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One of the reasons why I’ve been slowing down on refreshments on here is… Twitter. Microblogging is so much easier, with lower barrier to (post) entry. I can pull up the Twitterific app on my phone to type few words in, and bam. Of course, provided that Twitter service doesn’t crap out on me, which seems to be the case for 6.1781523804% of the time. (Made-up-number.)

If you’re that much more interested in bits and pieces of my life update, please follow me at Twitter.com. Or download one of the free apps. I use Twitterific on both my phone and computer. My username is inbaelee, of course. And then you can also try following celebrities like I do. (I’ve been following Lance Armstrong. He posts pretty regularly.)

So I’ve been using Twitter for the past few says now. I always thought that it is kinds useless because it duplicates what Facebook already has (with it’s Status feature) in terms of utility provided. And I still believe it mainly is composed of brain noises of the cloud of Twitter users that are out there. But since it is more of a generic application for anyone or any entity that needs text segments to be broadcasted to pseudo-targeted mass. For example, the Caltrain authorities to the Caltrain commuters. Train delays can be notified to the riders in advance so that people like myself can take alternative transportation to get to work down in the south bay. Or it can be a rant so interesting that you just want people to hear about. The organic/dynamic form of bulletin boards from back in the day. The Twitter service also has placed itself in a different market segment (if any market or potential revenue source exists) than Facebook due to the open nature of the users’ feeds. (Anyone can search or start “following” another’s feed.)

…Come to think of it, how do they monetize?