Everyone should know about twitter however I cant make any assumptions so I thought Id explain this tool briefly before I introduce Magpie .

Basically twitter is a platform where you can make short announcements that will be seen by all of your twitter friends. Think of it like a mini version of the wall that you have in facebook. You can send updates via twitter from your twitter account on twitter.com or from various other applications that will run on mobile phones, desktop computers or via email.  Read more... (538 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Ive been playing with Twitter recently. Its a social networking tool that allows you to share updates with other users and stay in touch with your friends with quick snappy statements or questions. You can follow multiple users at which point you see all of their updates. Users following you will receive all of your updates and can reply if they wish. It can become rather addictive. You can get twitter clients for multiple devices including your Blackberry (Twitterberry) , PC or IPhone etc etc.

The tool can also be great for networking and reaching out to a wider global audience. Learn from your twitter buddies and share, share, share.  Read more... (123 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)