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Story about indiscreet tweeting. . .and how it can take on a life of its own.

Interesting twitter tool that makes an animated show of your twitter stream. Very red and white!

Interesting twitter tool that makes an animated show of your twitter stream. Very red and white!

Overview of basic twitter terms, what they are for, and some other useful links.

This is a great article about twitter. And I really like the idea that it is a LOT about what we can DO with twitter data that makes it so compelling (all those great apps out there). "Websites that once saw their traffic dominated by Google search queries are seeing a growing number of new visitors coming from "passed links" at social networks like Twitter and Facebook. This is what the naysayers fail to understand: it's just as easy to use Twitter to spread the word about a brilliant 10,000-word New Yorker article as it is to spread the word about your Lucky Charms habit. Put those three elements together - social networks, live searching and link-sharing - and you have a cocktail that poses what may amount to the most interesting alternative to Google's near monopoly in searching."

Blog post about why you should twitter. Good links/illustrations of noteworthy twitter exchanges.

Describes how to visualize twitter feeds from a large venue.

Article about twitter and many ways it can be used effectively. Overview of the current "state of play"

Athletes use twitter to grow fanbase and connect with fans as people rather than helmets and pads. NFL resistant to loss of control.

Story about advertising services using "influencers" to recommend products or services to friends for a fee. Twitter based.