I have no idea if tweeting is a good or easy thing to do. I think birds do it quite well, but that’s their job. But now I’m hearing that it’s something that I could do to. But what is it? Is it a form of whistling or something that’s done up a tree with a pair of binoculars or behind the bushes?  Will I be any good at it or does it take practice?

After further investigation it turns out that tweeting now means, posting message on Twitter. Ok, so now I’m either a twit or a tweeter, or at least I would be if I posted things on the Twitter website.

So what is Twitter? Well at first glance it’s another web 2.0 site designed to sap your time and make you a slave to your computer. Second glances reveal slightly more, like the ability to read news headlines, see what products a company is launching and see what banality you were missing out on before you logged in.

It is perhaps not surprising that it’s the second of these that Mio is concerned with. Mio are using their Twitter account to inform other Twits about their new product launches and other important consumer information.

I can, despite my cynicism, see its benefits. If a new product is launched or an author writes a new book people give almost instant feedback on it, and because it’s restricted to 140 characters it’s often a lot more meaningful and well thought out than a magazine review. Of course this is a little like panning for gold; you’ll sift an awful lot of sand before you find that nugget.

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