The more I use , the more interesting I think it is. It does take a little bit of thinking and planning to use it in an optimal way, which is different for everyone. I think if you’re the kind of person who is online a lot and enjoys consuming large quantities of information throughout the day (guilty!) it’s well worth it.

Scanning the updates from (a mix of those people I know, people I admire or find compelling in technology or the online world, and a grab bag of folk I’ve met along the way), I was struck by the different kinds of information, coverage, links, and news I was provided with overnight and into my Saturday morning coffee.

It’s a unique experience that no other platform or service can provide. Twitter is very simple: you send out short messages, and people who sign up as a “follower” receive them. So everyone has people who follow them, and people that they follow. And that’s it. The compelling and complex and intriguing and addictive part comes in with the ways in which this simple system is utilized.

Here’s my take on Friday night, Twitter-style.

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Fire in Tony Hung’s condo! Tony had the to cover the fire that lit up his building in Toronto. Quite apt and to the point he kicks off with: “There is a FIRE in my condo!!!” Then adds, “3am and the whole building has exited on the street.” After a series of updates, Tony reflects. “Firetrucks are heading out now. What an interesting experience (a real fire) … lots of things I’d do differently next time.” And “Grab some external hard drives, get some gloves, make sure everyone has extra clothing … we already had a box full of critical things.”

Twitter provides an ability to send out swift updates on breaking news. Twitter and new services like , an early play on live video streaming from mobile phones, are becoming tools in covering breaking and spontaneous stories.

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about the premiere of the new season of Battlestar Galactica. And pretty cool too that people began to poll each other about the episode (lived up to expectations? Etc.) as soon as it finished airing. Luckily I saw no cries for the need for “spoiler alerts” as no plot details were given away. And tied Twitter into Battlestar, saying: “Wish they had a bit in Twitter prefs that said whether you were caught up on BSG or not.”

And speaking of polls, polls the Twitter crowd on Burning Man: “Should I go to Burning Man this year? I have tickets. I’ve been 10 years in a row. Is this year to take a break and so something else?”

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The Twitter profile is great, keeping us informed of the goings on in the Prime Minister’s office and news of the United Kingdom. On Friday night (Saturday day UK time) that: “The Prime Minister had a good discussion with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Jeria earlier on global economics and cooperation.” : “Gordon Brown urges restraint “all round” on the issue of Tibet. The PM confirms his attendance at the Olympics this summer.”

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We were (slightly) privy to the partying of the twitterati in San Francisco. of TechCrunch fame: “dinner with @gaberivera @1938media @nickgonzalez at indian place on calif. ave. interesting gossip.” The @ symbol is a convention on Twitter that creates links to other Twitter profiles.

Arrington goes on to note such things as: “Interesting quote I just heard ‘Twitter separates the men from the boys.’ rather quickly, I’ll add. just something@1938media said about twitter fights, and how some people tend to crush others.”

There were other general calls for Twitter get togethers: : “Come out in North Beach! Headed to Apt24 with @jsmarr @brit @aaronsittig @jessybigeral @chriscox @slee and @naomi.”

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One of my favorite reasons for checking into Twitter is because of the great access to webby conversations and links that you won’t find anywhere else. Here are some examples from Friday night:

: “Thinking out loud: If your RSS reader started missing stories from some of your feeds, how would you ever know? Is it doing that now?”

: “Discovered a problem with an ad late Friday night: do I let it run through until Monday, or hope someone is working tomorrow and can fix it?”

: “Whoa, Wordpress.com’s administration tools totally changed look. Yowza.”

uncovered an amazing chart showing Friendfeed’s growth: ” This chart I did on Compete.com shows Twitter vs. Pownce vs. Friendfeed. Friendfeed just took over Pownce: http://tinyurl.com/6fbsqa.”

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Finally, you just get some really nice and immediate human moments every now and then. , AKA Eric Marcoullier: “Parker is on the verge of crawling. Celebrating these last few moments of relative immobility by… cleaning the kitchen.”