While watching Jonathan Ross’ return to his Friday Night slot, which, by the way, was very entertaining, one of the guests, Stephen Fry, mentioned an internet ‘mini blog’ called Twitter. About a month previous i had come across Twitter and signed up thinking nothing of it, since that Friday i have been going back to Twitter more and more and realising its potential, not as just a network tool, but a great means of communication.

The basic premise is that you can let your friends know what you are up to at that moment, you have 140 characters and no more in which to tell them. It’s a beautifully simple proposition and one which has seen great success. Having searched for people on Twitter i have found a few famous faces who use it as a direct means to talk to fans, it’s personal and it gives you a great sense of connection with that person. So why aren’t companies doing it, well, some are, I currently ‘follow’ BBH on Twitter, and Design Republic, it keeps me up to date, while also allowing these companies to pose questions, update followers and generally discuss their world and it’s contents.

All in all Twitter is a great concept which i can only see growing and growing, it’s no where near as clutted as Myspace or Facebook, and holds less personal info, aka, pointless info on religion, activities, favourite books to read while on the loo, and there’s only room for ONE photo, because that information is far behind the list of priorities with Twitter, it was made for simple, two way communication, and that’s what it does, superbly.

Get yourself signed up and start talking to people… www.twitter.com