Off-the-cuff self-expression
I’ve said the real new web is about off-the-cuff self-expression. If that’s so, then Twitter is the test case.
It’s public text messaging. Just type some thoughts out on your keypad, and send it off to your friends… and the world.
Like away messages in instant messaging, and status on Facebook, Twitter lets you communicate off-the-cuff. Unlike other services before it, it isn’t tied to one location. You can be anywhere that your phone is.
For similar freedom, albeit with different motives, Jott yourself a note.
[…] Evan Williams, talking about Blogger, but he could just as well be talking about his latest project: “What we built wasn’t that amazing. It was the idea of putting a couple of things together and being able to establish a lead by doing something really, really simple. How far you can get on a simple idea is amazing. I have a tendency to add more and more–the ideas always get too big to implement before they even get off the ground. Simplicity is powerful.” […]
[…] For as long as I’ve used Facebook (last fall sometime), it has included a status feature. Like a Twitter message, it tells my friends what I’m up to. To enter a new one, I simply finish the sentence, “I am…” Then my friends see my status as, “Adam is…” […]
[…] I think it’s more about the platform. Twitter being as simple as it is, you can use it for off the cuff self-expression, microblogging or not), and several other possibilities. […]