In March 2007, Twitter became the darling of the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. An award-winning presence there launched the microblogging service into the Web 2.0 stratosphere, leading to capital investments and a community of developers and fans. By the time SXSW returns next month (March 7-16), Twitter almost certainly will have surpassed one million members.
The Human Brain Cloud
The game is simple: You see a word or short phrase from the 530,000 already suggested by other players, and you enter the first response that enters your head. Beyond being a great time suckage, the Human Brain Cloud has the potential to produce enormously valuable information for designers and marketers.