Those of you who are semi-regular visitors to my site (and with my lack of updating recently, I could understand if you weren’t) might have noticed the new little brown box in the sidebar, with updates powered by my Twitter account — a nice way to leave short, instant messenger style status messages for friends (or the public at large) to view.

I’ve grown quite fond of the service in a short span of time. Updates can be made and received via the web, an instant messenger or the texting service on your cell phone, and the short form nature of the posts (maximum size is 140 characters) means updates are easy to make and easy to consume. They also offer an API, which means other programs can interact with the service, such as Iconfactory’s Twitterific, which Khoi Vinh speaks on over on his blog, Subtraction.

So in short, give Twitter a try. It’s good fun.

Tags: Science and Technology

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