I have to admit that I don’t understand the practical application of using Twitter, the social networking and micro-blogging service that ranks only behind Facebook and MySpace in popularity. I guess that puts me in the Twitterdumb category. Tweets are text based posts up to 140 characters in length that answer the question, “What are you doing?” The idea is that you can keep up to date on your friends’ daily activities, which assists you in getting to know them better.
After some recent controversy involving pro basketball players being reprimanded for Twittering at half time, instead of focusing on the game at hand, I needed to discover what the big fuss was about.  I suspect that unless you are living the lifestyle of the rich and famous, that most of this content is not what I would call interesting enough to publish in a Twitter format. Basketball player Charlie V. telling us at half time that he needs to “step up his game” is not insightful. Charlie, tell us who is shooting up steroids at half time and now we have a story.
One thing I did find interesting about the Twitter story is the fact that they have raised about $57 million in venture capital. That is a lot of coin. Given the number of celebrities, politicians, etc, that use Twitter, perhaps there is a viable business model in all of this Twittering.
Yes, I am going to try Twittering under the username http://twitter.com/BruceSmithLive, however I will attempt to give you some insight into the world of business finance, commercial and residential mortgages, plus some links to interesting articles or blogs. If I start rambling about my fading jump shot, or what I ate for dinner, then feel free to slap me silly.

We welcome your comments.

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