Twitter?

I read an article today about the Utah govt and how they are using Twitter. It made me think back to a conference I attended a year ago where Shel Hotlz presented Twitter to my pr group. I had never heard of Twitter and after his presentation I thought it was one of the dumbest things I had ever heard of. I did not understand why people would want to sit and stare at a computer screen that listed what people were doing. "I'm eating an apple" or "I think I will go swimming today" were some of the first posts I noticed. What was the significance of these kind of posts and how does this impact social media for public relation professionals I wondered.

So I signed up for Twitter and never looked at it again, until a few weeks ago. I started reading articles and decided I was going to Twitter whether I liked it or not. It's been one week and eight Tweets later and I think I'm finally getting the hang of it. I still have a lot to learn but I figure it will come with time. So with that said, go ahead and follow me and we will go from there! http://twitter.com/mlh0919