Using Twitter For Serious Stuff - Great Idea or Utter Insanity?

Using Twitter For Serious Stuff - Great Idea or Utter Insanity?

A great commentary on exactly what Twitter is not. The takeaway message: "Twitter is great when the message is not important."

This means it can be very useful for the simple things, such as status updates (e.g., "The S.F. 49ers just won!") or the FYI messages that could be useful to a specific group (e.g., "The copier on the second floor in GLC is broken.") It's not meant to be meaningful or organized. It's meant to be the forum for the "oh, that's nice to know, but wasn't critical" dialog.