Now it seems like the number one thing to "twitter" about is "twittering" (or is that "tweeting"?).  I just came across this neat little tool called Twitt(url)y, that tracks what URLs people are talking about.  Guess what? The majority of the links are about Twitter! :)

Although this tool probably isn't very useful right now, as Twitter gains in popularity so will this tool and tools like it.



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If you haven't seen this already, be sure to take a read through the following stories (in order):

• Craigslist Is Our Mirror, Nothing Better (Or Worse)
• Craigslist Thieves Caught
  

They tell the story about some not-so-smart, but resourceful, thieves in Jacksonville, Oregon.  They put an ad on Craigslist saying that anything at a specific home was up for grabs; the problem was that it wasn't their home!  A few of those that read the ad, acted on it and before you know it much of the stuff at the house was gone.  Just think, how easy would that be do to do right now?  Kind of scary, eh?

Regardless, when you read the second link you'll see that it didn't quite work for the person that posted the ad.  So don't think that your actions on Internet are anonymous when they seem like they might be...


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I just came across this Best Practices Document created by Google that I thought might of use to others, take a look...

• http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/articles/bestprac.html

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A friend of mine just notified me (via Facebook interestingly enough) of a new Social Networking site called Yuwie.com that is trying to monetize social networking.
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How many times has somebody assigned you a task and you wonder, "what the heck does this mean?"  Many times the problem lies within the the phrasing of the task, and with some simple re-wording there could be much less confusion.

If you're not sure how you should phrase your to-do's or the to-do's that you'll assign to others, be sure to check out this great little post that was written a while back...

• http://www.43folders.com/2005/09/12/building-a-smarter-to-do-list-part-i

The key points from within article are that useful to-dos share these common qualities:

• it's a physical action
• it can be accomplished at a sitting
• it supports valuable progress toward a recognized goal
• it's something for which you are the most appropriate person for the job
  

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