I’m not an online trendsetter. I don’t use the latest catch phrases, I don’t have an iPhone, I don’t keep up with the latest programming ideas, or wear fashionable clothes. I’m sure that many of the online trendsetters have already chewed over the chilling effect of Twitter addiction on blog posting.  If Robert Scoble’s online activity is any indication, blogs are now of secondary importance to the online conversation.  Everything starts with Twitter, the continuing stories blurt out in 140 character bursts, and the rare blog postings are announced on Twitter as fewer and fewer people bother looking at RSS feed readers.

So Twitter killed the Blog. Or more accurately, Twittering is Hot and Blogging is Not.

Here I am posting about old news.  Worse, the reason I am posting is to admit my Twitter addiction.  Twitter has almost killed my blog.  Although many people I meet believe that Twitter is a complete waste of time, I’ve found a wealth of relevant information on the TwitterStream.  Whether it is current tech news, techniques for coding or building better Web sites, or new code sources (such as jQuery plugins), Twitter helps me work better and keep informed about the world.

As a result of this addiction, I’ve forgotten my own blog.  I had a long list of things I wanted to post on my blog.  Now I can’t remember where I put that list.

Perhaps I’ll find that list again and do some more posts.  Until then, you can find me on Twitter at @waltal.

-- Walter Lounsbery, 9-19-2009