Why Twitter Will Endure

I found this to be an interesting article because it presented the use of Twitter in a new way to me.  In the past I have thought that twitter was just a way for fans to follow famous athletes, actors, or artists.  Carr was able to present Twitter as a phenomenal source for gathering and distributing information.  A doctor could tweet a link to a new medical procedure that had been discovered in a matter of seconds rather than waiting to publish it in some magazine or medical digest.  An attorney could follow a case and relay information from half a world away in a few simple strokes of his keyboard.  Or a student could find information on a vast array of topics and not just find articles but follow individuals who actually do what they may be studying about and learn directly from them by simply following their twitter account.  The hundreds of different uses for this type of technology will ensure that twitter is around for a long time to come.