Tic Toc Life | Travel Blog of Christopher R. Cooper

I have added a Twitter feed preview to all of the pages on this site.  From the home page, you will see the feed preview on the left side of the page (and on the right from the blog content pages).  This feed preview shows you the latest two tweets I have posted to Twitter.  Hopefully this will make it even easier to keep pace with me and see what I am up to.  You can also view my full Twitter feed.

Right now, my biggest Twitter use is a few services offered by Twitter users:

• Timer: Following this Twitter user allows you to send a direct message with a special syntax to Timer that will then tweet you back with a reminder.
• GCal: By following the directions available at the Twittercal website, you can follow the GCal Twitter user and send a direct message to this user to add an event to your Google Calendar.

Now, the steps necessary to use either of these tools makes them seem sort of pointless, after all it is not that difficult to sign into Google Calendar and add an event.  Nor is it difficult to use any variety of timer functions or even a manual timer for reminders.  However, I use Quicksilver (or Launchy for Windows users) to send Tweets within just a few keystrokes while using my computer; so combining Quicksilver with these Twitter tools, I can easily setup a reminder or add a Google Calendar event in a matter of a few key presses.

I cannot honestly say that I am much of a Twitter user in the traditional sense, as of now anyways, and am a bit curious as to what others think of Twitter.  What do you think the purpose of Twitter is and how can it be useful?  What do you personally use your Twitter account for?