I've had a Twitter account for quite a while and find it interesting, though I find myself fluctuating between using/monitoring my Twitter stream heavily and avoiding it entirely. Most recently, I've taken to using it when engaged in some professional development activity (the NYLA conference, SLMS retreat, and most recent SLS liaison meeting come to mind). I tweet little bits of info and things I want to remember, then use it as a digital notebook later. If I'm at a big enough event, I'll also use other attendees tweets as part of my digital journal, and glean information that I hadn't seen/noted myself. I have a few issues with Twitter. I find that it can be a bit overwhelming--if I sit and watch my Twitter feed and check out all the links that go by, I don't get anything 'on task' done. If I don't watch it, I feel like I'm missing so much! I often find that it's an all or nothing proposition for me. Also, I have a dumbphone with a pay-as-you-go plan, so I can't tweet mobile-y unless there is wifi. That can also be a bit frustrating.
For this thing, I checked out paper.li, and I really like the way it organized links and videos from my Twitter stream! I may start watching the feed only for bits of info and stuff and look for the links and videos via paper.li. Very cool!
