Links for 2007-03-16

Thoughts on open source + a guide to mobile web development, updated with some Twitter-riffic goodness.

A thought on Twitter: I remember an article in the New York Times about how youngsters are using status messages creatively (hell, Sweetie-ish and I have pioneered the art of status message arguments). A lot of folks describe Twitter as one-to-many instant messaging or ‘microblogging.’ But it’s basically an IM status message delivered via SMS or the web to whoever is watching.

• Twittervision: Twitter + Google Maps.
• Friends Swap Twitters, and Frustration
• Tracking Twitter’s Message Growth
• The Several Habits of Wildly Successful Twitter Users [Via Rebecca]
• The future of Twitter? [Via Rebecca]
• Eight Ways Twitter is Useful Professionally
• My Twitter Indoctrination
• Why “Open Source” misses the point of Free Software
• Is “Open Source” Now Completely Meaningless?
• EnterpriseDB is/n’t Open Source
• dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guide