Why I'm loving Twitter

It's simple: I can now vent short thoughts without going through mental motions of a full blog post. It's easy technically to post a blog entry, but mentally I always think they should be better thought out, maybe longer. Twitter lowers the bar, and makes it easy (actually, required) to stay short.

Does that mean the average quality of an entry on Twitter is lower than the average blog entry? Sure, but that's not a relevant question. Twitter isn't designed as a medium for research papers, long drawn-out essays, or very complex ideas. It doesn't compete with journal articles or even long blog posts.

For me, it's just a way to vent easily when I get a random thought. It's a little like bookmarking with annotations, and someone else provides an archive.

I don't care who (if anyone) follows me on Twitter, though it's nice to get comments. I just love having a place to vent quickly, easily, with low expectations.