Instead of blogging about a cool new application or sharing a solution to a pesky development problem, I’m going to talk at length about what I had to eat today. To start off, I had some toast with some coffee at the office and then ate some strawberries. I might Twitpic the strawberries later just in case you have no effing clue what strawberries look like…

I lost you, didn’t I? Did I lose you at the toast? Or maybe right as soon as the word “food” came up. Well, if you’re still hanging with me, I appreciate it. It was all for a reason, I promise. How often would a person read through a blog about what the blogger ate that day? Very rarely (I would say never, but you never know). So, why does it happen so often on Twitter?

Well, lets think about this. Twitter is a social networking tool where the user writes anything and everything as long as it is under 140 characters. Yes, it says “What are you doing?” but these days that question is there for decoration. Twitter has turned into less of a status update, and more of a mini blog. So, what do you talk about?

Some people use Twitter as a gossip tool which can come in handy if you’re like me and you’re completely out of touch with what is going on in the world. Then there are people who make it a daily goal to say something witty and clever as they observe the world. Finally, there are the people who use Twitter as insight to their life. What they’re doing, what’s they’re thinking, who they’re hanging out with, etc. Personally, I think the only people who can do this and still be interesting are celebrities. However, these are the type of people who are culprits of the main subject of this blog.

So, why is this a common problem on Twitter? Obviously this many people wouldn’t post so many food related tweets if they didn’t find it interesting, would they? My theory is that people may not know just how pointless these statements may be. Eating is something that happens often in our lives (especially for Americans) and it is very often present in celebrations and social gatherings. Food is tied to so many emotions: relief, comfort, guilt, excitement, happiness, and the list goes on.

So obviously something that induces so many emotions is worth sharing with your Twitter followers every chance you get, right? Well, not really. Your emotions may be high from the experience, but unless the person can experience it for themselves, it often falls short. I’m not saying that sometimes conversations can’t start from a shared love of burritos from Big City Burrito but usually people just don’t care. So next time you want to post a Twitpic showing the omelet you are about to eat, or you want to talk about how good your sandwich was, take a step back and think “do other people really find this interesting?”

As the internet landscape has evolved at a blistering pace, universities have been left behind and often teaching skills and concepts that are years out of date. I was excited to read about The University of Colorado’s Boulder Digital Work program. Their stated mission is, “developing today and tomorrow’s digital leaders and entrepreneurs.”

This sounds like a very forward thinking program and hopefully it will produce a lot of local talent with a much better understanding of the digital realm than most schools offer today. Courses include Interaction Design, Experience Design, Digital Branding, Social Networks, and Software Development.

I hope this program is successful and that it will help to continue the growth of Boulder as a hub for innovation.