I'm happy to admit I don't really know what this Twitter thing is all about. For someone who was supposedly once employed in and involved heavily with technology, I'm remarkably behind the times. I remember when Twitter came out. I thought it was the same thing as text messaging, except free. I also thought it was yet another way people can get around having to actually use a phone and call someone to tell them what they're up to. I also thought it was just more data to firehose at people who are likely already getting firehosed with too much data.

At either rate, I'm glad to see this Twitter thing has caught on and found a market niche for itself. Not that I'm using it. Oh, no. I'm much too lazy for that. I only know for sure that it's taken off because I've finally seen it show up in my legal work. One of my clients wants to use Twitter to advertise. And we all know, once a communication medium is considered by businesses as a viable advertising tool, it's officially hit the bigtime.

Congrats, Twitter. Business want to use you to hawk their wares. You've made it.

I also think the political use of Twitter with the Iran election situation is impressive. I'm glad a culture is able to circumvent their oppressive political systems and use technology to communicate with the world. If Twitter has ever had to demonstrate its usefulness to the world and prove its meaning in life, this was it.