About Tweetum.Net... Tweetum.Net is Ed Smith's personal website. Organic and Situational... This is a freeform, organically developed, situation- driven website mostly surrounding me and my friends. This is the continuation of a long line of irregularly available websites dating back to the original "ES" site back in November 1996.  Tweetum has been up in some form for about four or five years now, but I just didn't do anything with it--lack of time and need at the time.  But the site idea now has a personal, utility, and social role to service, and to that end I'm starting site development. No Preconceptions... There is no preplanned meaning to this site, it will become what it needs to be.  I'm not gloriously striving for Achievement, I'm just meeting a moving utilitarian need.  The site will grow into what it needs to be at the times it needs to be.  Even I don't know what will happen!  I guess we'll all find out in the coming days, months, and years. Utilitarian... The site is intended to be substance-driven for those who care to need to use it.  As such, it will have and sustain components which will range from HTML 1.0 to state-of-the-art cutting-edge services and ideas. The site intends to be highly utilitarian, focusing on raw usability, availability, and functionality over form. Essentially attractive... I could create a prettier site, and may.  But I always thought establishing a highly theatrical website built built on visuals, "gadgetry", and novelty implied the content and utility were insufficiently meaningful and the intended user base were sensate-driven morons.  This site intends to first do something, then be essentially attractive. True beauty is simple and functional, and will exist here as technical needs dictate. Compatible... This web site will work with web browsers, period. If the user is using a web browser, basic essential functionality will be guaranteed. However, much of the really cool stuff won't be available to browsers which can't do really cool stuff. Black Background version of this page. Main Page.