Twitter Recap

I have been trying to use Twitter as often as possible over the last couple of weeks.  While it's fun to read what people are doing and be directed to new and exciting sites, I'm not entirely sure if people like me are the best people to be using Twitter. All together I've had 46 updates, and 34 of them were since March 1st.
I am following 28 people.  These people are friends, family members, Augie Ray, BigShoes, Telie and everyone that has come and talked to our class.  So far, I have 25 followers.
I find that people in the "real world" are more interesting than people my age.  I feel if my entire network consisted of people my age Tweeting about what they did today, I wouldn't be as interested in Twitter.  A lot of times I felt like I didn't really have anything worthy to say.  My Tweets consisted of "watching the game today!" or "Happy St. Patrick's Day!"  So, a majority of my posts were about my thoughts and whereabouts.  I did re-tweet a few interesting things I found from other people, but I didn't want all of my posts to be re-tweets.  I re-tweeted SocialMedia411 because I find their tweets really interesting.  I also thought their tweets were the most relevant to what our class is all about.
I also used Twitter to try and promote PRSSA meetings, but I don't think it really worked.  
I do enjoy using Twitter now but I feel like I will be able to contribute more once I get a job and have more important information to pass along.  
I think it's still important for people like me to have Twitter because we are the people that businesses and organizations are trying to reach.
I think one of my favorites to follow is Marquette.  I get many e-mails a day and don't always take the time to read my news briefs but when I come on Twitter I can see what's happening on campus right away.
I have benefited from using Twitter because it has allowed me to form contacts with people.  When a speaker would come to our class I would quickly look them up and begin to follow them.  This allowed me to see what they were up to even after they left the classroom.  If I didn't have Twitter I would most likely never hear about or even remember the people who came in and talked to our class. Twitter is a great way to maintain connections that otherwise would have been lost.  This aspect would have to be my most positive experience in using Twitter.
My most negative experience with using Twitter would have to be the fact that I don't believe I have anything exciting to say.  When I see that I have a new follower I always think to myself "why would they want to follow me?"  Hopefully my job this summer will allow me gain more "real world" experience within public relations, and then I'll have more to Tweet about!  For now I think I'll remain somewhat of a spectator.