Ok, now I’m sure that you all have noticed the little box on the right of this page with the title “Twitter Updates”, right? Well, for those who don’t know, Twitter is “a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question.” Ok, I honestly don’t know anything about the last part about answers to questions, but in short, Twitter is a means of updating your status (i.e. what you’re up to) or even mini-blogging on the go.
It’s a interesting concept. If you have a mobile phone (who doesn’t?), you can send a text message to Twitter and it’ll update your status on your Twitter website (my Twitter page is here). This is especially handy if you want to blog, or inform people of what’s going on in your life on a moment to moment basis. And you can even enable it to send status messages from your friends to your mobile phone! (You can turn it on or off based on the individuals you are “following”). You can even update your status via IM (I use Gtalk) or by visiting their site.
Now, a lot of you will be asking: Why the hell would anyone need/want to use this? My answer is: Why not? If you blog on a personal blog, this just adds to it. If you don’t however, then, well, there’s no reason to.
So, anyway, the point of this post is this: If you visit this site to see what I’m blogging about, throw a glance on the Twitter panel on the right. Chances are I would have updated it with what I’m doing right now, if I’m doing anything interesting that is.
I’m honestly actually half asleep right now. I went to the Hospital on Friday morning, and came back on Saturday night, voluntarily, well, sorta. I spent Friday night sleeping on the examination couch in the Anaesthetic Examination Rooms. And let me tell you, those rooms, as well as the OT, is COLD at night. Especially when all you’re wearing is scrubs. I did Twitter a few times over those 37 hours, but not much, as I was mostly busy with patients.