I found this fascinating quote today:

For all the media attention (or hype) that it receives, many lawyers remain cautious, if not skeptical, about the value of Twitter.  Utter such unlikely terms as “retweet,” “twitbin,” or “twitpic” among a group of lawyers at a continuing legal education seminar, for example, and you are likely to get a lot of “sideways” glances.  But, should lawyers”twit that” old-fashioned behavior, and jump on the “tweet deck?” (or some other Twitter app)cyberesq.wordpress.com, Cyber-Esq., Nov 2009

You should read the whole article.