Twitter/External Links

About Twitter

Twitter homepage - only one of many ways to access the service
A quick introduction to Twitter, written in chunks of 140 characters or less
Another introduction, written in plain text, with screenshots of tweets
Yet another introduction — a Prezi on Twitter for mathematicians
An overview of the different uses of Twitter in scientific contexts
A list of 100 scientists on Twitter, roughly grouped by discipline
Twitter By The Numbers — some basic statistics about Twitter usage, as of April 2010
Real-Time News Gathering — A talk on the use of Twitter in journalism
How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive

Quote: Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter's inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress.

Tweak the Tweet — suggestions on how to use Twitter during emergencies, crises, and disasters
TweetDeck — allows to manage Twitter accounts: visualizing tweets and direct messages, posting new ones, saved searches
TweetStats — provides statistical descriptors of Twitter accounts
Twitter for busy people — sorts tweeters chronologically by last tweet
TwtShots — archives Twitter avatars
Twitter Tim.es — provides a newspaper-inspired social aggregation functionality based on links that have been tweeted within the network of a Twitter user
Twibbon — allows to add a ribbon to Twitter avatars, to show support for or opposition to projects, campaigns or events
Tweetvolume — visualizes the relative volume of tweets on up to three keywords
Twitterfountain — visualizes tweets on a keyword in a dynamic way