Just when some of us started to wrap our heads around things like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn comes something new. Why are so many a flutter about Twitter?

For UNO students Sophie Ibrahimi and Lance Molina, getting connected can be for the birds. They stay busy online letting their friends know what they're up to.

"It's time to update again,” says Sophie. "Long day at school, I hope Destiny feels better tomorrow."

Lately when connecting with friends they've been watching one bird in particular. "Twitter right now, I really wouldn't say anyone is using it right now since it's the newer site,” says Lance.

All you need to know is to "twitter" is to "tweet."

"I thought that was cute because it's like birds chirping, you kind of just think of like birds tweeting to each other,” says Sophie, which is exactly what twitter.com is about.

People like Lance and Sophie "tweet" to one another about their activities, anywhere, any day, anytime. The two agreed to try twitter.com, tweeting for two weeks with tweets like this one. "I went on a 46-cent date tonight,” says Lance. “I had a blast.”

Both Lance and Sophie are regular Facebook users. "I'm on Facebook all the time," says Lance.

Twitter is different. You only post what you're doing, right here, right now and that's it. "You just send a text and it's there,” says Sophie.

“Tweets” are then sent to anyone who has signed up to follow you.

When the July 29th Los Angeles earthquake happened, it took nine minutes before The Associated Press first reported it, but people like Lance and Sophie tweeted about it almost immediately.

After two weeks of trying Tweeter, our bird spotters were underwhelmed. "Nobody else was on it and I couldn't get my friends to get on it or my mom, so they just wouldn't get on it, so if nobody is going to get on it, then why post?" asked Sophie.

Lance says he's not completely giving up. "I think I am going to wait it out and kind of see. If it does take off I already have the account signed up so I guess I could be the original twitter of my friends."

So if you want to know how that 46-cent date went…”Ironically, I've never spent less than a dollar and had that good of a time.”

If you sign up for Twitter, it's free and anyone you follow "tweets.” It will automatically send you that tweet in a text message. However, for some people who pay per message for texting, the expense can add up rapidly.