Twitter for librarians

General Introductions

Overviews and outlines

Newbie's guide to Twitter

Nice overview that takes you through the basics.

How to Twitter: why the world is Twitter crazy - Telegraph

Twitter is taking the world by storm, leaving Facebook and email in its wake.
We examine how the micro-blogging site is helping users in their personal
and professional lives.

A Guide To Twitter: What It Is, How To Use It And Twitter Tools

Nice overview of Twitter - quite long and a useful read.

Dawn of the Twitter Effect | Royal Pingdom

Another overview and discussion on the resource.

8 Useful Tips To Become Successful With Twitter

8 really useful points to take on board when using Twitter.

Twittin Secrets: 100 Free Twitter Tips and Twitter Secrets by Dan Hollings

There are a lot of wimpy "Twitter Tip Lists" out there; this is NOT one of them. These 100+ Twitter Tips go from insightful Twitter toddler level to explosive Twitter-bomb advanced. Even if you think you're a Twitter social or Twitter business pro, you might want to start from the beginning - this is one hefty shovel full of "Twitter How-to" ready for you to Digg.

How to Present While People are Twittering

People used to whisper to each other or pass hand-scribbled notes during presentations. Now these notes are going digital on Twitter or via conference-provided chat rooms.

» Twitter, the Most Important Website Since Google?

twitter bird google jpgI will be the first to admit while it didn't take me a long time to sign up and start networking with friends on Twitter, it has taken me a long time to understand the true power of the website. When I first started using it I saw it as a networking and communication tool. The more I come to use it and the more I watch people from all walks of life using it I am starting to see why Twitter may possibly be the most important website since Google. To help you understand my logic I want to start with some thoughts on Google.

33 Reasons to Use Twitter - A Guide to Finding Value in the Service!

Twitter brings with it the question: what does it do and why should I use it?

To get more familiar with it, here are 29 useful scenario's, ranging from getting a new job to doing market research, and 4 %u2026 somewhat unexpected ones

Why Twitter?

Nice little wiki that covers the basics of Twitter. Also has the Common Craft Twitter video there, always worth a watch.

Twitter Guide Book - How To, Tips and Instructions by Mashable

Twitter Guide Book is a one stop educational source for learning more about Twitter and how to use it including advice for beginners, building your community, twitter for business, managing your Twitter stream and advanced tips.

Tweetiquette - Twitter Etiquette, Top 10 Dos and Don'ts of Twitter

Do you know Twitter Etiquette? I go over the top 10 dos and don'ts of Twitter. Are you following these guidelines?

5 Reasons Why Twitter's Growth Cannot Be Stopped

With all the skepticism of whether it's just a social media fad and questions about how the company expects to generate revenue, Twitter has left many critics silent by continuing to grow.

The anatomy of Twitter: an 8 point strategic guide

Good points covering name, background, biography and so on.

A twitter cheat sheet

Useful basic listing on 2 sides of paper

Dilbert comic strip

Dilbert does Twitter - funny cartoon

Twitter: Best Practices and Tips [PDF Guide]

It's a free online book on how to use Twitter.

How to Snap Up that Twitter Username You’ve Always Wanted

Details on how you might be able to get the Twitter name that you're after.

Phil Bradley's Twitter Cheatsheet

My Twitter Cheatsheet.You are welcome to download and print out copies for use.

Damn Cool Pics: 40 Funny Twitter Comics

Cartoons!

Twitter for librarians

Links to other library related resources to with Twitter

Twitter for librarians - the ultimate guide (perhaps!)

Nice overview of resources that are available; American bias but worth a look.

Libraries on Twitter (updated list) « Circulation

A useful list of libraries on Twitter. Mainly US I think

Librarians Twibe - Librarians Twitter Users

This page is for Twitter users interested in librarians. A twibe for libraries, librarians, librarians-in-training (and other interested tweeps) to discuss anything and everything relating to the work of the library.

Libraries tap into Twitter - Guardian article

Increasing numbers of librarians are using Twitter to engage readers and spread information.

How your library may not be using Twitter but should

Very interesting article on the use of Twitter written from the viewpoint of a librarian.

Unknown

Uk Librarians who blog and tweet A listing of tweeple who do both. Easy subscribe option.

twibs - Twitter Business Directory - 17,876 businesses and counting! - Add your business today!

Twibs is the Twitter Business Directory. Our directory of twitter businesses has over 17,876 businesses who twitter. Add your business to the list today and join the twitter business list to help you find followers.

100 Ways to Use Twitter In Your Library

Some ways, but not 100

What can Twitter do for my library & my community?

What is Twitter? What can Twitter do for my library & my community? Nice site looking at the ways in which it can be used in a library environment.

If You Printed Twitter It Would Cover 350 Million Sheets of Paper [Infographic]

Some great statistics and graphics to go with it!

TwitterLeague > League: Libraries on Twitter

List of libraries on Twitter. Great listing.

FUMSI - Life is Tweet: Social Media at Orkney Library & Archive

Really useful article on how one library service has used Twitter and facebook to improve their profile.

GigaTweet - Counting the number of tweets

GigaTweet
counting the number of tweets ...

Analysis tools

Friend or Follow

Who are you following and are they following you?

User Search | Twitter Grader

Twitter Grader : Measure the power and authority of your twitter profile

Twitter Followers Statistics by TwitterCounter

Twitter Followers Statistics by TwitterCounter

Twitterholic

Our twittastic robots scan the Twitter public timeline for new twits to tweet. A few times a day, we calculate individual statistics for each twittering twit.

The Twitalyzer for Tracking Influence and Measuring Success in Twitter

Twitalyzer is a unique tool to evaluate the activity of any Twitter user and report on relative influence, signal-to-noise ratio, generosity, velocity, clout, and other useful measures of success. [Personally I think this is total rubbish, but it's available for you to try out.]

Top Twitter Friends

Top Twitter Friends
Who do you talk to most often on Twitter?
Who are your closest friends?
What does your social network look like?
See your conversations:

Twitter Analyzer

Twitter Analyzer Is The Most Advanced Twitter Analytic System In The World.

The ReTweetability Index

The ReTweetability Index measures and ranks Twitter users based on the infectious power of their tweets. This number accounts for number of followers and Tweets overall, so it is a true indicator of infectiousness.

Tweeps.info - tracking your tweeps!

Welcome to Tweeps.info - tracking your tweeps! What do they tweet about? How much do they tweet? How social are they? Do they use hashtags? Share URLs? Tweeps.info answers these questions and more. We analyze the content of Twitter users' tweets.

Tweeting By Numbers: 7 Ways to Become a Twitter Analyst

There are plenty of Twitter tools out there designed to help you understand TwitterTwitter metrics.

When Did You Join Twitter?

Find out when you joined Twitter

Twadges: Twitter Badges

Hello! Enter your Twitter username to get your Twadges: Twadges are the latest sensation taking the Twittersphere by storm.
There are over 60 Twadges to earn based on your Twitter performance - think scout badges and you're there. Just a bit of fun, really.

Twilitics; link shortening and tracking service

Twilitics is analytics for Twitter, tracking the clicks on your URLs. Use this resource to shorten your long URL, and then keep a watch to see how many clicks you get.

Follower Wonk: compare Twitter users

Follower Wonk is a fun, free app that shows you shared and unique friends and followers of different Twitter users. Plus lots more!

To start, simply enter 2 or 3 different Twitter user names above.

We will work our magic, and show you nifty charts that reveal their shared and unique friends (people who they follow) and followers (people who follow them). Oh, and we'll also actually tell you WHO these shared or unique friends and followers are. This is a great way to find commonalities between even the most disparate people.

Here Be Twitterers - We Put Your Social Graph on the Map

Wondering where your Twitter friends are?

We created HereBeTwitterers, so you can see all your friends on a map.

FirstFollower.com

Hey! I know who was your first follower   Wanna know who was your first follower?

Twiangulate

Choose 2 or 3 people that you follow, and see who they follow in combination. Really interesting way to locate new people to follow.

Backup and Search Your Friends' Tweets with Google Reader - Social Networks - Lifehacker

Thanks to a combination of RSS magic and Twitter API, it's possible to search the tweets of everyone in your Twitter network with Google Reader. Here's how to do it.

TweetStats

This is a very good analyitics tool. How many tweets, how often, when, retweets, responses, tweet cloud, link into Wordle - excellent!

@Philbradley's (Phil Bradley) most favourited tweets

Most favourited tweets by @Philbradley

tweet cloud

Tweet Cloud is a service that lets you generate a cool looking cloud of the words your tweets mostly contain.

Twimemachine - Easily browse through your old tweets.

Use TwimeMachine to easily browse through your old tweets. Read what you said ages ago.

Definition of Twitter tags, the easy hashtag directory

Ever seen a hashtag on Twitter, and wondered what it is all about? Now you can look it up, and cast your vote on the definitions. And if you don't like the definitions, or none exists, you can create your own in seconds.

Twitter Tussle - What's More Popular on Twitter?

Type in two terms, see which is mentioned most often. Fun and pointless.

TagWalk: A Twitter powered Reputation and Recommendation Engine

TagWalk is a Twitter-powered Reputation and Recommendation Engine. It wanders around Twitter and the web discovering noteworthy things and maps the connections between them.

The Archivist

The Archivist, an online tool to archive, analyze, visualize, save and export tweets.

Tweet Topic Explorer

Interesting app that takes your tweets and breaks them down into words/topics and displays them visually for you to see.

TweetWhen

This resource analysis your last 1000 tweets and tells you when the best time it is for you to post in order to get the most retweeets. Personally I think its a rubbish idea, but there you go.

Twitter Search Engines

Twellow :: Twitter Directory, Twitter Search, & Twitter Yellow Pages

Twellow is a directory of public Twitter accounts, with hundreds of categories and search features to help you find people who matter to you.

Just Tweet It » THE Directory for Twitter Users!

Just Tweet It is a user directory for Twitter organized by genre to allow for users to easily find other Twitter users to connect with.

TwitterPacks / Twitter Pack by Topic

Lots of links and resources for librarians. You can add yourself to the wiki or find others.

monitter : real time, live twitter monitor | free live twitter embed widget

It's a twitter monitor, it lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a set of keywords and watch what people are saying.

Tweet Scan - Microblog Search

Who is talking about 'librarian' right now? (or indeed anything else that interests you).

#hashtags - What's happening right now on twitter

Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. This resource lets you search them.

TweetStalk

Stalk, Don't Follow Sometimes you want to follow someone on Twitter, but you don't want them to know you're following them. We present to you TweetStalk the simple way to stalk Twitter users without having to follow them.

twibs - Twitter Business Directory - 17,800 businesses and counting! - Add your business today!

Twibs is the Twitter Business Directory. Our directory of twitter businesses has over 17,800 businesses who twitter. Add your business to the list today and join the twitter business list to help you find followers.

Twitter StreamGraphs

A visual search engine to show you terms. Not sure how useful it is, but there ya go.

PicFog - real-time image search

Real time image search powered by twitter and twitpic. Breaking news in images.

TwitPicGrid - by jazzychad

Images posted to Twitter real time.

A Couple of Twitter Search Tricks

Some nice tricks and ways of using the Twitter search engine

TweepSearch :: Twitter Profile and Bio Search

Twitter bio and profile search, even allows you to limit by your personalized friends and followers.

» twittersphere | the most talked about stories from social messaging utility twitter.com

A current melange of the most talked about stories from social messaging utility twitter.com - the screen into the greenhouse of worldshaking linkage and chatter.

IceRocket real-time search

Real-time blog search engine. Trends tracking. This link takes you directly to the Icerocket Twitter search option.

twendz : Exploring Twitter Conversations and Sentiment

Twendz generalizes conversations on Twitter by aggregating and analyzing sentiment for topics as they happen.

monitter : real time, live twitter monitor | free live twitter embed widget

What is it? Simple. It's a twitter monitor, it lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a set of keywords and watch what people are saying about that subject.

Trendistic

Type in your search term, see what people are saying.

Nearby Tweets - Instantly find twitterers nearby

Nearby Tweets makes it simple to find twitterers nearby (or anywhere for that matter). Automatically finds your location and the last 50 tweets near you. Customize your search with a the location, search radius, and keywords.

Tweet Scan - Microblog Search

Searches Twitter and other similar services

BackTweets

Search for back links found on Twitter.

twopular - popular trends on twitter

twopular - popular trends on twitter

TweepSearch :: Twitter Profile and Bio Search

Twitter bio and profile search, even allows you to limit by your personalized friends and followers.

TweetMeme - Search and Retweet the Hottest Stories on Twitter

TweetMeme finds the hottest stories from twitter for you to retweet

Twitterfall

Nice resource to search for words, phrases, hashtags and follow them via realtime scrolling.

AskTwitR

Yet another search engine!

#hashtags - What's happening right now on twitter

#Hashtags search. What's happening right now on twitter

Twithority Search

Twitter Search by authority

TwittLink - Your headlines on Twitter

Your headlines on Twitter; it's a meme tracker to keep up to date with headlines on Twitter.

Listorious: Discover the Best Twitter Lists

The directory of awesome lists on Twitter

Topsy - A search engine powered by tweets

Type in your search, see who is tweeting about you or it. Works well, though data is arranged by relevence, not time.

twitrratr

Discover what people are really saying on Twitter. With Twitrratr you can distinguish negative from positive tweets surrounding a brand, product, person or topic

Tweet Scan - Microblog Search

Search Twitter and identi.ca, get email alerts, backup your Twitter account, and more. It's a nice little search engine, has a commercial aspect to it as well. Can limit by word, hashtag, user.

50 tools to help you search Twitter

50 tools to help you search Twitter - good collection, broken down into different subject areas.

Snapbird

Good Twitter search tool

Real-time local Twitter trends - Trendsmap

Nice map that shows lots of trending information.

Listorious: Twitter people search and lists directory

Listorious has the best Twitter people search on the web so you can find anyone by topic, region or profession -- powered by data from the tens of thousands of list curators. Once you find the right person, you can interview them by asking questions over Listorious.

Followers; finding, checking, dropping

I Twannabe like you!

Find out who your Twitter hero is following and you are not!
Only works for the first 2000 contacts (with open accounts) you and your hero have:

FriendOrFollow.com - Who's not following you back? Who aren't you following?

Who are you following that's not following you back? Who's following you that you're not following back? Find out!

Twubble

Twubble is a Twitter extension which helps you find more friends.

fb140: Find all of your facebook friends who are using Twitter

This is for those who really want to mash all their friends and contacts together..

Unfollow Twitter users who do not follow you!

Unfollow Twitter users who do not follow you!

Twtify (Beta) - Get Twitter Followers

Type in your keyword, authenticate your account, and get a list of people to follow.

ManageTwitter - Fast & Easy Unfollowing

   
ManageTwitter
Twitter Account Management Clean up and manage who you follow.
Find out who isn't following you back.
Find out which inactive accounts you follow.
Easily search inside your Twitter stream.

Twitter Contact Management Software | TwiPing

Features Create Twitter lists with hundreds of users with a single click

Follow multiple Twitter users - quality matters! :: Tweepi

How to get twitter followers? Use Tweepi to bulk follow and add interesting users. Geeky Follow is a simple utility for quickly following quality tweeples based on their activity patterns...

To put it in simpler words, the most common way to find and add people with the same interests as you on Twitter, is to find a popular Twitterer under your topic, say 'phpc' or 'techcrunch' for the geeky people like myself, and add people that follow these known users or communities.

Twitter sleeping times

Specify the Twitter username of the person whose sleeping pattern you want to know (eg. labnol) and hit Enter. Our algorithm will determine the approximate sleeping schedule based on the time when he or she stays least active on Twitter.

Good Twitter cartoon

Very amusing cartoon about following/unfollowing people

Follow Finder by Google

Find people to follow
Follow Finder analyzes public social graph information (following and follower lists) on Twitter to find people you might want to follow. Enter a Twitter username to find tweeps.

ManageFlitter - Fast & Easy Unfollowing for Twitter

* Clean up and manage who you follow.
* Find out who isn't following you back.
* Find out which inactive accounts you follow.
* Easily search inside your Twitter stream.

Know when your followers are online

Sign up and it'll tell you apparently.

Following - are they following back?

Are You Following Me Too? Find Out If You're Being Followed Back On Twitter Get a list of people who you are following but who aren't following you back Free Sign In
Features: Who are you following that's not following you back?
Who's following you that you're not following back?

Track conversations between 2 Twitter users

Bettween.com allows users to easily track and share conversations from Twitter. Limited to about 7 days.

Tools to Boost Your Social Media Productivity » SocialOomph.com

Allows you to do a whole bunch of stuff with your Twitter account. Commercial version lets you do stuff with Facebook too. Formerly TweetLater

Go TwitSprout - Twitter Analytics and Raw Data - Beta Portal

This is a one page analytics tool. OK, nothing special.

Third Party resources

How to use Tweetdeck

Tweetdeck is a great tool, and this link shows you how to make good use of it.

twalala

Get ready to take control of your twitterstream. twalala is a client for Twitter that allows you to control what you see, and more importantly, what you don't see in your twitterstream.

Using twalala, you can filter tweets out of your stream by keywords and phrases or mute individuals who get a bit too chatty. Finally, Twitter with a mute button.

Yammer : Enterprise Microblogging

Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: What are you working on?

Twitter multi account manager & brand monitor | Splitweet

Multi-account Twitter reputation management for corporate users. Do you have more than one Twitter account? Splitweet is your tool!

Welcome to BubbleTweet!

Add Video To Your Twitter Page In Seconds with BubbleTweet

Seesmic

A resource like Tweetdeck that allows you to create your own groups and make it easier to keep onto of the tweets.

TweetDeck

TweetDeck: a simple and fast way to experience Twitter.

TwitChuck - Seriously taking on Twitter spam

TwitChuck is serious about Twitter spam. We provide multiple tools to help you manage and stop Twitter spam.

HOW TO: Create Groups for Twitter

One of the most demanded features for Twitter has been the ability to create groups. Here is a roundup of some of 11 ways to create groups on Twitter.

share youtube videos on twitter

Share youtube videos on twitter with a nifty little URL

TwittImg (Beta) - Share Your Pictures On Twitter Easily

3rd party app to allow you to post images to your Twitter account. Does require your password details however, which I'm not so keen on.

Twapper Keeper - Archive Tweets

Allows you to archive and organize your tweets based upon hash tags.

What The Trend? Find out WHY terms are trending on Twitter

Find out what's trending on Twitter and why. For each trend, we give you a quick explanation of WHY it's trending (these blurbs are edited by you!) You can also see the latest tweets, Flickr photos and news stories.

Twittermania: 140+ More Twitter Tools!

Various Twitter-related tools and plugins have been multiplying fast over since we did our big Twitter Toolbox and 8 awesome Firefox plugins for Twitter

31 Power Tools For Twitter Lovers To Make Lives Easier @ SmashingApps

Lots of tools to let you extend the use of Twitter.

praetorius.com » Create Your Own Twitterwall with www.twitterwall.me

Nice walk through on how to create your own twitterwall to catch tweets on a subject.

How to Add a Twitter Button to Your Blog: All Possible Options

Twitter is recognized as one of the best viral marketing tools. So if you have a good post you think might go viral, Twitter is your best bet to attract people's and 'linkers' attention to it.

twittLoad - Free File Hosting for Twitter

Free Files Hosting for Twitter

Tw2buzz - Import your twitter contacts to google buzz

Migrate from Twitter to Google Buzz, list your twitter contacts, find out if they use Google Buzz and add them to your google contacts .

TweetGuru : Multi DM - Send Direct Messages to Multiple People

Authenticate your account, and you can then send a lot of DM's at once.

MASHe - BBC iPlayer and Twitter subtitles

Twitter subtitles for BBC iPlayer

Twimemachine - Easily browse through your old tweets.

Enter your Twitter username to browse your old tweets. Works well.

Another tweet on the wall - Watch twitter live

A Twitter fountain - type in a keyword or hashtag and see the tweets flow.

Twittinesis

Twittinesis
You have a blog and a twitter account. You know you can't post long discourses on twitter so you maintain your blog. You'd like an easy way for people to read your tweets on your blog.

Twittinesis will collate your tweets posted on a particular day and post the tweets on your blog. It's automatic after you sign up.

TwitLoader

The easiest way to upload your photos to Twitter

Twapper Keeper - Archive Tweets

If you have hashtags that you want to keep and archive, this resource will do the trick.

Twapper Keeper - Archive Tweets

If you have hashtags that you want to keep and archive, this resource will do the trick.

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious*NEW* Bookmark URLs in your Favorites!This site provides a simple bookmarking service. We follow your twitter feed, and whenever a status you tweet or re-tweet contains URLs, we add
them to your delicious.com bookmarks. Optionally, bookmark URLs in @replies to you, and in tweets you mark as Favorites.

Furthere, your Twitter driven Weblog

Furthere takes your Tweets and turns them into a smooth, comprehensive Weblog.

Twitter Symbols

Add fun symbols into your tweets with a cut and paste action.

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious

Packrati.us = Twitter + Delicious*NEW* Bookmark URLs in your Favorites!This site provides a simple bookmarking service. We follow your twitter feed, and whenever a status you tweet or re-tweet contains URLs, we add them to your delicious.com bookmarks.

Twitter Buttons by twt140.com offers unique and free buttons for your blogs, websites, and online profiles

Twitter Buttons Script by twt140.com offers unique and free buttons for your blogs, websites, and online profiles. Add them to your website or blog.

Revisit Lets You Create A Beautiful, Animated Twitter Wall

Nice way of linking realtime to tweets and visualising them

Twitter Subtitles Generator

Tool for creating new subtitle files for BBC iPlayer from twitter search results. The user creats a custom twitter search and the application creates a W3C Timed Text Authoring Format XML file used in the BBC Desktop iPlayer.

5 Free Services for Pre-Scheduling Your Twitter Updates

If you want to tweet and you're not available at the time you want to send it, try one of these services. Mashable roundup.

Listen to Twitter

Sometimes an app comes along that's so bad and pointless, you have to link to it. This is one of those times.

The Twitter Tim.es - a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account

The Twitter Times is a real-time personalized newspaper generated from your Twitter account Based on Media Sources Based on Twitter Lists Really good idea!

Another tweet on the wall - A good twitter wall

This is a really visual display, one tweet at a time, for a given hashtag. Merges in and out very smoothly.

Tweet-o-Meter - Giving you an insight into Twitter activity from around the world!

Showing tweets per minute Tweet-o-Meter is powered by CASA as part of the NeISS project.

Lanyrd | the social conference directory

Lanyrd is the social conference directory. Find conferences your friends are going to, see what's happening at conferences right now, build up a speaker profile, catch up on past conference coverage. Use Lanyrd to help organise and promote your conference, get analytics on your attendees.

Upload your own podcast to Twitter

Create an mp3 or record online and this resource will upload and store it, and tweet to your account.

Tweetfilter is Like a Gmail Filter for Twitter

Firefox/Chrome/Internet Explorer: Tweetfilter is probably the most powerful filter you can find for your Twitter stream, unless you start decoding Twitter's API yourself. You can block phrases, retweets of certain users, particular web sites and services, and nearly anything else.

Buffer is a smarter way to Tweet

Buffer helps you tweet more consistently by allowing you to choose set times to tweet each day. Once you've chosen the times, you simply keep a 'buffer' of tweets topped up and the application will automatically tweet on your behalf. Try it for free.

Twitter lists

Information about lists, resources for using, finding, creating.

Twitter list embedder

Widget direct from twitter. Choose your list and pop the code where you want.

HOW TO: Use Twitter Lists

The newly launched Twitter Lists feature allows you to group together, follow, and find Twitter users. Learn the ins and outs of this new feature in our guide.

Twitter Lists

Lots of Twitter lists er... listed!

111 Twitter tools

Useful list, in categories, rather like this one in fact.

Collections of resources

The Top 327 Twitter Tools, Twitter Resources, and Twitter Services

The following websites will help you make better use of Twitter for promoting and marketing your books, products, services, and websites.

Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared

Searching for people or applications on Twitter? Good luck with that. Since Twitter offers little in the way of people search features (though they now) there are some resources that will help. This is a compilation.

25 Twitter Apps for Multi-Account Users - Birdsall Social Media

Various different resources that are worth looking at.

Twitter Lists

Twitter Resource Lists. Lots of lists from Mashable!

Twitter Applications List You'll Ever Need

Welcome to Twitterapps! - I have 275 Twitter applications at the momentTwitter applications can be called by different names. They are sometimes called as 'twitter tools', 'twitter add-ons' and the likes. But whatever the name they are called, they are simply websites which have built-in scripts.

10 Most Useful Free Twitter Tools for Bloggers

From Robin Good: I present to you my list of 10 most useful free Twitter tools for bloggers that we use daily and find of the most practical use in our blogging routine.

3rd party Twitter Applications List

Nice collection of over 180 applications

Home: Twt140.com - The Destination for best Twitter Applications

A nice collection of applications.

Using Twitter in Business

How well do you use your twittersphere?

Basic outline of the use of the service from a business perspective

17 Ways You Can Use Twitter: A Guide for Beginners and Businesses

Twitter is a micro blogging platform which allows you to publish short messages. Here are some ways to use twitter and examples on how Twitter can be used.

Yet Another Way Twitter Minds Everyone's Business

Brief article on using twitter to keep up with the news.

Twitter for recruiters

2 pdf based articles looking at how the resource can be used to headhunt.

25+ Twitter Articles Every Small Business Owner Must Read | TJ Dzine

Hey, I thought I'd compile a list of some of the best articles on how to use twitter for business. Here is the list, currently comprising of 25+ articles.

How To Use Twitter For Business Video

Video: How To Use Twitter For Business.

50 Ways To Use Twitter as a Job Search Tool | Job Search Tips and Advice - Applicant - A Guide To All Things Career

Everyday more people are using Twitter to find jobs. Not only are people on Twitter to look for jobs but employers are also looking for people to hire. Some are on Twitter specifically to recruit. This is a good overview of how it can be used.

7 Insanely Useful Ways to Search Twitter for Marketing

Very useful little how to article. Quick to read, full of good sense. Includes finding content via Google search.

Amplicate - Making Your Opinion Count

Amplicate makes your opinion count. We group similar opinions in one place; making them more likely to be found by other people and companies.

Twitter for business - 36 useful tools

Whether you decide to engage in social networking as a marketing strategy or not, Twitter has become a powerful tool to search and monitor your brand, your competitors, and for lead generation.

Twitter for law firms; Law Firm Web Strategy

A nice short article on how NOT to use Twitter in a legal context.

Information Commissioners Office Twitter guidelines policy

Very useful and interesting policy guidelines for those of you who need corporate guidelines and examples.

Using Twitter in Education

25 interesting ways to use Twitter in the classroom

Nice Google docs slideshow presentation

5 Things To Get Your Twitter Network Off The Ground | ICT in my Classroom

As I have recently helped a few people begin their network with Twitter I thought I would write about a few ideas to help get started and to make the most of Twitter for teachers.

Why Twitter?

This is an educational wiki but it's not been updated in a while, so not sure it's still active.

100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter | Online College Degree

Busy teachers may feel that taking the time to learn how to use Twitter isn't worth the return for the students benefit, so that's why this list of 100 tips, apps, and resources is worth browsing.

Video on Twitter produced by JISC

Video file posted to blip.tv by web2practice.

30 Twitter Tips for Teachers

A nice collection of ideas on how teachers can use Twitter.

Twitter Blog 

Nice collection of blog posts on the use of Twitter in education

100 Twitter Feeds To Make You a Better Teacher

100 Twitter Feeds To Make You a Better Teacher

Teaching With Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Interesting article on how some teachers are allowing the use of Twitter within lectures - for good and ill!

Pleased to Tweet You: Making a case for Twitter in the classroom - 12/1/2009 - School Library Journal

The lights are dimmed and the LCD projector is on when my seventh graders arrive for English class on a cool September morning at Stafford Middle School in Plattsburgh, a small school district on the western shore of Lake Champlain in Northern New York.

Nice ideas and examples of using twitter with schoolchildren, including details on putting together a proposal.

HootCourse

HootCourse makes it easier for instructors and students to collaborate via Twitter and Facebook. Create your HootCourse today!

Twitter widgets

Add Twitter Remote to your blog or website!

This widget shows which twitter users recently visited your blog or website.

TwitIMG.com

With TwitIMG you can keep everyone up to date by using your latest Twitter status, displayed in the form of an appealing image. TwitIMG will grab your latest Twitter status and display it, along with your screen name and avatar, as an image for your site.

20 Twitter Badges to Show Off Your Tweets

Here are 20 embeddable badges and widgets that you can customize to include your tweets and, in some cases, those of your friends.

10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter With Your Website

Nice little collection.

Designing Tweets: How To Integrate Twitter Into Your Web Site

Jennifer Farley: In order to grab your attention and have you follow them on Twitter, some web site owners choose to go beyond a simple ?Follow Me? and also display their latest tweets. I don't know if one method is preferable over the other in order to actually pick up followers, but I thought it might be helpful to take a look at how you can display tweets and also how some designers are making their tweets stand out, or in some cases blend in to the overall design.

Twittinesis

Publish your tweets directly into your blog stream. Simple and straightforward.

Loudtwitter delivering tweets by the dozen

Post tweets (from twitter.com), to your blogs (Atom or Email)

Generate Your Own Twitter Logo | Twitlogo

Create text in a Twitter font

Tweetboard - True Twitter Conversation

Tweetboard is True Twitter Conversation for your website. Embed it onto a webpage and have conversations threaded there and ported back to Twitter as well.

jotabl | your twitter shoutbox

Do you use Twitter? Chances are that your visitors do to. Improve your website by encouraging visitors to leave their comments through the powerful medium of Twitter.

Get the new Twitterfountain | Twitterfountain

Very nice visual display for Twitter tweets. Lots of options.

How To Bookmark Twitter Links

Booking your links from Twitter into delicious using Packrat.us, which is how I do. Nice quick and easy overview.

Twitter buttons

Twitter buttons. Want to make it easy for someone to tweet your stuff? Try one of these Twitter buttons.

Twitter backgrounds

Twitter Backgrounds Gallery

Twitter Backgrounds Gallery is the largest showcase of unique Twitter backgrounds submitted and recommended by Twitter users worldwide. Get inspired, vote for your favorites, find a designer or DIY resources and most importantly - have fun!

Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists

From tweeting about the artistic process to sharing upcoming gallery news, here are 10 ways artists can better connect with their followers on Twitter.

Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices

Check out this overview of best practices to stand out from the crowd with your Twitter theme and follow the tutorial to create your own profile from scratch.

How-To: Create a Unique Twitter Background (UPDATED)

Here we've pulled together a collection of how-to articles, advice, resources and tools to help you create a unique background for your Twitter Profile. At the bottom, you'll find some very useful online pattern/background generators that you can use for your Twitter background as well as your website or blog.

Twitter Backgrounds | Free Twitter Backgrounds | twitrounds.com

Twitter Backgrounds by twitrounds. Get high quality free twitter backgrounds on your twitter profile today.

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Put your Twitter followers on your Twitter backgroundWelcome to Twilk!
Twilk takes your Twitter followers' profile photos and puts them on your Twitter background. Choose between people you follow and/or your followers.

Twitter in the news

Twitter use in the UK explodes

UK Internet traffic to Twitter has increased 10-fold over past last 12 months, according to Hitwise. For the week ending 17/01/09 Twitter ranked as the 291st most visited website in the UK, up from a ranking of 2,953 for the week ending 19/01/08. UK Internet traffic to the website has increased by a staggering 974% over this period.

YouTube - Twittersnow

A screencast of Barnabu's Google Earth browser version of the Twitter UK Snow map.

Alltop - Top Twitter News

Twitter news and headlines from around the web.

Twitter celebrities

Times article on celebs on Twitter. Bit old now, but interesting.

twitter.com - Quantcast Audience Profile

Twitter.com is a top 50 site that reaches over 28 million U.S. monthly people. The site attracts a young adult, slightly more female than male audience.The typical visitor reads Perez Hilton, subscribes to Entertainment Weekly, and visits freeweblayouts.com.

Hitwise Intelligence - Robin Goad - UK

UK usage of Twitter statistics

Twitter growth

Twitter is growing at a phenomenal rate, according to an employee post on the Twitter blog.

Just how phenomenal? Try this: Active users have increased 900% in a year, and two times the traffic that Twitter's website receives heads to Twitter's APIs ? meaning that far more people use outside clients to manage their tweeting, including SMS.

Guardian article on the influence of Twitter. February 2009

The hottest microblogging service, Twitter, is changing the way TV, literature and media operate. Ajesh Patalay reports

Twitter: we all need to be in the loop - Times Online

General news article written in February 2009

Twooting.com: The Daily Podcast All About Twitter

The Daily Podcast All About Twitter

How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live - TIME

Once just a fad, Twitter is developing into a powerful form of communication. What its growth says about us; and the future of American innovation

Teens don't tweet? They may start soon.

August 2009 article on the changing demographics of Twitter.

Twitter: A Vampire That Can Legally Suck the Life Out of You - Advertising Age - The Media Guy

When Twitter announced recent changes to its terms of service, its executives knew exactly how to spin the news.

Teens Adopting Twitter

Useful article with lots of data which demonstrates that teenagers are now adopting Twitter in larger numbers than ever before.

How Twitter Conquered the World in 2009

With important new features and huge mainstream growth, Twitter has made waves in 2009. Here's a recount of the year's ups and downs for Twitter, and a glimpse of what's in store for 2010.

Why Twitter Will Endure - NYTimes.com

Useful positive article

More than 100 MPs are using twitter

Short article on who, why and numbers.

US Troops allowed to use Twitter

BBC reports that US troops are now allowed to use Twitter, and the benefits outweigh the dangers.

Man fined for Twitter airport 'bomb threat' - Channel 4 News

A man who posted a message on the social network site Twitter threatening to blow up Robin Hood Airport has been convicted of sending a menacing electronic communication.

Be careful what you Tweet

Fun BBC article on the dangers of tweeting before you think.

Costolo: Twitter Now Has 190 Million Users Tweeting 65 Million Times A Day

Twitter COO Dick Costolo offered some updated stats at the Conversational Media Summit today in New York City. Twitter is now attracting 190 million visitors per month and generating 65 million Tweets a day.

14 Twitter Charts You Must See

Some statistics - not sure where they're from, but it's a quick run through of some stats.

Why Twitter matters for media organisations | Alan Rusbridger | Technology | guardian.co.uk

In an extract from his Andrew Olle lecture, the Guardian editor-in-chief sets out 15 things Twitter does effectively

How Twitter is Changing: A new study reveals Twitter's new direction | Social Media Today

Really good overview of how Twitter changed between 2009 and 2010. Lots of graphs and facts and figures.

Interfaces

Accessible Twitter : web accessibility for the Twitter.com website application

Accessible Twitter. Web accessibility for the Twitter web application. The Twitter.com website redone with strict web standards and web accessibility. Tweet on Accessible Twitter.

Tweetwally - Organize and Present Tweets

Tweetwally lets you search Twitter for tweets based on hashtags, usernames, and keywords to create your own customized tweetwall.

Multiwiple

Nice Twitter client that allows you to see various slices of your feed. Unable to widen the columns though, which is a great shame.