I have real mixed feelings about Twitter. One on hand, it could be useful for keeping tabs on friends without having to check in via text messaging or IM; on the other, absolutely no one I know uses it, and I’m not about to follow a bunch of strangers online. And let’s not get into the idea that Twitter’s service could be used for stalking or harassment.
However, I have often overlooked the other uses of Twitter- which mostly turn out to be a really poor version of someone’s blog- and this one’s simply wonderful.
Over on http://twitter.com/towerbridge, you can follow along as London’s Tower Bridge opens and closes to allow various vessels access to the river Thames. Pretty useless to anyone not piloting those ships, but still fun to imagine the Tower Bridge multitasking to post to Twitter while it mindlessly cranks the draws up and down all day- talk about a monotonous job!
Found via this Ask MetaFilter thread.
