As usual, Jakob Nielsen nails it:

It's a common mistake to think that only full-fledged graphical user interfaces count as interaction design and deserve usability attention. As our earlier research has shown, URLs and email both contribute strongly to the Internet user experience and thus require close attention to usability to enhance the profitability of a company's Internet efforts.

In fact, the shorter it is, the more important it is to design text for usability.

Here is the full article on how to design a Twitter posting for maximum effect - http://bit.ly/4AMitd

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The entertainment industry is having a hard enough time as it is trying to keep up with emerging technology.  This should really throw them off…
http://bit.ly/2WXsBG

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If given an opportunity to guess the top 10 mobile phone websites I *might* have gotten three of these correct.  I've never heard of MocoSpace.  Does that make me old?  Or am I just more focused on those sites with actual revenue-generating potential for businesses?

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Beware: JetBlue's $599 All-You-Can-Jet Pass, which allows unlimited travel for customers between Sept. 8 and Oct. 8, is making some people act insane. 

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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"A short-term study by Pear Analytics concludes that 40.5% of messages published on Twitter are “pointless babble".

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