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Twitter. Now it took me a little while to 'get' Twitter but I am slowly coming round to the 140 character entry limit phenomenon. I have to say there are a few things happening that are very clever indeed.

Now I don't think I'll ever be a professional Twitterer, just a casual one. It's quite fun to follow a 'celebrity' and find out what they are up to and get a small glimpse into the type of people they are and the kind of lives they lead. I of course haven't got that many people following me (@theyidthatis), but that's fine, I can live with the fact that my life in comparison is pretty boring.

First thing that I thought was really clever was in one of my updates I had mentioned I was suffering from hayfever. A couple of hours later and 'Kleenex' were following me. You go to their Twitter page and they have a link to their site with tips on surviving the summer etc. I thought that was very clever and can see that it can be used as a very interesting marketing tool.

Then I heard about the first ever Twitter comedy night. Someone thought of the idea of inviting real life comedians to do a 10 minute 'virtual gig'. This happened last night and they had a compere and everything! Very clever. You follow the tweets from one act to the next and obviously the comedians involved had to think of ways of getting their gags across in just 140 characters a time. Some acts were not very original and just split their jokes into about 20 parts.

Some however really embraced the concept (PappysFunClub) and organised intricut conversations involving posted photos and the likes. It ended up being really really funny and at times it felt like an actual real life comedy night. You can read all their posts here. Anybody following the tweets could also heckle and applaud if you so desired! Just like the real thing however, hecklers were quickly shot down with devestating effect.

Overall a genius concept and one that was very enjoyable. I think we are only just beginning to see what Twitter can be applied to and I imagine more intersting concepts to follow in the near future.

@theyidthatis (http://twitter.com/theyidthatis)