So as you may have noticed, I have added Twitter updates in the sidebar.  My twitter name is jay_wfu06, so feel free to follow my tweets, and I’ll follow you as well.
Like many people I have talked to, I was originally very skeptical of Twitter.  What are the benefits of twitter?  What makes it different from AIM, gmail, or Facebook away messages or statuses?
Here is what I came up with:

Instead of treating/viewing your twitter update as a status update, treat it as a miniblog.  You have 140 characters to say …