So, I’ve recently found myself glued to my iPhone using a popular application by a company called Tapulous to update my Twitter account called “Twinkle”. Unlike many other Twitter applications for the iPhone; Twinkle adds a new layer of social networking by letting you see other Twinkle user updates that are “nearby”. Essentially it allows you to meet people in your area that Twitter or “Twinkle” on a regular basis.
So far in the few months that I’ve used this application I’ve had the following happen:
1. I met a fellow Twinkle user while out of town on vacation when we both posted that we were in the same mall. We ended up meeting face to face and realized that we were from the same town back in Ohio and both were visiting family in Tennessee.
2. I’ve met other IT people to network with and discuss the IT market and business strategies for owning your own business.
3. I’ve even managed to arrange to meet people selling items such as laptops and can go see the product in person and saving myself shipping and eBay fees should I decided to buy it.
With all this it brings an interesting question… could social networking applications like Twinkle change the very way we do business and meet like minded individuals in our community?
- John
