Although I’ve been a registered Twitter user for quite some time, I really didn’t use it much until this past week. Now that I’ve gotten started tweeting several times a day, I think I’ll keep it up.

My wife wasn’t able to join me on my trip to Seattle this week, so I decided to use Twitter to bridge the 2,000+ mile divide between us. I posted several pictures via TwitPic so she would feel more connected to me. I think incorporating pictures is a great way to give people a better feel for what you are doing right at that time–it’s the next best thing to being there.

I had read several articles about Twitter and many of them said that one really has to seriously use Twitter to develop an appreciation for it. I found that to be the case. I’m starting to find other uses besides just answering the question of, “What are you doing right now?” For example, I frequently get ideas for products and businesses–I’ve started posting some of those ideas on my Twitter page. I think I may use it to share inspirational quotes and other things as well.

I also used the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress to have a digest of each day’s tweets posted here on my blog. I never received any comments on those posts, nor comments on whether or not those digests were appreciated or hated. I’ve decided to turn off that feature for now. If you really miss it, or really hated it, let me know in the comments.

If you would like to follow me, you can do so at http://twitter.com/rickyspears