links for 2007-04-19

• The rise of teachers’ blogs | The Guardian
  Feature on teachers blogging
• Micro Persuasion: Open Letter: A Lesson Learned Twittering
  Steve Rubel talks about what happened when he Twittered about PC Mag
• Silver surfer spat closes down top UK social network’s forum
  “Due to some problems between some regular posters we have decided to remove the boards for the time being. “
• Global Distribution of Twitter Users
  Map showing twitter locations, clustered in the US and Europe
• Tim Benjamin’s take on interactive marketing – reporting on Second Chance Tuesday
  “business ideas that would do best online are those that reflect people’s behavious in the analogue world – but deliver on these needs in a superior way – and ideas that offer the user hope.”
• Mexico City Earthquake, reported on Twitter first « Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger
  Scobe says: “How did I find out about the Mexico City Earthquake? On Twitter. As soon as people started reporting it on Twitter, I looked at the USGS maps.”