Twitter - or - It's Official, I'm Dull

I don't run with a text-messaging crowd. We are of the phone generation with e-mails when necessary and sometimes a nice card in the mail. This was a serious drag on actually using Twitter beyond logging a few things on the web page and what a boring week it's been, let me tell you!

Okay, so Twitter's obviously not my style. I do see applications for a library. Create a Twitter account with patrons to contact them about programs or materials - wonder if you could send overdue notices via Twitter?

What about using Twitter to notify staff of an unexpected building closure and telling them where to report to work instead. This wouldn't work in a full-scale catastrophe (or most power failures) but otherwise could be a bit easier than phoning individually.

I'm going to give Twitter some more time and see if I can adapt to using it.