twitter.com ... Refresh. ... twitter.com ... (nothing). Refresh. Google "twitter down".

Google Twitter Down and you'll get the answer.

of course. by ryan king.

The website will take you to a white page with one of two words: YES or NO. Click on the word and find yourself in the MP3 section of Amazon. The song: Celebration by Kool & the Gang, which was the groups only #1 hit. What are they trying to say here? [Raise eyebrow].

Everyone seems to have their own feeling about twitter being down.

Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, had this to say about Twitter being down:

"(honestly, it's news when they keep the site live for 24 hours at this point). But, seriously, they need to get their act together. It's past embarrassing."

I follow Arrington on Twitter (@TechCrunch). Arrington relies heavily on Twitter to get his blog posts out there. TechCrunch is like Perez Hilton for web gossip & news.

With all the opinion attacks and jokes about Twitter, I have this to say:

Information is priceless. Especially in our generation and in our time. There is a lot happening in this world; some that are beyond our control, others that we cannot seem to control, and everything else. Twitter is the nature of how we respond to mass communication these days. We want it fast, now, and then to move on. Life doesn't always take that into consideration and things are a lot more complex than the simple Twitter post. The post is quick, but your thoughts about it can live on.

Since drafting this blog a couple of days ago, Twitter has done its efforts to tweak the kinks and they seem to be running smoother than ever. You might see me on Twitter throughout the day and some have inquired who I follow. Here are some interesting people and why I follow them:

@gapingvoid - very funny drawings on the back of business cards. I follow for the humor and creativity of his blog. He posts the new ones on Twitter. Hugh MacLeod's "main gig" is Marketing Strategist for Stormhoek, a small South African Vineyard, whose blog approach doubled Stormhoek sales in less than 12 months.

@jowyang - always finds some good blog posting or research study about the web. Jeremiah is a web strategist who lives in San Francisco.

@BreakingNewsOn - Up to the minute news coverage 24/7. For when I don't feel like reading NYT on my phone, I'll Twitter for a brief and quick update.

@ramit - has a blog on personal finance and entrepreneurship. I follow him for updates and he will sometimes post finance tools or articles on saving or investing. Ramit Sethi graduated from Stanford and is the co-founder and VP of marketing for PBwiki.

Obvious launched Twitter in October 2006 and broke off to form Twitter, Inc in April 2007. Jack Dorsey is the CEO and you can follow him @jack.