How seriously do some people take Twitter?!

I’ve posted before about the writings of Dr. Jim Taylor, who covers the area of ‘Psychology of UI’ – given there’s a huge crossover in to Mobile, his work is of real interest to me, and that’s the case again on his latest communication to me.

He has written a blog post on Computerworld.com, talking about the psychological effect on some people when Twitter suffered a cyberattack recently – including the fact that in some case, for some people, they felt lost without that tool to help them!

Now given that a lot of people Tweet via a mobile app or via text, I thought this was really interesting- if you combine a mobile device, the ability to text, and updating your Twitter feed, you have the potentially for people to become incredibly reliant on their devices, perhaps to a psychological detriment.

Anyway, I am not going to spoil the post, because I think it’s a really good read – so click here to check it out, but be sure to come back and let us know what you think in the comments!

[Dr. Jim Taylor via: Computerworld]