when it comes to all things internet, staying ahead of the curve seems to be a full time occupation. blink and you might find yourself talking about things that just aren't 'cool' anymore.

take a look at blogging; it seems with the instant popularity of twitter, bloggers find themselves questioning whether their art is passing thing. like the bangles sang of video killing the radio star, maybe twitter is killing all the talented blogger stars in a similar fashion?

which is a shame really. it speaks of our general cultural shifts where everything must be short, void of context and easily processed. twitter achieves that by putting a strict limit on the amount of characters one can use.

i haven't really been all up on it. to think of it, i find myself falling more and more behind on the whole web 2.0 thing. i still listen to music via winamp which these days seem to be something like still using windows 95. and people scoff at me that i use office 2003, largely because i find the latest office awfully tacky looking and difficult to navigate. somehow microsoft attempts to 'appelize' themselves have made their programs more convoluted than ever.

but i digress....

the interesting aspect of the twitter sensations seems to be were the threshold market occurred. and unlike other social networking sites, twitter came top down with the media/political crowd appearing to be 'all with it' by setting up their own accounts. perhaps out of the desperation to prove they have a pulse on technology??

the whole thing came off as fake (just as the many fake accounts claiming to be the tweets of your favourite celebrity). just seemed like an attempt by the old boys club of media domineering giants to push forth a website. what's made the net so appealing over these years is the very fact it has worked the opposite; that it's strength is in what people decide upon as popular than what is sold to us. it seems the immediate explosion of people tweeting about this and that is it's been marketed well as something all celebs and politicians are doing. who can forget the story months back about the politicians tweeting during obama's speech to a joint session of congress? after that, the story was of the 'tech-savvy' members using this new and exciting communication tool.

but perhaps, there is some appeal to twitter. much like the downfall of the likes of myspace when it was simply no longer pleasing to look at it; facebook attracted attention for its simplicity and appealing layouts. fast forward two years and facebook seems to be overwhelmed with apps, links to videos, articles, stories of people scoring this and that on online games. basically, it has been flooded with nonsense that make the whole thing simply look unappealing.

in comes twitter with its simple layouts and minimal text, much like the original facebook. and of course, perhaps, out of concern that the whole privacy envelope was pushed way too far with FB; twitter seems to have pulled back on some of the pitfalls of FB.

or maybe i am simply completely and utterly out of the loop when it comes to technology. maybe it's why i still blog while millions tweets could've been made as i typed this out.

regardless; i like the idea of my favourite porn star, sasha grey, tweeting about her twat.