Typepad (the platform this blog and Life in a Sippy Cup reside upon) now offers a cool version of microblogging. Sort of like Twitter and Facebook, I can now post updates rather than post. I'll have to tinker with it to see how I'd like those shortened (and untitled) posts to appear on the site - but I immediately like the idea.

As much as we'd like to dismiss our tweets and status updates as random thoughts and data, it's hard to deny that collectively they often sum up our lives. I'm sure there are cultural anthropologists analyzing our tweets much like archaeologists studied the cave drawings at Lascaux. It's less about the micromessages and more about the sum total of thr parts. Both on an individual level and as a collective whole.

Taken on their own, our daily musings on twitter might be seen as personal observations and random thoughts. But take a step back and look at them over the course of a year. Take another step back and look at the thousands of mini-conversations and long-winded exchanges I've shared with those in my stream and you start to be able to draw a larger picture.

If this is all just a social experiment, I'm thrilled to be an active participant in the lab. But it's more than that... it's the current method of choice for sharing, exchanging, gathering and distributing information. Weather your weapon of choice is Facebook, Twitter or some other form of microblogging - you're sure to feel its effects on your life almost immediately. Unlike traditional blogging - where one can blog to an audience of one for a long time before they gather a following worth mentioning - microblogging puts you into the conversation almost immediately.

Where TypePad's newest addition to the tool set - Typepad Motion - takes us has yet to be seen. But coming from a front runner like Sixapart, I'm sure it's going to be a power player in the scene. Get detailed info here. 

Not tweeting, facebooking or updating anywhere? I think you're missing out. It's a life enriching experience and one of the best ways to connect with intelligent, interesting people. Whether you use it for friendship, crowdsourcing, business or personal reasons - you're sure to pull value from it in some way. When you sign up, look me up. I'm everywhere. :)