We all know that Mark Shurtleff has no clue how to use Twitter. In fact, he mistakenly announced his Senate Candidacy via twitter when he thought he was sending a text message to news reporter Ben Winslow. But that was like, a whole year ago, right? Mr. Shrutleff has certainly become more aware of how to use Twitter and now knows that whatever he tweets his more than 7k followers will read, right? You would think. But recently Shrutleff has...

I have to say, I’ve been nothing but impressed with UDOT’s use of Twitter. Not only are they constantly and consistently updating us on road closures, serious accidents, and construction progress, they are also very responsive and helpful to individual requests. For example: Back in July, I was stuck in traffic—more specifically, at a dead stop in traffic. I whipped out my phone and sent a tweet to @UtahDOT asking them if they...

Twitter allows you to see who users are following, but for whatever reason, doesn’t allow you to see who is following users. This is lame, and I’m not sure what the thought process is behind it. But there’s a neat little Google search hack I came up with today that you can use to see just who’s following any given user. I’m pretty sure that this won’t give you an exact count, but it’s close...