One of the largest consumption of my time, next to delivering Internet solutions to my clients, is following the news and trends in the Internet space. It is tough to keep up with all that is new, some of those things more relevant or interesting than others. Twitter has been in the headlines since the recent South by Southwest (SXSW) conference. I won’t rehash what Twitter is, and fellow Chicagoan Andy Wibbels wrote this good overview of Twitter.

To me, the fact that someone will care about what I am doing right now, the core of Twitter, is as much fascinating as it is odd. However, when I hear of new services or gizmos such as Twitter, I tend to think of more practical implications. Perhaps knowing what I have been doing all day, at the end of the day, would help in accounting for my time? And in addition to logging what I am doing, could I also log what I just did or notes on something I need to do? Could an application like this replace scraps of paper and sticky notes all over my desk?

Twitter has inspired me in this regard. But I won’t be using the application itself, as I don’t want the world to know what I have been doing all day. A small enhancement to an existing custom Web application could just do the trick. I’ll let you know how this plays out.

Comments

Hey Mike,
You can actually sign up for twitter and have a private feed.  I use it to remind myself of random snips of information that would be lost in email.  It’s also good for keeping track of what you eat when you eat it.

Adam

Comment by Adam Howitt
on 04/02/07 at 08:46 AM
 

I have been using my own solution in the same manner for a few days now and so far so good.  Though I am using another system altogether for tracking what I eat…!

mp/m

Comment by Mike Maddaloni
on 04/02/07 at 12:58 PM
 

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