Still Going

It's been two weeks since we reached our goal of 10,000 followers on Twitter. Now what? It appears there is a bit of a momentum effect as the numbers keep climbing. I have no intention to compete with the really serious number seekers, but I'm still amazed at how far we've come so fast. There's some fun and interesting mountains to climb that all of a sudden appear to be within reach. For instance, I'm currently only a few thousand followers away from toppling the Prime Minister of Canada. That would be cool!

Forget about the numbers for a moment. What about Twitter itself? I'm learning that the dynamic nature of Twitter is really its biggest success. I keep staring at my daily newspaper and it never seems to change, yet every time I refresh my browser I have new content waiting for me on Twitter. It is very much the way of the future. Information should be instantly available, and easily filtered. Add triggers and agents and text mining and all of a sudden you've got the world's knowledge at your fingertips. It's quite the power trip! Now if only we could eliminate server glitches and denial of service attacks that take down the system, we could actually start relying on this information as a serious life-sustaining infrastructure. Who thought that 140 characters could be so powerful?

Followers: 14,118
Following: 14,092
Updates: 278
Rank: 3,090

Cracking the upper echelon of the Twitterverse is a daunting task. There is a VERY sharp curve as you make your way towards the top (and Ashton Kutcher's 3-million+ legion of fans). The numbers start getting nose-bleed high, and it takes work (or a nationally syndicated tv show) to keep advancing. I know I should just gracefully accept 14,000 as my limit, but I can't help wondering how the air feels up there in the lofty heights of Twitter's elite. But is it worth the effort?

Don't forget to follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/campbed

Don