Being the lemming that I am, I have finally decided to investigate the latest Internet craze. Since it seems that everyone, everywhere is suddenly Twittering, so too must I join in the chatter.

However, in a blow to my inner technology nerd, I confess that I don’t “get it” yet. I don’t understand at all what is so addictive about sharing your life in a “tweet” of 140 characters or less. It’s far less satisfying than lovingly composing a blog post. And I can’t keep up with the stream of stuff being broadcast by the few people I am following. It just feels like noise; one more intrusion into all the things I already have to keep up with on a daily basis.

And yet, I haven’t abandoned the experiment. I’ve found some useful people to follow, and in a matter of days have collected some excellent links to assist in my self-publishing efforts. Stay tuned, dear readers, because the published version of my blog writings to date is coming soon. Very soon. And better than it might have been otherwise, thanks to Twitter.

So I’m going to hang in there with Twitter to give it a fair chance. I’ve even added my Twitter stream to the sidebar of this blog. I’m still getting a few visitors here even though I rarely have time to write the posts that still exist in my head. So I’m making my Twitter tidbits available to tide you over until life affords me time to blog on a more frequent schedule. And if you are a Twitter-er yourself, feel free to follow me.