links for 2009-02-27 The Twitter edition

This post touches on issues of measurability of the worth of Twitter and the branding versus personal argument. Left me wanting more though.

The latest in a long-line of misinformed articles about Twitter but this time from my home patch in Manchester. How Do defines the micro-blogging platform: “Yes, the craze, which is kind of free text messaging for grown-ups, who want to be like kids, but with Blackberries, has exploded over recent months”. I’m thinking there needs to be a new term for this genre as it’s so commonplace at the moment.

A list of dos and don’ts including “Plan for more people to show up than you think. It’s Twitter. These people do know how to spread the word better than anyone.”

Useful getting started guide to Twitter written in an accessible way. “If you only follow one Twitterer you are probably a stalker rather than a member of a community 🙂 This stuck me when one (female) colleague decided to test Twitter by following me (and only me) and having my tweets delivered via SMS. I hate to think what her husband made of the frequency with which her mobile phone beeped when she received my tweets :-)”