Twitter, the free social networking slash micro-blogging service that enables users to tweets about anything that they want as long as they do it in 140 characters or less is all the rage as the saying goes.  Tweets are short blog posts that show up on the user's profile page and they are at the same time delivered to other Tweeters (followers) who subscribe to their tweets.  Twitter may very well be the ultimate expression of the mass narcisism that characterizes our age, but for whatever reason it is here to stay and if you are not already Twittering, you better hop on before you are left behind.

We researched some of the better Twitter tools, those apps that help make your Twittering more productive and we hereby tender our list of must have Twitter tools in their order of importance:

Tweetdeck
http://www.tweetdeck.com
TweetDeck discloses that it i"s your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook and more."  Go ahead, jump right in!

Power Twitter
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9591
Power Twitter is a FireFox Add-on with a number of handy features.  Check it out.

Twitpwr
http://twitpwr.com/
Twitpwr is a handy URL shortener.

TweetLater
http://www.tweetlater.com/
TweetLater is a service that helps you schedule tweets, track keywords and send direct messages on Twitter.

Twitpic
http://twitpic.com/
Lets you share photos with the whole world using your cell phone and Twitter.

Twitturly
http://twitturly.com/
Tracks and ranks what websites people are tweeting about on Twitter.

Twistori
http://twistori.com
Think about what it would be like to combine a huge tag cloud and a whole lot of tweeting, and you would get the idea.

TwitterLocal
http://twitterlocal.com/
TwitterLocal is used to watch the Twitter public feed and show you Tweets from a known location.  If you are interesting in pinpointing somebody using Twiiter, is for you.

Twitterfeed
http://twitterfeed.com/
Simultaneously post to your blog + Twitter!

Twhirl
http://www.twhirl.org/
A downloadable Twitter client that makes tweeting easier.

Twitterfox
http://twitterfox.net/
Another Mozzila Firefox extension that notifies of your friend's tweets.

About The Author:
This article was written by J. Mark Soveign who owns and writes
for Wertheim Communications LLC as well as for Mooker.Com