Folks, the next time you come up with a great new Twitter tool and you want to get the word out to all of the world, you might want to consider if you're website is capable of handling the GARGANTUAN amount of traffic it might receive from eager to try first timers! Case in point: Tweetblocker A story recently published in Mashable let the caboose out early on this one and try logging on to www.tweetblocker.com and...well, good luck. It's hit or miss )at present(.

If you are searching for a good current "real-time" example of how twitter can help publicize your cause celebre, look no further than the latest being tweeted out today by the likes of such "twitterers" as @wholefoods @WholeFoods - tomorrow, July 1st, is the monthly Twitter for Food event - it would be great for you to join in again! http://tr.im/m1Pq And what are your instructions once you click on the link?

Twitter's real-time search capability has great appeal to anyone wanting to get the pulse of what people are actually tweeting about. Media entities are taking note; companies are using it to deliver fast customer service responses. But I'm still not using Twitter search for my news and information. When I search for news, I stick with Google )and starting to experiment with Bing(.

I came across a recent study by Harvard Business which sums up Twitter 's "current condition" as such: "Twitter resembles more of a one-way, one-to-many publishing service more than a two-way, peer-to-peer communication network." Hmm, surprise to some? The study also discovered that "the top 10% of prolific Twitter users accounted for over 90% of tweets." Now this isn't surprising to me. Those tweeters with thousands upon thousands of followers are tweeting on a daily basis,

Trying to keep up with the latest Twitter applications can be daunting. Dozens of new Twitter apps have come out over the past year. Twitter knew that making its API freely available would actually provide leverage for its own survival and keep the excitement flowing about this powerful social media tool. I recently attended the 140 Twitter Conference . At least 8 new Twitter apps in various stages of production )AKA, not quite ready for prime time( were presented,