It took quite some time, but I have finally started to find value in twitter. It’s short messages, sent and delivered in near-realtime with less of the mechanical feel of RSS. It’s great…but it won’t last.

Twitter as a tool, WILL grow beyond Twitter the company. It’s quickly becoming a communication mechanism that won’t be controlled or owned by any one entity. The Twitter protocol, while not formalized, will eventually evolve in the way email did in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.

If Twitter has really been offered anywhere between $500M – $700M dollars, they are foolish not to sell.