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Twitter homepage - only one of many ways to access the service
A quick introduction to Twitter, written in chunks of 140 characters or less
Another introduction, written in plain text, with screenshots of tweets
Yet another introduction — a Prezi on Twitter for mathematicians
An overview of the different uses of Twitter in scientific contexts
A list of 100 scientists on Twitter, roughly grouped by discipline
Twitter By The Numbers — some basic statistics about Twitter usage, as of April 2010
Real-Time News Gathering — A talk on the use of Twitter in journalism
How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive

Quote: Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter's inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress.

Tweak the Tweet — suggestions on how to use Twitter during emergencies, crises, and disasters
TweetDeck — allows to manage Twitter accounts: visualizing tweets and direct messages, posting new ones, saved searches
TweetStats — provides statistical descriptors of Twitter accounts
Twitter for busy people — sorts tweeters chronologically by last tweet
TwtShots — archives Twitter avatars
Twitter Tim.es — provides a newspaper-inspired social aggregation functionality based on links that have been tweeted within the network of a Twitter user
Twibbon — allows to add a ribbon to Twitter avatars, to show support for or opposition to projects, campaigns or events

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 *[http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/04/twitter-by-the-numbers.html Twitter By The Numbers] &mdash; some basic statistics about Twitter usage, as of April 2010
 *[http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2010/04/real-time_news_gathering_-_140.php Real-Time News Gathering] &mdash; A talk on the use of Twitter in [[journalism]]
-*[http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/04/how-tweet-it-is-library-acquires-entire-twitter-archive/ How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive] &mdash; Quote: ''Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter's inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the [[Library of Congress]].''
+*[http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2010/04/how-tweet-it-is-library-acquires-entire-twitter-archive/ How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive]
+:Quote: ''Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter's inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the [[Library of Congress]].''
 *[http://flowingdata.com/2008/03/12/17-ways-to-visualize-the-twitter-universe/ 17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe] &mdash; informative about both Twitter and [[data visualization]]