TweetMyBlog is beginning to look tailormade for me.
Initially, I thought Twitter was a really stupid idea. Let strangers know your minute-by-minute activities. Isn’t that what nosey next door neighbors are for? And what the heck is “microblogging” anyway? Who is really going to whip out their cell phone to text message a “tweet” for all the world to read? Apparently, a LOT of people.
I picked up a free Twitter account to keep up with a few buddies. It’s easier than sending out the same text message multiple times. Then I noticed people “following” me that I did not know. That made me nervous until I realized those people are following hundreds, even thousands, of people on Twitter. Why do they do follow thousands of people? Who knows? But the potential audience is awesome.
Now, the darnedest things float through my mind. I am not particularly shy about sharing these random thoughts. I guess that is why I like blogs. But these thoughts often do not form complete blog entries, and the world at large loses out on my dry wit. But that tragedy is no more thanks to TweetMyBlog.
Modern technology again to the rescue! I can post all of the strange and amazing ideas and associations that my ADHD brain cells can muster, on the fly yet from my cell phone if I choose, to Twitter which will then in turn show up the TweetMyBlog widget on my WordPress blog. Oh, and it goes both ways. When I write a blog post, TweetMyBlog sends a message to Twitter with the permalink to my new post.
Killing two birds with one stone? Maybe. I think of it as the ultimate in outsourcing. More work done with less effort, huge viral component, and NO monetary output on your part. That is wicked kewl.
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