitter. So a few weeks ago I decided to stick my toe in the water and...suddenly I'm Tweeting. To nobody in particular, granted, but then this blog is about as focused as that, so between the two of them I get to spew publicly and I think, after all, that's the whole point of this stuff. Oh yeah, some people comment on news or sell products but let's face it, it's all just spewing. The thing about Twitter is that, unlike a blog, it requires no small amount of discipline to express a concise thought in a specific number of characters. I think it's this discipline that gets me; a little like writing an haiku. Hey, that's a thought. I'll post a haiku.