Twitter is an amazing application. I still remember hearing about it in the spring of 2008 as some type of "let others know what you're doing" service. It seemed a little silly to me and I couldn't understand the value. My first tweet is lost for now, but I know that I struggled to find a use for the service at the beginning. Like many people, I ended up updating my status with inane things like "Getting a latte from Starbucks."

Since then I've found Twitter to be a very exciting way of keeping in touch with people around the world, learning new things, and even getting information at various events. It's the ultimate water cooler that makes me smile, laugh, and share interesting information. There is a great SQL Server community on Twitter, and an amazing hashtag (#sqlhelp) that might help you solve some complex SQL issue. It's happened before, and it's amazing when it does, especially considering that responses are limited to 140 characters.

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