As Twitter becomes ever-more popular, so do its uses. CNN has been using Twitter to promote its social networking initiatives. They made a big deal about it on election night. Twitter users also made history by posting information during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai .

For those of you who haven’t heard of this social-networking, micro-blogging, instant messaging service… It’s way for you to update information about yourself by answering one question in 140 characters or less: What are you doing? Your answer appears on Twitter, and anywhere else you can manage to get it posted, like on Facebook .

People will have hundreds of friends on Twitter; many of whom have never met. That is why groups are getting together. I attended my first “Tweetup” at Rock Bottom Brewery in Bethesda, Maryland . While the bar was packed, it was easy to find friends. They were the ones with a drink in one hand and a Blackberry in the other.

Conversations revolved around TwitterTalk. We talked about our favorite apps, qwitters , DMing other friends, and even the word I invented: Tweetwalking .

By the end of the night, we were all friends. When my camera’s flash wouldn’t go off, the group exclaimed “Fail Whale!” (This is what happens when there’s an error on Twitter.) Eventually, we got the pic! I can’t wait for the next Tweetup Meetup!

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