TwitterWe’ve all seen the newest head-slapper spark across the network in Twitter.com, and have wondered along with “why didn’t I think of that” the similar but more important question… “why the hell is that so popular?”

For those who haven’t experienced it, Twitter is a mini-blog. A tool to tell the world what you are doing every minute of your day.

“I’m writing a wicked-cool SQL statement right now!”

“I like my raisin bagel. A Lot!”

“I wish my cat wouldn’t look so sad when I eat my raisin bagel and not give her any!”

…and so-forth. This is what we’ve come to. For those who don’t want to go the LifeCasters route like Justin.TV and his Truman-Show side show, there is Twitter. Here’s the catch, though. Unless you are signed up with friends who care about you and your eating habits… no one will ever see it. The content isn’t really worthy of indexing by reputable search engines, so it is literally the same thing as opening your car window on the way home from work and shouting to the busy highway… “I stapled 20 sets of documents today! Wooo!”

The guy in the semi next to you might hear you, and might even alter his personal life… changed forever by your impassioned exclamations. Or he might just return to his cheeseburger dinner and roll the windows up.

For the tens of thousands who are now regular Twitterheads, it’s a spiritual experience and there is no swaying them from their path. And thanks to cool tools like TwitterVision and TwitterTroll.com, the anonymous can be immortalized, if no more than for a few seconds or a few days. But in the end you have to wonder who has the patience and stamina to keep up with the work after the novelty has worn off. Find out at www.twitter.com/crankyrants. I’ll bet it doesn’t take long.