Why I Tweet

If you haven't noticed on the right side of the blog, I've been using Twitter quite a bit more. Here are a few reasons why:

• It's much easier to update quickly - I can update by: web, SMS (phone text messages), instant messenger, iPhone (mobile web interface), and a few desktop widgets
• It has an open API where I can post updates by tools I write.  Hopefully in the next few weeks, I'll make a tool that will tweet with the current temperature here every hour or so (I could just use a website to get this and annoy you with it, but it'll be more fun to make two Arduino's talk wirelessly and do the same).
• I seem to relate better to the "what you're doing in 140 characters" idea than I do to writing a full-fledged blog post.
• You can receive updates by lots of different ways:  the site, by instant messenger, RSS, and on your phone by SMS, or even by visiting here and looking at the right side of the page.
• It works much better for softball games and other quick updates (Hey! I saw the funniest thing!)

So if it's of any interest, pop over to Twitter and start following.