Micro-blogging

People keep asking me what the point is of Twitter and Pownce. Well the term to describe at least one aspect is "micro-blogging."

You can find a definition here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging

One of the more well known Twitters is Robert Scoble:

http://scobleizer.com/2007/03/17/microblogging/