Does Twitter Help You Become a Better Developer or Distract You? [closed]

Question

Since I've joined twitter I have found it very helpful to keep my finger on the pulse of technology and where it is going.

I follow many of the top Microsoft developers and find it interesting to see their struggles, opinions, and influences...

• codinghorror / Jeff Atwood
• shanselman / Scott Hanselman
• haacked / Phil Haack
• RickStrahl / Rick Strahl
• RoyOsherove / Roy Osherove

It could be argued that twitter is just a distraction instead of an inspiration.

How how you find twitter as a medium for being technically savvy? Is it helpful or just a waste of time?

If you find it useful... who in the ASP.NET arena would you suggest following?

Answer 1

It's definitely a distraction, but I find that an amusing distraction here and there is good for me. I get more done in shorter amounts of time when my morale is high, and connecting to the outside world helps with that. I follow my wife, our cat (yep, has a twitter), several friends, a few ColdFusion & Flex evangelists, a SQL Server MVP, a few comedic relief tweeters, and fellow developers & friends.

Answer 2

Distraction, much like crackoverflow ;)