@uptownsaintjohn - Regularly tweets about Saint John happenings and events

@operabistro - Tweets the lunch special almost every day

@rockwoodpark - Follow for news about events and happenings at the park

@feelgoodsj - Store specials and news about the products they carry

@jessevergen - Saint John Alehouse’s chef tweets about what’s new at the Alehouse and some general food news

@jesuisprest - Brunswick Square fashion central

@UrbanDeli - Great food, good tweets

@attheboardwalk - Tweets about events and specials at Boardwalk bars and restos

@sjtheatre - Follow the Saint John Theatre Company, a truly remarkable organization that delivers great entertainment value

@DirectorSteve - Speaking of the Saint John Theatre Company, Stephen Tobias is the companies Executive Director and also delivers some good Tweets

@cfmh1073fm - Saint’s John’s campus and community voice on the airwaves

@urbanplans - Tweets about urban development in Saint John and elsewhere

@lisahrabluk - SJ Freelance writer and journalist, but also the brains and muscle behind Saint John 225 celebrations

@RedBallInternet - Ok, they’re technically in Moncton, but they just announced they’re bringing Red Ball coverage to Saint John soon.

Follow someone on Twitter we should’ve included? Please tell us about them in the comments.

Okay, you all know that

@username + message

directs a tweet at another person, and causes your tweet to be saved in their “replies” tab.

But did you know that “D” in front of a username automatically makes it a direct, or private Tweet, only viewable in that person’s “direct messages” tab?

Or how about these?

WHOIS and then a person’s username will retrieve profile information for that user on Twitter.

GET and then a person’s username will retrieve the latest Tweet from that person.

There are others shortcuts too - just search Twitter support on Google.

It seems Amazon is up to no good - just in time for Easter they’ve imposed some pretty puritan values on their business strategy. It’s not going over at all well in Twitter-ville. A Twitter search for #Amazonfail will turn up a ton of results - writers, publishers, civil libertarians, the gay and lesbian community and others are very pissed off.

The whole debacle is summed up right here:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/04/13/blogs-and-twitter-coin-amazonfail/

Here’s a Wiki that might catch on and prove quite popular with the Twitter evangelists. It’s called Twitter Packs and it allows anyone to group Twitter feeds by category.

When the media latches on to something, they don’t let go, and such has been the case with Twitter. The 140 character micro-blogging site is now home to every marketing guru, SEO geek, and faux celebrity in the world, and many of them are all a twitter about those things they consume–brands, products, and services.

And how do you keep track of what the twits are saying about you and your company? Enter Tweetbeep. Tweetbeep will alert you, via email, whenever your brand, product, or keyword is Twittered.

If you’re wondering whether Twitter is worth investigating, here is a link that will show you the traffic stats and user demographics over time. http://www.quantcast.com/twitter.com#summary

For those of you who hang out at least part-time in Twitterville, consider following http://twitter.com/bestads to receive a weekly blast of some great ads coming from agencies the world over.