Today, I ran across a retweet Greg Pincus of Gotta Book posted about Twitter for Busy People.  It’s a handy way to view your friends’ tweets at a glance.  Check out the link to see what I mean.

I could see myself using this more easily than TwitterFox, which I have on my igoogle home page, but still find a bit daunting, since I often have 20 or more tweets before I get a chance to take a look at them.  And I’m not even following that many people… At *most,* I end up taking a cursory look and move on to more important things. Seriously! Who has time for this??

For me, the jury’s still out.  I use Twitter now and again, I like the way it occasionally points me to new/interesting info, but all in all – it’s feeling mostly just a. bit. too. much.

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Mary and Robin of Shrinking Violet Promotions have been talking lately about the Twitter phenomenon. Check out their thoughts here and here, here and here, and finally here.  If you hadn’t already come to the conclusion that Twitter *might* not be your cup of tea, this list of posts could seal the deal for you.

If you’re still willing to give it a try, have more free time on your hands than most of us, OR if you have a gift for time management and haven’t become completely overwhelmed, the Shrinking Violets have started a Twitter Directory for writers and others interested in (the business of ) children’s writing.

If Twitter is just.too.much, then maybe Flutter’s what you’re looking for. This video, which circulated a while back, gives all the details.  Even if you’ve seen it before, it’s worth watching again for a spot-on humorous look at micro/nano blogging: Flutter: The New Twitter.