Having avoided it for so long, have I become a social networking junkie?

I’d like to believe not, I only visit facebook for a few minutes a day (and by the way, I still have way too few friends!) and I have yet to throw a snowball at anyone – what’s that all about then?

But I have joined Twitter. Apparently it’s the way people knew what was going on in Mumbai and most of the media were relying on it too. Not to mention the fact that Lance Armstrong (yup, he of the Tour De France), is an inveterate Twitterer – this morning we found out that he was on his way to Starbucks and that they were playing Christmas music.

Twitter provides the opportunity to “micro-blog” short snippets of 140 characters, ideal for that passing thought that you haven’t time to develop into a full blog post, article or email. Ideal for me then, I have regular of flashes of insanity, brilliance and just plain thoughts.

So much like I’m following Lance, you can follow me on Twitter. Go on, I dare you!