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Have you ever Twittered? Hundreds of thousands of people do every day. Depending on how you look at it, Twitter is either a cultural phenomenon or a fad. A friend of mine recently asked, "what is Twitter?" I thought I'd take a post and explain it. After all, it's the Holidays!

If you haven't had the inclination to check out Twitter for yourself, it is simply a micro-blogging platform. Instead of taking a bunch of time to write a thoughtful, lengthy blog post, like I'm doing here, you simply dash off a quick note. For instance, "writing a blog post in a coffee shop" is a perfectly acceptable "twit" or "tweet." Now, everyone who is "following" you knows that at 4:38PM on the Friday before vacation you were in a coffee shop writing a blog. Hopefully your boss is "following" you so that he he/she knows that you're still working while everyone else is drinking eggnog. But, it has to be under 140 characters. Why? Because, in addition to many web-based options, you can send a tweet from your phone using SMS. This is especially great because (hopefully) we're not always in front of a computer.

I know what you're thinking - "following" sounds like "stalking," right? It does, indeed, but it has a lot of practical applications. First of all, we're a mobile world - keeping in touch with where your friends are at, what they're doing or what they're thinking is hard. Twitter gives you a constant stream of updates which can feel overwhelming at first but information overload has it's advantages. Like right now - I know that @v ("v" is the twitter name) is curious about one of his clients while @beach is mad at his health care, @robknight is heading to the gym while @mrosas is opening Christmas cards. Get it?

Splashtop is a perfect companion for Twitter because we both have the same philosophy. We are amazing companions. Twitter is a great communication companion and allows you to communicate FAST. Splashtop is a great Operating System Companion as it allows you to get to your favorite web applications FAST. So all you Twitterers out there - make your next tweet from a Splashtop enabled computer!

Happy Holidays,
@thesolster