Brian Alvey: Outed on Twitter

My wife guessed my Twitter address and followed me. One of my favorite web designers found me from her blog and followed me.

So I came out of the Twitter closet and followed a bunch of people I like.

Does this mean I don't think Twitter is for teenage girls anymore? No. It is still a great service for teenage girls, but as Jeffrey said it's also a good "bon mot generator." It's also a logged semi-public chat room and the variety of ways to get content in are impressive: IM; text messages from my phone; through their web page; by fax; pigeon; telepathy and more.

Plus I can do "My Favorite Tweets" recaps like Matt does:

taught Jack how to throw and catch a frisbee, came inside for a drink and to count his teeth, so far so good Aug 26
do people who spell owned as pwned call that TV show about superhero kids Herpes? Aug 28
why is it that "I guess heaven needed a power forward" turns my stomach when "I guess heaven needed a shortstop" makes me sorrowful? Aug 29
when LOLcats makes the cover of BusinessWeek, it is officially a dead language: IM ON UR COVR, PUTTIN NALZ IN UR KOFFIN Aug 29
@gavin Candlelight 10oz burgers with Craig, it's like a mini CodeJam -- jealous? Aug 30
"right now she's saying 'I'm drunk' and he's thinking that he's gonna get lucky" -- now that's a status message Aug 30
Staples is a day late with my 2 UPSes. That wasn't easy®. Aug 31
I love how they're portraying Tony Stark in the new Iron Man movie -- he's like a modern day Steve Jobs Sept 07
I just figured out why my Obama Nation t-shirts aren't selling Sept 07
I'm rocking the suburbs, just like Jon Bon Jovi did Sept 10

Update: No that status message above where the girl is drunk is not about me cheating on my pregnant wife. It's a line from that big Carrie Underwood song. It just fit my theme that day -- wondering why Twitter asks "What are you doing?" when people are going to use it like an instant messaging service. Good grief.

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Gavin Hall 342 days ago

I am jealous! I guess I now need to figure out how to use twitter without getting 1 billion text messages
Matt Heerema 342 days ago

Gavin, you can pick which of the people you follow you get SMS tweets from.

Brian, the Twit-o-sphere is a better place with you participating :)
Carl 341 days ago

I can't see Twitter at work (they block it as dating/personal ... so I guess it is for teenage girls?) but I'm still a bit subconscious about the fact that everyone knows I saw your 30"!

Anyway, I also missed your Tweet about Tony Stark in the new Iron Man movie - I saw the trailer the other night - looks pretty darn cool to me!
Carl 341 days ago

Actually, I guess I'm unconscious. I meant self conscious, of course ...
Stormwater BMP 336 days ago

The shortstop is a more lyrical position than power forward: grace vs. brute force.

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