It may be hard to peer through the monstrous hype recently surrounding Twitter, but please, hold you skepticism – Twitter can actually be useful!  Besides following such esteemed Twitter feeds such as this blog’s, there are other useful purposes for that little blue bird app, as detailed in this recent Switched article:

1. Make to-do lists via Remember the Milk
2. Get lightening speed news updates – this one has yet to be proven as reliable
3. Set reminders and alarms
4. Track packages via TrackThis – very useful, but kinda already exists
5. Call out your questions and Twitter shall provide the answer, taking full advantage of Twitter’s huge community of enthusiasts on any and all random topics

The most powerful aspect about Twitter are all the myriad of applications and widgets that aren’t part of Twitter at all, so stop writing tweets about your latest musings on breakfast cereal and unleash the true Twitter power by exploring all these options!  Just remember to be careful to not wander into the realm of obsession, or else you could suffer the same fate as this girl.

Tags: Social Media, Twitter

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