Earlier today I noticed it’s three years since my life on Twitter began. It now seems strange to me that I was such a late starter compared to many other connected folk, given that Twitter is now so central to my life. now know that blogs and Twitter are highly complementary. Yes Twitter can be time-consuming. MORE >>

This is huge for Twitter. As search becomes totally incorporated into the Twitter interface, the service will hit a critical inflection point. Search as its interface is the problem and the solution, and it's great to see the progress being made. Twitter people search. MORE >>

Missed this post announcing further refinements to how Twitter is integrating search (I was in NYC last week), but it's worth noting, and thinking about. think the focus, however, should be on this line: "The best way to experience Twitter Search is when it's a natural part of your normal Twitter experience.". MORE >>

what else would you use for search (not professional development or other non-research tasks)? good blog-search tool like Technorati.com. familiarity with Google News Timelines and Google Search Timelines. couple of discussion forum search tools, such as Board Tracker and Board Reader. MORE >>

In earlier posts, I provided some tips for improving your Twitter efficiency and mining Twitter for information. While both of these provide useful ways to utilize Twitter, you also need to be prepared to respond to other people quickly. Here are my top three real-time monitoring tools for Twitter. Written by Dawn Foster. MORE >>