Every tech related blog and podcast I read or listen to is talking about Twitter (of which I am no exception). I’m addicted to it and have even been coding some applications with Twitter integrations. However, there is opinion out there that the amount of chat going on is because there is nothing else going on in Tech. Robert Scoble said it on TWIT and on his blog:
why was Twitter so hot at SXSW last week? There simply wasn’t much else cool to talk about. That tells me that the innovation funnel is pinched closed. What happens next?
I’m not sure I’m buying it though. There has been plenty of tech news like Viacom suing YouTube, Adobe releasing new software, and Justin.tv. In fact, my favorite of tech news podcasts, Buzz Out Loud, has spent very little time discussing Twitter.
I think the conversation is going on because Twitter is a step forward in the timeline of the Internet. It’s hard to describe to those who don’t use it, but I think at some point it will be mainstream. And maybe as the first to market, Twitter will suffer from being ahead of its time. But the idea of using instant communication in 140 characters or less, is much more appealing then hundreds of wordy unread emails in my inbox.