I’ve become a serious Twitter user, meaning I have started tweeting industry related info with the purpose of sharing knowledge. I showed a friend my TweetDeck and her comment was “..whoa-that looks like the control board to the universe..” Exactly-because that’s what Twitter is, my universe of interests shared with others who have similar interests. The overwhelming thing is that it is just a small drop of what is really out there.

The thing that has truly amazed me is how much information I can skim through and how easy burn out is for me. Especially when I jump into design sites that involve Flash, or CSS-it’s like spending the day visiting mini-museums and entire worlds that can only be truly appreciated by lingering there.

A bonus is that sometimes, these “industry friends” that share my professional interests give their followers a look into their personal life and the strange thoughts that might pop into their head. I can appreciate this, it’s like a breathe of fresh air amidst the usual blahbabbly “Click here for the newest smarty news.”