THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED IN JANUARY...but I'm updating this post due to the unbelievable popularity Twitter continues to have. Twitter is a PHENOMENON. The interesting thing about Twitter is that you can "follow" people you don't know, including a growing list of celebraties (including me of course at www.twitter.com/ConejoJoe. To some this is an incredible waste of time but to others this is interesting and fun (I'm somewhere in the middle). Here's just a small sampling of celebrity Twitterers along with their current followers...will be fun to see these stats a year from now):

http://twitter.com/PeteCarroll (22K followers as of 5/30/09)

http://twitter.com/adamsandler (102K followers)

http://twitter.com/kimkardashian (916K followers)

http://twitter.com/serenajwilliams (236K followers)

http://twitter.com/RyanSeacrest (1.1 million followers)

http://twitter.com/mileycyrus (704K followers, 887K as of 6/16/09)

http://twitter.com/jtimberlake (193K followers)

http://twitter.com/TheEllenShow (1.7M followers, 1.96M as of 6/16/09)

http://twitter.com/aplusk (Ashton Kucher...nearly 2M followers)

http://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman (110K followers)

http://twitter.com/mrskutcher (Demi Moore - 1M followers)

http://twitter.com/NotTinaFey (Tina Fey, I think 385K followers)

http://twitter.com/Oprah (1.2 million followers, 1.5M on 6/16/09, 1.7M 6/25/09)

http://twitter.com/RealHughJackman (285K followers)

http://twitter.com/tonyrobbins (651K followers)

http://twitter.com/DonaldJTrump (16K followers)

http://twitter.com/kingsthings (Larry King - 367K followers)

http://twitter.com/DameElizabeth (Elizabeth Taylor 34K followers)

http://twitter.com/Joan_Rivers (24K followers)

http://twitter.com/jimmyfallon (1.1M followers)

http://twitter.com/babygirlparis (Paris Hilton - 128K followers)

http://twitter.com/todayshow (77K followers)

http://twitter.com/snoopdogg (260K followers)

http://twitter.com/MarthaStewart (694K followers)

http://twitter.com/Lakers (253K followers)

http://twitter.com/Orlando_Magic (5K followers...hmmm, kinda low)

http://twitter.com/JessicaSimpson (400K followers)

http://twitter.com/BarbaraJWalters (274K followers)

http://twitter.com/JoyVBehar (78K followers)

http://twitter.com/ehasselbeck (93K followers)

http://twitter.com/newtgingrich (360K followers)

http://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger (228K followers)

http://twitter.com/PaulaAbdul (285K followers)

http://twitter.com/johncmayer (1.2M followers)

http://twitter.com/50cent (750K followers)

http://twitter.com/DonnieWahlberg (65K followers)

http://twitter.com/mrdannyglover (297K followers)

http://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano (71K followers, 92K on 6/17)

http://twitter.com/kaj33 (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 130K followers, 234K on 6/17)

http://twitter.com/tonyhawk (750K followers)

http://twitter.com/algore (887K followers)

http://twitter.com/officialkathyg (Kathy Griffin 79K followers)

http://twitter.com/brookeburke (685K followers)

http://twitter.com/pennjillette (648K followers)

http://twitter.com/mrdannyglover (321K followers)

http://twitter.com/kingsthings (477K followers)

The list goes on and on...and now that I've done this work, I find there is a website dedicated to celebrity Tweeters at www.celebritytweet.com!

PRIOR POST FROM 1/09: By now, most of you have probably heard of Twitter. If not, it is a free service that allows you to send short, 140 character messages (referred to as "tweets") to your Twitter account that allows other to see what's going on in your head. Twitter allows you to send these short messages either on your Twitter page or via text message from your cell phone.

I have been pushing off registering for Twitter for a long time because frankly I thought it sounded pretty lame. Why would I care what a bunch of random people feel like saying in 140 characters. But it has really gained in popularity as a communication tool as it enables people to communicate to thousands of people via text message.

Twitter allows you to be a "fly on the wall" to see what's going on with someone (if they choose to Tweet this information out to the public). Here are some Twitter sites of well known people:

http://twitter.com/BarackObama (looks like he stopped posting on Election Day)

http://twitter.com/JohnMcCain2008

http://twitter.com/britneyspears

http://twitter.com/vcstar(Ventura County Star)

http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong

http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ

http://twitter.com/johncleese

So if this sounds interesting, check it out at www.twitter.com.