Search WorldCat via Twitter!

#Ask4Stuff is a new, Twitter-based service that returns a WorldCat search when you send a tweet with the tag #Ask4Stuff. I just tried it out by sending the following tweet:

#Ask4Stuff World Cup + Social Media and I received the following reply within seconds:

Ask4Stuff

@ cmairn A few things about World Cup Social Media in #Ask4Stuff, get them athttp://purl.org/wct/414

More information available at:http://community.oclc.org/cooperative/2010/06/sometimes-the-internet-is-just-not-big-enough-for-me.html

Visualizing Tweets

Although I use #hashtags to quickly scan the Twitter environment, VisibleTweets.com animates tweets letter by letter, rotation, or in a tag cloud and is used primarily to display tweets in public places. Check it out at: http://visibletweets.com/.