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Current features of Twadle include: * Create short links on the fly - just type a long URL, and it will be replaced with a shorter one, saving you valuable characters. * Live Tweet Preview lets you see what your Tweet will look like - short links and all - before you hit Update. * Track links - see how many people clicked on the link you posted. Great for learning how to write compelling headlines. * Attach Files to your Tweets. Right now you can attach images - but MP3s and more are coming! * Super Secret SEO Feature - upgrade your account with an Invite Code, and add extra features to Twadl. You won't be dissapointed.

Twitter is a website that is succeeded in micro-blogging (blogging very short messages). Logging into the Twitter homepage user can type ''tweets'' or short messages up to 140 symbols and send it out by clicking ''update''. Everyone who is online and in your network can instantly see

" 'Time travel works!' the note read. 'However you can only travel to the past and one-way.' I recognized my own handwriting and felt a chill."

Easily share and embed source code. Snipt lets you share source code in any of dozens of programming languages, formats it, and then generates a short URL you can share or embed.

Those who have panicked that their Twitter followers have dropped - don't be paranoid! The twitter spammers have again taken the axe. Twitter self corrects about every 90 days and you'll get used to it. The fact is that Twitter is for meaningful, authentic communication - albeit short and if you do that, it can be a fun, and useful part of your personal learning network. It is unique to you and how you want to do it! Remember that it is not about the followers although you'll have people direct message you that you can somehow buy 200 or even 500 followers a day -- like that will enrich your life! Come on -- twitter is great and it is not about how many people follow YOU anyway - if you get tied up in that too much then you're probably really there for just selfish reasons anyway. Enjoy and have fun!

There's a new study out this week that claims employees are actually more productive at work when they can take short breaks throughout the day to to surf the Internet. Should companies drop Internet access restrictions and let employees Twitter away their coffee breaks?

There is a new phishing attack on Twitter. http://short.to/4dz0 (tumblr.com) #Hijack

UT Dallas History Professor Dr. Monica Rankin, @monicarankin, wanted to know how she could reach and include more students in the class discussion. She had heard of Twitter... The following is a short video describing her "Twitter Experiment" in the classroom with comments from students about the pros and cons of Twitter in a traditional learning environment.

If your not using this tool, your missing the boat. Since reversing the company's strategy away from short video clips and more toward the world of status updates, Loic Le Meur and the Seesmic team have forged ahead in working to deliver a strong alternative to TweetDeck, letting Twitter and Facebook users update their status, view friends' updates and manage their social networking accounts from their desktop - complete with multiple account support, multiple columns, and all the standard features you would expect, from profile viewing to direct messages and search. Yesterday, at the TechCrunch CrunchUp event, Loic demonstrated not just a new version of Seesmic Desktop, but also a Web version that operates completely in the browser. And guess what? It's good - easily the best Web interface I've seen for Twitter yet.

Six conferences dedicated to Twitter. I hope they're short and interactive.

Short discussion of the value of proposed new geolocation features of Twitter.

Great post about the power of Twitter. It is almost so commonplace as to be trite. But it isn't trite. It is a very real part of a good teacher's PLN. Better than a search engine, the people engine of a giving, helpful group of twitters. But remember that in order to Tweet and receive, you also have to share and receive. You get back far more than you give but you should give not just ask. In short, be there for your tweeps and your tweeps will be there for you.

A short e-book on how teachers can use twitter.

An e-book on how teachers can use twitter.

Awards to the worlds top twitterers!!

How useful can communication limited to 140 characters be for serious journalism? It turns out that the short messages you find on Twitter have proven wildly useful for some writers penning larger pieces.

Share your favorite videos quickly with short URLs. It lets you track the visits and comments from the people that follow you on Twitter.