Who do I follow on Twitter? I tend to be picky and the ones I pick are either people I know, people who make me laugh, those I can learn from, and a few media outlets.

Magpie has stirred up both resentment and hope among the Twitter community. Will anyone make money off this potentially offensive commercial service?

Twitter basics for beginners: what Twitter is, what is a follower, and what you can choose to tweet about.

The short chapters are set up as compare/contrast essays about social media, in the social studies vein. While all are fascinating topics, the writing here is pedantic and scholarly.

People who live under oppressive governments have been using social media applications to bring about social change. By using applications such as email, Facebook, Twitter, etc to communicate with others they attempt to bring awareness to their oppression and thwart the authorities.

With more than 3 million people using Twitter, there are bound to be different types of tweeps out there. Tweeps, of course, are the inclusive Twitter term for "Peeps using Twitter." What kind of tweep are you?

This book in particular seems specifically aimed at the personal blogger, not the would-be professional.There is a TON of useful info about what a blog is, who is out there blogging, and why one might build their online journal.

This is a super little book about blogging that establishes a niche of its own. Starting with the unlikely cover pic of an Eskimo with laptop, apparently blogging on a seat of furs in an expanse of endless ice and snow, the book logs into unusual textual terrain as well.

Plug your Business book review - learn the basics of marketing on MySpace, YouTube, blogs and podcasts and other Web 2.0 social networks.

It´s fun to find followers on Twitter and thrilling to acquire your own contingent of tweeps. The other half of the story involves unfollowing, however, and is a good thing for Twitter newbies to be aware of.