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.
