I keep getting invitations to join Twitter. It's apparently all the rage. Stop. No really. Stop. I'm the guy who won't even use IM because I hate being interrupted. Why in the hell would I use something that's even more invasive, less timely, and less helpful? Do I really have to know that you're at the movies? Good for you. Tell me about it the next time we hang out.

I just did a Google search for "Twitter demo" trying to find a good link for this post. The top result was a twitter post from a guy who was doing a Twitter demo back on March 6th. Twitter is full of helpful (sarcasm intended) information just like this. Hey Allen, how about sending me a copy of that demo you did on March 6th?

Criminy. This is the top result for that search? Talk about persisting non-useful data. Going through the whole first page of Google results I did not find a legitimate demo. This just goes to show that even the mighty Google can be brought to its knees by the voices of thousands of inane, highly intertwined, conversational snippets.

And yes, I do realize the irony of the fact that I like to blog. Here's the deal though, it takes me a long time to write the average post and I'm generally not infusing it with boring personal details (except for this present post, of course). I generally try to provide value or debate, and I can't do that if I hear blips and bloops every few seconds or have crazy pop-ups or dancing messages all over my screen.

I think I understand the Twitter impulse. We all want to feel like people care what we're doing, like we're the center of our own little clique, our own little universe, that people are going to be intrigued by our trip to the shopping mall. I just think there are more productive ways of spending time. We could start, for instance, by actually hanging out together (gasp!), although you might not like me as much when I slap you silly when you read your mobile and tell me that "Sasha just got home" or "Brandon's taking Corky for a walk." I'll warn you now, if you dare send a message saying "hanging out with Eric" I can guarantee you next message will be "Eric is cranky and took off. Who wants to hang out?"

*in case you've been following along at home, this post really was written by Eric and not by Greg.