Twitter Crash Course

I know many of you guys don't really get Twitter. I have tried to explain it, but you just give me that blank look and say: "so it's like msn or something?". I think @Slijterijmeisje was right when she said: " Hebben jullie soms ook het gevoel dat wij Twitteraars een soort 5e colonne vormen waarvan de rest van de wereld helemaal niets snapt?" and "Twitter; soort van onzichtbare kaboutertjes die agenderen, assisteren en soms domineren, maar die er alleen zijn als jij ze ook wilt zien:-)".
Funny thing is, you get so used to the invisibility of Twitter that it comes as a shock when people let you know they actually are following you. Kind of like when you find out people are reading your weblog. You're happy because they are supposed to read it, but when someone asks you out of the blue "did you sleep better last night?" your first reaction is "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!". Two seconds later you realise that you're being ridiculous because you just posted a twitter on your sleeping problems for the entire world to see. Funny stuff :).
Anyway, I found this video about Twitter on YouTube. Lee LeFever made it as part of his 'in plain English' series. Basically he tries to explain our crazy 2.0 world... in plain English. Take this 2 minutes and 25 seconds crash course and if you still don't understand Twitter after that, I'll give up and never bother you again. I'll go back to my invisible leprechaun life.

Life 2.0

Friends are the weirdest things. When you visit them, they say such odd things as 'I never speak to you at msn anymore', or 'how am I supposed to keep track of you when you only update your weblog, like, every six months?', or 'you never reply to my scraps at Hyves'.

Well, you know what you guys, I've been busy.

With what you ask? Why, with microvlogging! So if you really want to know what's going on in that little, crazy head of mine at any time of day, simply follow me on Twitter. This is where I let the world in on my thoughts. This is a random selection of thoughts (some are in Dutch, sorry):

"Goedemoggel twitterland"

"Is twitter een manier van Het Systeem om ons te laten wennen aan een toekomst waarin Big Brother je gedachten kan lezen?"

"How do you spell interview? *brain fart*"

"cash flow problemen maar dan met mandarijnen. er komen er meer binnen dan we kunnen verwerken, ze beginnen al voorzichtigjes te schimmelen"

"Flash Gordon theme song buzzing in my head. Annoying. Flash! Ahaaaaa savior of the universe!"

"Marketing manager van een groot internationaal chemiebedrijf tijdens persconferentie: 'In my opinion the world is global.' ... :/"

So please, friends, start a Twitter account so I know what you guys are up to and you can follow my each and every useless thought, like Erwblo, Slijterijmeisje, Ome Jelle and Sinterklaas.