When a twit is a good thing

On Instant Messaging -

I'm on ICQ: does anyone still use this? I think it's cool that I have a low 6 digit number but it seems that AOL bought this just to let it die a slow painful death over the years.

I'm on AIM: I connect with this network through Trillian or Pidgin based on AOL's record of security holes in their chat clients. I don't know many people on this network, but I keep it for those few.

I'm on MSN: It seems as if when Microsoft tried to integrate MSN into XP it caused more people to drop this client in protest. On top of that MS doesn't seem to think Australia is a significant market.

I'm on Yahoo: They seem to be the chat client with the most features - although some of those features (like the environments) are kind of annoying. I definitely have more friends on this than any of the others.

I'm on Google Talk: At some point it made sense for me to get a gmail account. Google desktop has some nice features, but I definitely wasn't impressed with igoogle.

I'm on MySpace: When I first tried MySpace it was kind of a joke - but it doesn't seem funny anymore. I rarely go there, but I still let the chat client start up.

BUT -- I'm using Twitter more than any of the other chat clients lately. It's kind of like a chat room where you pick who's in the room. You can embed badges in your blog or web page so people can see what you're up to in little 140 character snips. You can subscribe to others and get their twits. You can twit to the public, @ to individual people, or "d" for direct messages that no one else can see. The hardest part of using Twitter is deciding what client you want. It can be used from the web page, but there are a lot of different clients if you want to move it out of your browser. I'm currently using Spaz, but I've used Tweetr too. Maybe people will comment with their favourite client.