OK, I’m all for starting them young, but in the womb?
http://mashable.com/2008/12/14/baby-twitter/
Excerpt:
Expectant father Corey Menscher wanted to “create a device that would give me a chance to be aware of our baby’s movements”. He created a waistband for his wife which sends a Tweet everytime the baby kicks, naming the project “Kickbee”.
Read more here –>
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We’re loving this:
MORE TWITTIN’ SECRETS…
in the series of 100 Twitter Tips, visit:

The Twitter Grade measures the relative power of a Twitter user. It is calculated as a percentile score. Our grade of 88 means that we score higher than 88 percent of the other user profiles that have been graded.
Your grade is calculated using a combination of factors including:
* The number of followers you have
* The power of this network of followers
* The pace of your updates
* The completeness of your profile
* …a few others.
What’s your Twitter grade? Tweet us and let us know - http://www.twitter.com/NikkiPilkington
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Finally, A list of Twitter applications for business men and women on the go.
So now you can update your Twitter whenever you want, wherever you are, all from your mobile phone.
Ross McKillop has a review of 20 applications that you can use on your phones here http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/04/16/20-ways-to-use-twitter-on-your-cell-phone-or-mobile-internet-device/
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Great article from Aaron brezell of Technosailor this morning pointing out what so many are missing out on when using Twitter for business. Be sure to read the full article but the basic premise, in his words is:
If I had to detail a Twitter Golden Rule it would:
Tweet about others at least as much as you Tweet about yourself.
Think about it Twitterpeeps, think about it….
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Thanks to psfk for this:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shares one of the original drawings of the idea behind Twitter on his flickr and includes an interesting explanation of how the concept came about.

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The brainchild of Alfred Armstrong and Nikki Pilkington, Tweetake is here to allow you to back-up your followers, people you are following and Tweets with just one click.
Why bother to do this? Many reasons:
- Twitter may lose followers again like it did in June / July
- You may change your Twitter name and want to re-follow the people you were following, and contact the people who were following you
- You may want to refer to a Tweet that you sent more than 90 days ago (the longest twitter keeps Tweets for)
A quick round up of morning Twitter news
Matthom got so fed up waiting for Twitter to create an archive facility that he created his own - you can read more about it on his blog. He says:
Rather than updating Twitter directly, I will update via a custom app which copies each update into a local database, as well as updating on Twitter. To my followers, nothing changes. My updates still come across in real-time as they are sent.
He still hasn’t figured out how to get his old Tweets back, but we have no doubt he’s working on it!
I understand why people find it hard to see twitter as anything more than ‘fun’ and a ‘waste of time’ - and indeed it can be both of those things (separately and together in fact!).
But Twitter can also be a great business and marketing tool.
In the past 7 days I have:
It shouldn’t be the be all and end all of Twitter, but lots of people are focused on getting as many people to follow them as possible.
Personally I would rather have a few people really interested in what I have to share than thousands who are just following me in the hope I will follow them back.
But people like Kevin Rose and Robert Scoble have thousands of followers seriously interested in what they have to say - what’s not to like about that?
The fabulous doshdosh has a post today on how to get more twitter followers.