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Last summer I signed up for twitter while at OSCON, I was there with a group of coworkers, and we thought it would be a good way to keep each other appraised of where everyone was having lunch/drinking beer/etc.  It worked pretty well despite some technical issues twitter was having at the time.

A $30 charge for text messages and a month later I pretty much stopped using twitter.  At 8:51 on November 28th, 2007, I sent a message: "Wondering if I'll ever use Twitter again" intending that it would be my last twitter message. I had given up on twitter.

Fast forward four months and twitter seems to have a new life.  It has really come into its own as THE forum for quick broadcasting and link dissemination.  After following @JasonCalacanis I saw the ability of twitter to communicate, feed, and especially mobilize a social network.  When he can post a link and within a minute have over 200 people watching him broadcast live video, that is power.

So I've begun using twitter again.  Mostly I don't have much to say, as I don't post here enough to broadcast my new posts.  I do, however, feel I've found more of the pulse of the tech world again.  It is interesting to see people carry on instant-message style conversations in the public domain.  Sending each other links and replying with more links in a forum which will cause tens if not hundreds of uninvolved viewers to follow along.  It seems like this is a win-win situation; those being followed are feeding their social networks and driving traffic, and those who are following get to be a step ahead of everyone else.  These conversations end up being elaborated upon in blog and news stories the following day.

I wonder where the pulse of the tech world will move next...