Phil801 - Geek Blog

I’ve been itching to use Twitter for the last few weeks but really wanted to be able to do it via SMS instead of only when I’m tethered to a box. So yesterday once I got my Treo turned back on, one of the first things I did was start Twittering - and I really like it! If you don’t know what it is, it’s basically miniature blogging. You send a short message into a feed stream and people are able to ‘follow’ or subscribe to your stream, allowing them to keep up on what you’re doing throughout the day. It’s one of those things that seems totally pointless when describing it, but makes sense and is addictive once you start using it.

Here’s a small snippett of todays activity:

factoryjoe thinks “Man, it is so time to pack for that 10am flight…” 10 minutes ago from twitterrific

LauraMoncur Going to bed now… 20 minutes ago from web

Phil801 Taking a proverbial sledgehammer to my frickin MacBook Pro and 2 Powerbooks. http://tinyurl.com/2etush 27 minutes ago from web

factoryjoe is considering joining the one-picture-of-me-a-day thingie. Only because of the camera above my laptop screen… 39 minutes ago from twitterrific

jeffbarr Taking out the trash…. about 2 hours ago from web

robertmerrill Must… get… sleep… about 2 hours ago from txt

LauraMoncur Full of food and working on The Race Across the U.S.A. We’ve gone 917 miles! about 3 hours ago from web

ravenzachary ‘Dad, you’re always doing boring stuff every day.’ about 3 hours ago from txt

jeffbarr Home momentarily before taking kids to activities. about 4 hours ago from web

burtonator @factoryjoe My MBP died on the second week….. solid now though about 4 hours ago from im in reply to factoryjoe

factoryjoe is about to register the new MBP for AppleCare before the SXSW trip… *just* in case. about 4 hours ago from im

dotBen Wishing I was off to SxSW. Not sure I can even make it to ETech now… about 4 hours ago from im

burtonator *cough* …. I think I’m sick about 5 hours ago from im

LauraMoncur Checking into the hotel. Still hungry. about 5 hours ago from web

factoryjoe is like, totally behind in stuff… but at least his new system is set up and blazing fast. about 5 hours ago from web

Phil801 @laura glad you made it safe there should be bbq all around you once you get out of the airport about 6 hours ago from txt

LauraMoncur I’m in Austin! Where’s my BBQ? about 6 hours ago from txt

Give it a whirl! You can send/receive messages via SMS, IM or the website.

You can check out my feed here.