
So what is the point of Twitter? And what is it? Here is how I found out…
I was desperate. My team was playing. It was an important game in the season and I had no access to a TV.
So I turned to the Internet and launched a search for real time updates on the game. And that’s how a landed on the Twitter search page here.
So I typed in the relevant search criteria as follows:

What happened next was fascinating. I was getting real time updates on the game from people across the globe that were watching and sending Twitter messages.
From this experience, I finally understood what Twitter was. It’s like your cell phone SMS, on STERIODS!
So I finally had an answer.
What is Twitter? It is SMS on steroids.
Next…I had to understand the point of it all!
Actually my Arsenal vs Stoke experience illustrates the point.
- You can get real time updates on an event happening right now. (Tip: watch how people are going to use Twitter during the FIFA 2010 World Cup)
- If you look for them, there are interesting people on Twitter that keep you updated about stuff you actually care to know about.
- I can’t lie, getting a message in my twitter account directly from Bill Gates or Sergey Brin (co-founder of Google), has a certain appeal to it!
And here is a short list of some interesting people you can get messages from on Twitter:
Bill Gates – Richest man in the world https://twitter.com/BillGates
Chris Anderson - Founder of TED conference http://twitter.com/TEDchris
Oprah Winfrey – We all know who she is http://twitter.com/Oprah
Richard Branson - Chairman of Virgin http://twitter.com/richardbranson
Anderson Cooper - CNN Correspondent http://twitter.com/andersoncooper
Guy Kawasaki - Entreprenuer http://twitter.com/GuyKawasaki
Harvard Business Review - http://twitter.com/HarvardBiz/
John cleese – British Comedy Icon http://twitter.com/JohnCleese
Barack Obama - Current US President http://twitter.com/BarackObama
Trevor Noah - South African Comedian https://twitter.com/Trevornoah
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