Slightly off-topic but I find it kind of ironic that we have a huge problem with identity theft these days and yet individuals reveal so much about themselves on the very public bebo and myspace sites.
Have been using Twitter for a couple of months now and is great for sharing and picking up links and bits of info from like minded professionals and people with similar interests.
My website is an online food producer and supplier and I connect via twitter to other food producers, farmers markets, SEO specialist and lots of web2.0 people and now even Actinic.
Whilst initially skeptical, I am now completely converted, journalist sometimes even twitter looking for feedback and interviews for articles, I responded to one only last week and got some press coverage out of it and website hits within 24 hours. see article here
It's another part of social networking and Web 2.0 whilst it may not suit everyone it is good for me...
actually, I considered using it as a business tool or even as a way of updating customers by allowing them to follow me (not my current twitter ID, obviously LOL )
I'd be very wary of competition keeping tabs though...in the same was as you/we keep tabs on competition
There's a fine line between using it to watch others and allowing yourself to be watched, I think.
I can see many uses for it, aside from the obvious 'waffle', but I'm not quite brave enough to go all out yet
I'm finding twitter very useful, I'm listing details of all of our betas on there now and also having a laugh with a few of the regulars from here. It's a clever tool, deceptively useful.
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