Finally getting Twitter

16th May 2008

I’ve been reluctantly persevering with Twitter for a while now. I’ve never been into blogs that say “having a cup of tea” or “waiting in the airport” but this seemed to be the bulk of the content on Twitter. It certainly wasn’t stuff I felt I needed texted to my phone.

But I was fairly sure I was missing something, as so many other people seem excited by it.

Today I discovered the updates from twitter.com/bbctms are just about the best way for someone to keep up with the latest in the cricket.

BBC TMS @ Twitter

A few more score updates would be good, but it’s the first thing I’ve come across that’s a genuinely new and useful use for Twitter. It’s never going to be Test Match Special(listen to this clip to see what I mean), but it’s very close to its spirit.