Guess the secret's out about how non-threatening and easy it is to do the Twitter thing. Oprah's doing it. The dude from "Dude, where's my car?" is doing it. OCLC's doing it. Sure, you'll get the lame status update sandwiched with the newest programming news from PBS, but it's all on who you follow, follow? Still, you might be asking, what's the value in this thing? Well, it's all about the converstations, people! Also, the good links. And pictures, if you want to share them. Oh, don't forget the New York Times, CNN, and up-to-the-literal-minute breaking news. If you're hankering for something that can explain Twitter better so you can exploit it to YOUR benefit then check out commoncraft's Twitter in Plain English: