Further to my previous post about not ‘getting’ Twitter, here’s an article from the OpenObjects blog with a few examples of how this sort of thing (micro-blogging? micro-updates?) can be useful:

http://openobjects.blogspot.com/2008/07/microupdates-and-you-aka-twits-in.html

I especially like the Firefox anecdote. I’m starting to get the idea that it’s the ancillary geek-built tools that constitute the real value of these services and that I’m missing the point by seeing the Twitter site as where all the action is.I also like this page farandaway.co , I go to it every time I want to change my tableware.