Definition

=media type="custom" key="5402947"= =A short form of blogging, typically consisting of concise web based status updates, images, or embedded video. Other forms of microblogging include sending text messages, instant messages, email, or digital audio.= -paraphrased from: Microblogging, [] (last visited Feb. 14, 2010).

Leisa Reichelt of the blog //Disambiguity// described microblogging as "Ambient Intimacy." According to Reichelt, "ambient intimacy is about being able to keep in touch with people with a level of regularity and intimacy that you wouldn’t usually have access to, because time and space conspire to make it impossible. Flickr lets me see what friends are eating for lunch, how they’ve redecorated their bedroom, their latest haircut. Twitter tells me when they’re hungry, what technology is currently frustrating them, who they’re having drinks with tonight." Consequently, microblogging is more about the development and maintenance of a network of friends, colleagues, and an individualized online community.