Twitter is, at its core, an amazingly simple tool. We really like simplicity and were drawn to it quite some time ago now. Its simplicity also makes it quite powerful, as we witnessed early this morning when the UK earthquakes were first reported via Twitter. It’s also just a hugely mashup-friendly environment, as proven by the smarty-pants at Botanicalls who gave their houseplant a way to call out for help (and water) by twittering. Awesome!

Howard Rheingold from Smartmobs was waxing lyrical about Twitter a few days ago, which got me thinking about why I’m such a fan of it, having posted on average 3.46 tweets a day since December 23rd 2006, when I first joined. (Phew, putting it in those terms, I’m more addicted to Twitter than I am to coffee. Oh dear!)

Howard cites openness, immediacy, variety of content and free-form reciprocity as some of the reasons for his Twitter fandom, all of which I agree with. I really love the quirky morning comments, the whispers surrounding the Apple Store being closed before the next Mac update or the unplanned get togethers over coffee after reading a friend tweeting from down the road.

As a result, a few weeks ago, we launched a new sharing feature on Taptu that allows you to broadcast your search results to your Twitter feed. It’s really easy to setup and it’s a single click to share an item once you’re logged in. Amongst others, Mike Rowehl sounds excited about sharing to Twitter, but as you can see, we’re still polishing things a little, so if you try it out, drop us a line and let us know what you think.

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