In the last few days, I have become addicted to Twitter! I knew about it for a long time, but I never bothered making an account and actively twittering.. I mean, its just a stupid application that lets you set a status message, right?

No, like most other social applications, Twitter may seem completely pointless unless you start using it properly. You can let all your friends know what you are up to from their website, IM, or other services that use their API.
I can chat from my phone, so I can easily twitter on the move. They also have a mobile website. And for users in UK and USA, you can also use SMS! (I know, they have an international number too, but you wouldn’t send an international SMS to update your status would you?)

You can connect to other friends by following their updates, meaning all their updates will appear on your page, and similarly your friends can follow you. If you are concerned about privacy, you can control who follows your tweets by making your updates private. And finally, you can use Twitter badges in social networks and your sites or blogs to display your status!

I know, it may still sound a bit silly (just a status message?!).. But its the fastest and easiest way to let everyone know what you are doing. Your twitter friends(who can also receive email and SMS notifications if they want to, by the way), your website visitors, and your friends in your social network.

If only they had a local SMS facility in India, it would help in making SMS communities and make communicating even more easier.