Here is a email about making money using twitter
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/06/amanda-palmer.html

and a video about using email and twitter to connect to her fans
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/02/amanda-palmer-twitter/

A "flash-mob" organized via twitter that became a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W25uK-TETU&feature=player_embedded#!

jokes going "Viral" at the turn of the century

FROM THE BLOG: As many people have pointed out, my comic about tweets outrunning seismic waves seems to have been widely verified in yesterday's earthquake: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/earthquake-twitter-users-learned-tremors-226481 It's always nice to see real-life confirmation of your calculations! The quake started in Virginia at 13:51:04 EST, where most of my family lives.