Apple to buy Twitter???

I saw THIS come across my blog-reader today from several sources.

Here's a snipet:
"TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is reporting that rumors beginning to float around the blogosphere are stating that Apple is interested in purchasing Twitter for US$700 million in cash. Twitter, in case you've been off of the planet for the last two years, is the magical "social networking" tool that has you answer the question "What am I doing right now?" in 140 characters or less."


In thinking about, it's got me wondering what Apple has up it's sleeve... They don't typically buy things just for fun and to offer $700 million in cash means, to me, that they want it pretty bad.

Personally, I really enjoy Twitter. (You can find me HERE.) My wife, not so much.
I enjoy that it lets me keep up with friends from around the country over the course of the day and week... friends that I wouldn't be able to keep up with otherwise.

But part of me wonders what Apple is planning to do with it if they get it (if they even want it)? And all of me hopes that they haven't figured out some way to charge for it or add advertisements or something crazy like that.

It will be interesting to see what transpires between Apple and Twitter. They've got my attention for sure.

Jim

Twitter experiment...

As those of you who are regulars will see, there is a "new" section to the left on my blog.

Recently, there was a discussion on the Simply Youth Ministry Podcast about this new thing out called "Twitter." The discussion happened in episode 73 and revolved around whether or not people would follow Doug Fields if he would Twitter... and a bet was made.

To me... the whole Twitter thing is a little TOO crazy. The whole Twitter deal is based on regular updates in sort of a mini-blog sort of thing. Up until Saturday, I thought the whole thing was silly. But Saturday I broke down and decided to give it a try.

My primary reason for trying such is that I'm betting at some point, Twitter is going to hit the student realm and I would like to have a leg up on it before our students start doing it. But I still think it's kinda silly...

But I'm trying it... so... you'll see the updates there at the top of my blog. They will update automatically... if you Twitter and want to follow, feel free to join me. Otherwise, you can check here to see what I'm up to...

Jim