site:twitter.com location cityname

Obviously, replace cityname with the location you want to find users from.

Examples:

Reno
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Phoenix

[via Dave Winer]

why was Twitter so hot at SXSW last week? There simply wasn’t much else cool to talk about. That tells me that the innovation funnel is pinched closed. What happens next?

I’m not sure I’m buying it though. There has been plenty of tech news like Viacom suing YouTube, Adobe releasing new software, and Justin.tv. In fact, my favorite of tech news podcasts, Buzz Out Loud, has spent very little time discussing Twitter.

I think the conversation is going on because Twitter is a step forward in the timeline of the Internet. It’s hard to describe to those who don’t use it, but I think at some point it will be mainstream. And maybe as the first to market, Twitter will suffer from being ahead of its time. But the idea of using instant communication in 140 characters or less, is much more appealing then hundreds of wordy unread emails in my inbox.

And, just to be clear, one becomes an A-lister by gathering an audience. This means people link to you. Then, you show up in search engine results. Then, more people link to you. After a while, for some it’s years and for some it’s months, you become popular. One commentor on Jason’s post posed the question:

…but do you not think that someone who has, say, 30mins every couple of days to write a blog post might be just as interesting as any of those people on the list?

The answer to that is obviously yes. The difference is they won’t be found. And, it’s not Jason or any other A-listers responsibility to find and link to these bloggers. If that blogger wants to make the effort to be found, then they will grow their audience. There are plenty of well read bloggers who don’t post multiple posts a day. Plus, if they only have time to do one post every couple of days, they probably aren’t posting comments on anyone else’s blog.

I think the point is that starting a blog does not entitle anyone to be an A-list blogger. Blogging good content consistently does. This is not a list you ask to be on. You need to earn it.

Creating conflict, like Jason is known to do, also helps.

I think the psychology around Twitter is fascinating. Since it does combine elements of blogging, IM, texting, and even email, it’s a hot bed of possible research. Psychologist and sociologist have been studying human interactions for ages, but online human interactions (social networking) are different and will require their own areas of expertise. As humans start to maintain relationships offline, mixed offline and online, and completely online, we will all need to realize that different expectations need to adhered to given the context of the relationship, the medium of the communication, and the public vs. private nature of each message.

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