If you’re not on Twitter, you might not understand it.  It’s like biodiesel.  You know it’s good, you might know someone who uses it, but you have no idea why or how to use it.  Plus, twitter even smells like Chinese food or french fries when you burn it!  :P  Ok, not really.  I’ve been finding Twitter really useful.  Since people are limited to communicating in 140 character blurbs (aka:  Tweets), they’re like useful digital fortune cookies, or maybe it’s more like a minute by minute zeitgeist barometer.  Well, whatever clever (or not so clever) metaphor I come up with, Twitter has been delivering tidbits of golden information to my digital front door.  I’ve discovered new music, websites, news, and productivity tips.  You are either followed or you follow others on Twitter.  I follow those who I think might offer something useful to me.  Hopefully, those who follow me feel the same way about my tweets.  But there’s also a social aspect.  I’m definitely using Twitter as a networking tool.  There are a lot of cool local professionals and artists on Twitter, and it’s been rewarding to peak into their life for that brief moment they post a tweet. You can really get lost in all those tweets flashing by on your screen (and if you really want a wast of time where tweets litterally flash across the screen, then go to Twistori.com!)

But as someone who will venture into biodiesel this summer (ok, getting back to this post’s theme), I need to be careful with it.  I don’t want to waste my time on it and not get anything in return.  If I get that Mercedes diesel, I need to know if I’m going to save on fuel costs.  On Twitter, if I’m not getting anything useful from it, I need to reign it in and stop spending productive time on it.  Like anything, it’ll be all good in moderation.  If you’re not on twitter, get on it and follow my twitter account mixmistakooz  (if you live in the STL, then also follow STL_Twits).