I don't like Twitter and I only use Facebook occasionally to play Scrabulous and to network with some business prospects. I am not completely into the whole "Facebook lifestyle" like a lot of other people. I don't need contacts' status details emailed to me as they happen and I don't feel the need to constantly change my status profile to let the whole world know what I am doing.

So Steve has some great advice but on this occasion, it doesn't apply much to me. But I really like the way Steve thinks and how he always finds new uses for everyday web apps. His best post by far is turning Gmail into a personal nerve center. Definately a classic and one I highly recommend you check out.

I love the internet just as much as the next person but I am constantly amazed by the number of pointless applications and websites that seem to be springing up. What makes it worse is when some of those pointless applications and websites are raved about as the Next Big Thing. What am I talking about at the moment? Twitter of course.

I mean, what is the point of it? At first glance, it looks to be a miniature form of Big Brother from George Orwell's 1984 where your every moment is tracked and recorded. Twitter allows people to tell other people what they are doing at that precise moment so you get meaningless crap like "just got out of bed" or "just scratched my ass" or "I'm having a cup of coffee at the moment!". I mean, who cares? What's next? Miniature webcams following us around tracking our every move?

There are some practical uses of the application I must admit. Companies can set up their own internal versions where a manager can update their current status to something like "gone into a meeting. Will be out at 11.00am". But do we really need some idiot from London telling us that he has just bought a tank top sweater for his dad?

Please.....get rid of Twitter!