I thought this was a worthy post on twhirl’s blog about why sometimes you can get a “limit exeeded” message on twhirl. Twitter’s limit is 70 request per hour, but you may have OTHER services using that outside of your client twitter app. This just happened to me last night.

Groundswell has a new tool that allows you to see free worldwide consumer data on social activity. Interesting, and useful for a bullet point in a PowerPoint slide. [ via jbernoff ]

Jeremiah Owyang, probably one of my favorite new guys on social media, talks about the new feature “My Starbucks Ideas” where customers can submit, discuss, and vote on ideas (that’s not the best description, but it’s something you’ll get once you see it). If you have interest in Web 2.0 or Social Networking trends, this is a good quick read. This functionality screams for someone to make it into a WordPress plugin.

17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe

Developing a clear social media marketing strategy is lacking these days. Although at Dimension Media I design sites while most people have a marketing plan, I’ve had enough experience already to really appreciate this article at Collective Thoughts.