Twitter is what’s popular

A lot of bloggers are spending more time on twitter then they are on blogging, though I’m certainly not a popular blogger by any means I’m finding that twitter provides a much more *real* look at some of these people.

Some of the reasons?

• It’s more communicative, I can send a direct message to Robert Scoble or Jeffrey Zeldman and chances are they will reply to me.  Post a comment on their blog?  Don’t expect a reply
• I learn more about people through twitter then I do on their respective blog.  Twitter is about the details and the subtlety of  life.  Blogs are about the big picture.
• It’s easier to read 140 characters as apposed to multiple paragraphs.
• A tweet doesn’t require the same effort and thought as a blog post, people expect short and sweet and sometimes irrelevant information (going to the store, my kid just puked on me, woke up with a headache etc)
• You can learn a lot from blogs, but it’s hard to get the information out, tweets demand you be concise.

Personally I think twitter provides a much more real look at people in general, if you haven’t tried it or aren’t using it go check it out at http://www.twitter.com