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So it seems that Twitter has arrived in Harrisburg.  I was first turned onto this new serivce last summer.  Its part blog, part text message, part social network, part something entirely new.  After checking out its features, I was intrigued about the possibility of Twitter, but I didn’t know anyone else using it, so I moved on for the time being.  That all changed earlier this month when, out of no where, Twitter seemed to march into the burg.  Now, a core group of Harrisburg bloggers and tech industry types have jumped on and are running with it.

What was this impetus for this local surge in interest?  My research has traced it to Daniel Victor, a Patriot News reporter who actually seems to “get it” in terms of the impacts of social media on traditional journalism.  He started a all-out “one-month twitter twial” in an effort to see what would happen.  Well, so far, so good…

I gotta say, this is a communication tool that is really cool, and I cannot wait for it to expand outward from the small cirle of locals who are currently trying it out.  So, I encourage you to give it a go, as we see where this grand experiment takes up.