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There are so many interesting visualisations of data around, I almost hesitate to mention any. But Twittersheep is interesting because it takes a similar approach to Wordle, but applies it to your Twitter followers, rather than your own account.

My (@badgergravling) Twittersheep result (Click to see full size)

Which is a useful tool for seeing what friends and followers are interested in, and also handy if you need a quick and easy way to display that type of data to someone.

The other bonus is that it only requires your username, not your password.

Apologies for a slight lack of posting due to other commitments. But on the bright side, there’s a good post on Event Manager Blog about ‘How to embed twitter in your event’

Admittedly it’s written by someone who was going to be my original collaborator here, but didn’t have time to blog, or write about Twitter! But we’ll forgive him for making a practical guide to starting to use microblogging tools for more…