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The tools that Twitter endorse are few and far between. So, when it’s revealed that it plans to “officially endorse” ExecTweets, and to encourage more brands to create customised Twitter homepages, it deserves to get my full attention.

I haven’t got time to write about this right now, so why not read what Milo has to say at The Telegraph - where I picked up the story.

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Robert Loch and I are hosting a fireside chat with Sarah Lacy on November 7th. Rob and Paul Carr will conduct the interview, so it’s likely to be very entertaining to say the least. We’re also hosting an after party. More about the event here.

Leave a comment here and explain why you should get a ticket and we’ll give a free pass to each of the 3 replies we deem most deserving - I’ve no idea what ‘most deserving’ means right now, so feel free to suggest something. We’ll announce the winners on October 26 30th.

Good luck

There is nobody better placed to speak on this subject than Sarah Lacy. Over the last 5 years she has had unrivaled access to the founders of the companies that have shaped the Web 2.0 scene.

Now, for one afternoon only, she is London to share what she knows. Robert Loch and I are hosting a fireside chat with Sarah - an event not to be missed.

Friday, November 07, 2008, Soho, London

• 4.00pm Registration
• 4.30pm Fireside chat and audience Q&A with Sarah Lacy
• 5.30pm Networking and drinks
• 6.30pm Close

(Tickets are £25 - this includes drinks and a copy of Sarah’s book which you can collect at the event. We anticipate that tickets will be sold out quickly so book now to avoid disappointment.) Register now.

About Sarah

Sarah Lacy has reported on startups and venture capital in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade. Her first book, Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and Rise of Web 2.0, was published to critical acclaim in the US in May. According to Wired Magazine, “No other recent chronicle delivers such intimate, behind-the-scenes glimpses into Silicon Valley startup life.” The UK edition, The Stories of Facebook, Youtube, and Myspace: The People, the Hype and the Deals Behind the Giants of Web 2.0 will debut on November 3.

Lacy is a well -known fixture on the Valley scene. In addition to proper journalism awards, Nick Denton of Gawker called her “the hottest reporter in the tech world– ever,” TechCult called Lacy one of the 100 most famous people on the Web, and Playboy voted her one of the eight sexiest bloggers in the world.

Lacy also writes Valley Girl, a biweekly column for BusinessWeek and co-hosts Tech Ticker on Yahoo! Finance. She lives with her husband in San Francisco.

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This event is sponsored by Fidelity Ventures:

www.fidelity.com

Fidelity Ventures provides the expertise, resources and connections entrepreneurs need to take their business further, faster. With the ability to tap into Fidelity’s vast global network, Fidelity Ventures has proven a powerful partner for companies just entering the market as well as those ready for the next phase of growth. From identifying and delivering revenue opportunities, to offering insight on sales and marketing strategies and going global, Fidelity Ventures fully commits the talents, passion and energy of its people to the success of companies across industries.

Here’s a fun Web site that displays a person’s reach on Twitter. I scored 1,117,492. I’m not entirely sure what that means but I’m guessing from the wording on the site that it’s two layers down from me; my followers and their followers.

Either leave a comment or @ me on Twitter with your reach

My last post focused on the negative side of a good tool called Qwitter. My motivation was driven by the urge to provide a little insight to how it ‘could’ be used in the wrong way. It wasn’t my intention to slate the product. So, there are good reasons to use Qwitter, but at least digest my post and remember not to make too many assumptions when people unfollow you.

Now onto a more positive post to balance it out. TweetDeck is my desktop client of choice for Twitter. As you can see from the screen shot above, you can separate your main friends’ feed, replies, groups and direct messages (DMs). I haven’t shown my main feed because I didn’t want to show who wasn’t amongst my ‘Toilet Cleaners group.

The ability to group people is what I love most about this application. Some people create groups for family, friends and colleagues etc. I only have the need for one group, which contains about 25 people; people who I consider as either friends or very interesting people.