Despite Phil’s best efforts, I’ve resisted tangling with twitter. Mostly because I’ve had trouble understanding how it would make my life better. (I’ve had even more trouble understanding people’s determination to apply it to things like construction management or FM.)
And other people seem to be coming round to this view. Ricky Gervais is the latest high profile twitterer to drop his account.
Looks like Mr. Gervais and I are in good company. Cultural juggernauts Stephen Fry and, er… Miley Cyrus have also recently ceased to tweet.
Maybe it has its uses but I can’t see them. Me, Ricky, Stephen, and er… Miley will be over here on the high ground if you need us.
carbon limited 
with you there.
Gentlemen, it’s whatever you make of it. Whilst I couldn’t give a damn about either Gervais or Cyrus, I certainly wasn’t regretting having it at my command a few nights back when the kids and I stepped out the back door and looked to the heavens at exactly the moment the International Space Station passed overhead.
Or when I learnt about the great fire of London with live daily reports from Samuel Pepys.
Or when I discovered in a matter of minutes, on behalf of a member of staff, the answer to a question about allotment sizes to feed a family thanks to dozens of replies.
http://twitter.com/twisst8
http://twitter.com/samuelpepys
http://www.evernote.com/pub/eversion/public
But hey, this whole internet thing is rubbish isn’t it? It’s not like it helped us get in touch is it?
(cap in hand). Ok Rob, you have me there, to the point I dont even have a retort….
🙂
I look forward to following twitter.com/nickdevlin then