...And That Was How I Joined Twitter.

Oprah is doing it. Ashton is doing it. Obama is/was doing it. People are raving about it. Twittering...it's almost like a living being - random stream of many thoughts, or tweets rather, that begins to self-assemble into organizational clusters with a purpose. Companies monitor tweets for product feedback. Claims have been made that tweets have been answered in 15 seconds: someone throws out an idea, and receives instant feedback. Heck, it even started a revolution.

Or so they say.

On Friday, I was googling frantically, albeit fruitlessly, for a protocol to silanize a quartz surface with a hydrophobic surface (preferably in an manner that allows it to be stripped away easily after use). Galvanized by twitterific stories, I boldly signed up for twitter, promptly posting my first tweet, in less than 160 characters:

"melissaleemy is looking for a method to silanize quartz with a hydrophobic surface, preferably a gentle, easily-removeable method!"

I waited eagerly and then some but was sorely disappointed. Nobody tweeted back! Poo poo. So much for twitter miracles. And that was how I joined twitter.

http://twitter.com/melissaleemy