Sixty of the top 100 Twitter users are bloggers. The analysis takes the top 100 Twitter users as measured by the number of followers. In April 2008, a list was created from the website Twitterholic, which ranks Twitter users by the number of followers.

According to my categorization, the breakdown for the number of users in the top 100 is as follows:

Blogger      60
Corporate   25
Celebrity*    5
Developer    5
Twitterer      4

*Includes politicians. 

Of course, the number of followers is only one measure. It does not necessarily indicate the usefulness of the Twitterer. I am working on a different measure that will provide another metric to evaluate usefulness. 

One caveat, the list is in flux. Barack Obama was recently toppled from the top ranked position by Leo Laporte. (As of today, Twitterholic appears to be malfunctioning—the usually high ranked users are missing from the Top 100 list.)

You can use Twitter to follow packages sent by major carriers. 

A free service offered by a company called Trackthis, all you need to do is to direct message (DM) the TrackThis ID (see steps below) and you get a DM telling you whenever the location of your package changes.

No need to log on to the shipper’s slow or convoluted website!

1. DM @trackthis with tracking code
2. Watch DM for updates

That’s it!

You can also configure your Twitter account to set up your mobile phone to receive DM updates, or get notified by email or IM as well as directly online.

TrackThis presently supports tracking codes from FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL.

For more info, check out the TrackThis website, or follow them on Twitter. 

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