Though she already has a blog, a podcast and a character in the virtual world of Second Life, Kera Richard has recently become obsessed with a new online tool for connecting with friends. For the past three weeks, she has joined the crowds on Twitter.com, a site that invites everyone to answer the question: "What are you doing?"I'm not sure I'm that social to use Twitter. Will its 15 minutes be up soon? Hello Friendster?"I didn't get it at first," said the 32-year-old Randolph, N.J., project manager for a financial services company. "How much information do I really need to let the world know about me?"
But soon she was "Twittering" a dozen or more times a day, broadcasting quick, as-they-happen updates to friends who had chosen to link to her through the service. Topics ranged from her lunch (tomato soup and a pretzel) to work annoyances (a high-pitched buzz from a nearby computer). She sent updates from her office and home computers, and used her cellphone to send posts from her car and a bar at happy hour. "It became addicting very quickly," she said.
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