Twittering the RNC

Well, I had just about the most fun ever Twittering the last two nights. I love it anyway, but really saw how cool it can be to twitter with others during a live event.

I decided to watch the Republican National Convention the last two nights on my computer, so I could do some work during down moments. Because Twitter was up on my computer, I started offering up my thoughts as Governor Palin spoke Wednesday and Senator McCain spoke Thursday. I had great fun chatting with others live as the speeches took place, laughing at funny moments (Palin’s daughter licking her hand and swiping the baby’s hair), discussing the issues they raised, weighing in on how they were doing and a lot more.

It truly made the experience all the richer to share in the moment with others watching it and demonstrated the power of Twitter. I can really see how this would be a nifty tool to use at a conference, a sporting event or any other live event.

You may ask, how did you pay attention to the event and Twitter? Well, that’s the thing about Twitter. It seems like it would be a distraction, and it is a little, but it takes only a millisecond to read 140 characters of copy and not much longer to write 140 characters of copy. So you can glance down, take in the latest comments, jot out one every so often and still pretty thoroughly pay attention.

Anyone else Twitter a live event with success? Or hated it? Please share!