Value of Twitter

A lot of people have been asking me about Twitter recently... including my mom who called it "Tweeter" which made me laugh. Here's the chapter on it that got cut from my book:

http://blog.mobilevoter.org/microblogging.html

(although an interview with Evan Williams is still in there)

I found this great presentation recently which does a nice job of explaining (below) and also a bunch of recent links. So I can now send people to this blog post to explain. Hooray.

Pogue from the New York Times on Twitter:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/twittering-tips-for-beginners/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/technology/personaltech/12pogue.html

The Wall Street Journal on Twitter:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123638550095558381.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us

A great review of Twitter add-ons and resources:

http://www.typepadhacks.org/2008/03/twitter-tools-t.html

Political Tweeting:
http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/political-twitter-what-it-good-edition

Facebook faces off against Twitter: http://ow.ly/DJX
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