Doctors: Can you describe your use of Twitter?

One of the most famous medical librarians in the world, Dean Giustini, asked the question:

giustini @AllergyNotes Can you in 200 characters :) (or less) describe your use of Twitter for my (our) article? about 1 hour ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes

Dean is the author of several landmark BMJ editorials on the use of Internet social network services in medicine. Here are my answers. Please add yours in the comments of this post or reply on Twitter.

AllergyNotes @giustini Answer: Use Twitter to gather feedback for new ideas and projects. Enjoy your network -- Twitter is more personal than blogging. 7 minutes ago from TweetDeck in reply to giustini

AllergyNotes @giustini Answer: Twitter works well for creating a searchable, "no login required" archive of notes. Use it later for blogging ideas. 6 minutes ago from TweetDeck in reply to giustini

I agree with Dave Winer:

davewiner Twitter is my shared notepad. If I want to remember something and I don't mind if everyone else knows it, I just post it here. 12:17 PM Jan 4th from web

Some responses to the question "Can you describe your use of Twitter?" are shown below:

lsaldanamd @AllergyNotes Rapid access to all sorts of information, which I can choose how to use. This access provides two way flow of information. less than 20 seconds ago from web in reply to AllergyNotes