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I don’t usually like to blog about technology or internet fads, but I think I’m onto something different.

Three days ago, I began a pet project with a friend of mine from my university days: we decided to translate the twitter entries of Lee Oisoo, a well-known Korean novelist, into English. Even though he has his own website that is very interactive in nature, Lee Oisoo started his own twitter account very recently, and almost immediately gathered thousands of followers. He is personally aware of our translation project and sometimes uses our translations in his own twitter feeds. He also happens to be the mentor of my friend, and has been for nearly 20 years.

From what I notice, the way twitter is used lately has evolved from what it was when it first came out. The idea has caught on and many artists are beginning to twitter, by which they are connecting with their fans and promoting their works in what is a simple and fast medium.

Even though Lee Oisoo started his twitter activities very recently, he has even attracted attention from some of the media giants in Korea. It is interesting to see how the internet is changing media and how artists connect with their followers in different ways. These new methods can also evolve into a outlet for expression in their own right as Oisoo demonstrates.

I am now in the process of thinking of expanding my role in this pet project to include translations in another language: Arabic is my next goal. It would be great to use the internet in connecting the arts of different societies to each other. I also hope that this might spur a trend of change to help motivate artists of different medias in Bahrain to open up to the rest of the world.

These technologies are available for free online. They can also provide artists a great medium to connect to people in completely new ways.

(Incidentally, you can follow my twitter activities by going to http://twitter.com/hujairi)