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I let the Tweet of the Week series slip a bit, so here’s one that I saved after it made me laugh in the middle of the office. From @JamieC

Internet legend Tim O’Reilly has already compiled some classics from his Twitter friend list.

My favourite? @sacca: You can’t really appreciate the vapidity of most people’s taste in music until you live directly above a traffic signal.

Simply perfect, and coming from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone (@biz).

Funnily enough, our first Tweet of the Week was from fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams!

Special earthquake edition Tweet of the Week.

Tweet of the Week: 3

Tweet of the Week: 2

Tweet of the Week :1

A belated one this week:

They really must dislike social media and digital types in Holland. Hope it wasn’t enforced with pointy sticks!

Normally I post the Twitter quote of the week on Sunday or Monday, and I’ll continue to honour that tradition, but I totally slipped up and forgot this genius quote which sums up the effect of Twitter and earthquakes to the same extent I managed in a typically epic blog post. It’s from @fredwilson:

It’s just one character away from perfection! But after all, it’s the message that counts!

Sometimes it’s amazing how much of a story can be relayed in just 140 characters. Hence the name of this blog, and hence why I’ve picked this post by Xeni Jardin. Narrative, tragedy and loss, and comedy, all in one Tweet!

I thought I’d start republishing and compiling some of the best Tweets I see. Not only do they illuminate what happens inside Twitter for anyone who hasn’t jumped in, but they can also be funny, inspirational or downright odd…and a good balance to listing business cases!

First up appropriately comes from one of the co-founders @ev, quoting one of the more famous and oft referenced users, @zappos.