introducing the twiller

I read about this ages ago, but haven't had a chance (due to workload / getting drunk etc.) to write about it. My initial blog was going to be about how writing a novel on twitter was quite an interesting idea, and how it reminded me of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations etc as this was published chapter at a time in a newspaper or something. However, although it might be an interesting medium in which to produce a work of fiction, after subscribing to Matthew Richtel's twitter feed I started to find his writing really really irritating.

I'm one of those people who will always use full words to text on my phone even if it means going into the second message. I won't even use commonly accepted abbreviations such as '2' rather than 'to'. Therefore this 'twiller' wound me up a tad as it is written using indecipherable text speak or should I say 'txt spk'.

So, prior to my subscription to this feed I had imagined that it would be like reading a series of poems which would build upon each other like a tapestry of sub plots, little bubbles of language all joined up with common purpose. But instead you get things like this: "i nevr went 2 colege. went 2 iraq. yep! wasin desert&..elsewher? memry formin as horizn b4 me. yet unclear. motorin" Now although this may be part of the point, it really gets my goat.

If you feel like taking a look, this chap's twitter feed is here: http://twitter.com/mrichtel

Or if you prefer to read full sentences you can subscribe to my feed where I shall tell you about what sort of lunch I'm eating, or what sort of powerpoint pres I'm working on among other things.