Bill Gates on Twitter
Social networking site turned out to have a big impact in this world; it is recognized also by Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft. As of a few hours ago, the Microsoft chairman is one of the millions offering brief takes on their world to anyone who wants to follow them. I doubt he’ll be sharing what he had for breakfast or bemoaning the fact his cell phone just dropped a call, but Gates is now on twitter.
The @BillGates account existed before, but it wasn’t actually Gates or anyone on his staff doing the posts. Now, though, the account is held by Gates and is also one of the pages that Twitter lists as the verified account. The first post by the real Bill Gates was a note that he plans to release the second of his annual foundation letters on Monday, charting the progress and challenges in his philanthropic efforts.
Gates also re-tweeted posts from Time and Ryan Seacrest on Haiti and thanked Seacrest for his work in the quake relief effort. As of this writing, Gates has about 8,800 followers, but I’d expect that to jump very quickly. It was 240,000 followers when I started typing this review.
