More Proof That Twitter is Useful

Check out this post from David Mullen's Blog on Five Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter.

One point I missed in my previous post on the usefulness of Twitter, and which is a good one, is the instant feedback you can get on Twitter. I see journalists that I follow asking for sources for stories and they get instant response, or for example, I asked what everyone thought of the new Facebook design the other day and got quick input. Maybe you want others' opinion on a new logo or how to spell a word or whether it's raining on the other side of town. Tweet and you shall find out.

Another great one: monitor what twitterers are saying about your company. Go to Twitter's search function (formerly Summize.com) and type in your company name (or your name for that matter) and get a real, instantaneous view of what people think. Comcast, for example, has a guy out there looking for people having problems with their cable and follows up with them to offer help. Brilliant.

How's Twitter making you smarter?