Twitter…Yay!!

So with school becoming quite overwhelming this semester, not to mention the whole idea of being out of school (finally) and into the “real world,” I have been in somewhat of a technology protest lately. I was getting fed up and bombarded with all things online and felt like I had totally forgotten about my life away from the computer. I rebelled against Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Basecamp, and yes…blogging. This persisted for a while until I started to realize how more connected I felt when I was “plugged in.” I still had all of my relationships with people offline yet somehow I felt I was missing something not being a part of their online life as well.

Enter Twitter.

I had signed up for Twitter about a year ago and immediately didn’t understand it and just let my account sit there until recently. I finally picked it up again after several of my friends and classmates had joined and once I started following people I realize what a wonderful creation this was! I can connect with people in my town with whom I’ve never met, yet we share similar interests and I am able to be MUCH more informed about the things happening in my city. I feel like an active citizen now! I know what’s going on when and where and I can share things with others as well. Overall it has revitalized my acceptance for the online world and helped me to realize that I don’t have to disconnect with my offline life in order to keep up and online life.