I’ll admit it: I’ve had a hard time seeing the value in Twitter. If you aren’t familiar with Twitter, check out this fantastic video to get you started.For me, there were too problems with Twitter: posting tweets and checking tweets for those people that I’m following. I had tried some 3rd party applications, but for the most part, I had a problem remembering to turn them on (sure I could have them auto-start on login, but I wasn’t sure that I wanted to do that).For me, the eye-opener was linking my Twitter account to iChat, the IM program that I use every day. Now, every time someone posts a tweet, it comes through on my iChat. Even easier, I can post from IM as well. Nothing new here, I just hadn’t used the feature before. Now, when someone tweets, I know it immediately. Typically, reading a tweet reminds me that I need to post what I’m doing. Now I’m on a roll…Now that I’m using Twitter more, I’ve needed a 3rd party app to get to some of the more “advanced” features (the ones you can’t do easily on IM). Neville Hobson sent me a direct tweet to check out Twhirl. It’s a great 3rd party app for Twitter.So, now that I’m finally tweeting, follow me. Better yet, let me follow you!