It’s been a while since I wrote about Twitter, but Phil Windley just blogged about it. His post is moving, something I wouldn’t usually say about his posts. I completely agree: Twitter develops a sense of connectedness with your friends that you otherwise don’t have. You get too busy to be in on the small details of life. I also get to know about cool things like 30boxes – a calendar and to-do list that I’m hooked on.

Here is what I wrote to my friend that I made off Twitter when he asked me what I thought about it. I tried to keep it basic. (I hope he will let me post the illustration he drew to accompany my thoughts):

I love Twitter because it keeps me in touch with a different side of my friends than I otherwise see. Most of my friends on Twitter are fellow bloggers. I send out requests and get immediate replies. People call me about what I write on Twitter (which rarely happens on my blog). You try getting in touch with Phil801, now he calls me! I’ve had an offer to help rework my blog from someone I only know through Twitter (note: we never caught up with each other, so you’re stuck with this one for a while longer).

There is also an egotistical side of Twitter too…you wake up, log in to your computer, and bam! you have an email announcing that you have a new follower. I guess it makes me feel like Christ must’ve felt when someone became a follower of him (though on a much smaller scale).

Twitter helps me feel people care about the rhythm of my life, even the sometimes mundane. I get to participate in the human experience in a new way, even with people I don’t yet know. I boil things down to an essence, the little messages of what I’m up to in life.

I’m a devoted Twitter user. Sometimes I don’t update it very often but when I’m back I see that life continues to be lived and I have a window into it. Imagine if a solider Twittered war. A family twittered each day. It can build intimacy and understanding in real time.

What is going on in your life? What is happening in the world? Twitter keeps me in sync with the daily happenings of a whole group of people. And, as Phil Windley points out, it helps me feel more connected.

2 Responses to “Phil Windley on Twitter”

1. Chris Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 12:09 pm

   “I guess it makes me feel like Christ must’ve felt when someone became a follower of him (though on a much smaller scale)”

   Ah??? What??? Yes, there is a difference between saving souls and getting an electronic buddy on Twitter

2. Newspapergrl Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 1:19 pm

   Ah, you’re back! yes, Twitter has not saved my soul…YET, I better find a preacher who twitters or someone to send me scriptures

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