I’m not exactly sure why, but I’ve been avoiding Twitter for a long time now. It’s not that I’ve had some deep dilemma over the validity or usefulness of Twitter — it’s more that I was worried I’d get engrossed in Twitter-ing my day away.

But I’ve decided that fear of a new technology is never reason enough to avoid it. So in case you’re interested in the minutiae of my everyday life, you can find me on Twitter as ‘lucasmcdonnell’ (yes, I was feeling particularly creative).

I’m not sure what my experience with microblogging is going to bring me, or whether I’ll get bored of it in a week and forget to update Twitter at all, but the experiment’s part of the fun.

I’m determined to try it out at least for a while though, so that I can determine if it’s for me or not. I’ll make sure to post my thoughts on how I’m getting along with Twitter after I’ve been using it for a while.