You may have heard of Twitter, apparently it’s quite popular, and yet almost no one I know uses it. Almost everyone I talk to about it asks something along the lines of “it’s just facebook status updates on their own, isn’t it?” Kind of, with about 92% more Stephen Fry, but kind of not. Facebook is more focused around you and your circle of friends and is a communication tool, while Twitter is not about you, but about people you’re interested in, and is therefore more of a personally tailored information tool.

Here’s why I think Twitter is cool:

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Outside, the sun beats down, warming and illuminating everything. Probably. It might be raining now for all you know. If not, then children will be out in the streets by this time, cycling, or playing football, or walking, or even just sitting around, talking about nothing. Even if it is raining, they’ll be inside, together, talking and laughing and playing videogames and complaining they’re bored. Perhaps you miss those uncomplicated days, before you had your own computer and the internet. When you were still at school, and not university. Before you had all the time in the world to kill and everyone else had jobs. You open up the internet browser and click through the familiar pages. It’s the summer holiday.

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