Nice Fish Films | Michael Sean Wright

Oh sure Twitter is that quirky micro-blogging, mini-messaging service that some love to rip, but there’s been a lot of interesting developments in Twitterland lately. For those who still haven’t jumped into the 140 character village, a couple of quick reads for you- Newbie Guide and How Twitter Works.

I knew that Twitter had entered my regular routine when, during the recent earthquake in California, the first thing I thought of was twittering through the tremor.

Once you’ve signed up the next step is connecting your friends and discovering interesting people to follow. Of course, the big tech celebs are there- Robert Scoble, Louis Gray, Leo Laporte, Guy Kawasaki, John C. Dvorak, Jason Calacanis, Chris Pirillo and Michael Arrington. But for something completely different in Twitterville, check out the twits from John Cleese who lets it rip from his really big brain. Take a trip back to the world of Mad Magazine with the punny posts from Alfred E Neuman himself.

Want to know what’s happening in politics before it’s news? Check out Martina Stewart, a producer from CNN’s political unit. Even some in our Government are getting into it like Congressman John Culberson.

Get a little spacey with NASA or their current superstar Phoenix Mars Lander. See the future of human-robotic systems for lunar exploration. You can even take a peek under the hood of the Universe with a Bad Astronomer.

There are plenty of really big thinkers in twittown like Dave Winer the father of blogging and RSS.

Care for some liberal arts? Kottke Org doesn’t disappoint. The great conceptual artist Jenny Holzer is a true pioneer of words and ideas in public spaces so it’s only natural that she would be twitting.

For perfectly pithy posts, you can’t go wrong with Andy Ihnatko, Merlin Mann or heavy breather Darth Vader.

The magnificent mavens of social media musing on machines- Amber MacArthur, Molly Woods, Mona N and Corvida are all twitter-ers.

Weezer proved their geekness with the ultimate video tribute to the net but it’s their drummer Patrick Wilson twittapping away at the keyboard.

You can get your film fix with Spout, see what’s breaking and buzzing with Buzztter_en or set a reminder to Remember the Milk.

(Update: 08.27.08- AMC allows fan driven Mad Men Twitter accounts to continue) The best in TV come to life like the downright debonair Don Draper, the beautiful but profoundly sad Mrs. Betty Draper, the heavenly Joan Hollway and the precious Peggy Olson from Mad Men. Never miss an episode though with the timely tweets from TV Guide.

To get the most out of Twitter, you’ll want one of the many great API’s available that make tweets really chirp:

Tweet Deck- group the people you follow, search across the entire network, use the built-in url clipper and much more.

Twitterrific- works great for mobile mac users.

Twittervision- see all the tweets from a 3d globe.

Have fun traveling down the info tunnel of Twitter but please be a good Tweeter and practice good etiquette by using Twittering politely.

This is just a tiny picture of the Twitter Universe, I’m keeping a running log of interesting Twitter related articles here. I hope by now your are getting a little snap shot of how useful, informative and fun Twitting is.

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