Optimistic Rebel

Wouldn’t it be great if everyone could generate this sort of map to see who’s in their second circle (friend of a friend)? Valdis writes:
This is a social network map of the people I follow on Twitter. They cluster into three emergent clusters — each with a different color node. The arrows show who follows [...]

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Christina Laun has captured just about everything you need to know about Twitter:

Answers “What is Twitter?

Describes ways to use it

Links to several guides, studies and articles as well as tools

Lists libraries using Twitter including our own Cleveland Public Library

Twitter for Librarians: The Ultimate Guide | College@Home
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Optimistic Rebels like you and I are early adopters. We enjoy kicking the tires on new sites and seeing if they have features missing from Facebook or LinkedIn. We also check to see if our friends have gotten there before us. Here’s some practical advice on not being like Marcia on the Brady Bunch with [...]

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