Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) is a micro-blogging service that allows users to convey the world (or at least the small portion of it on Twitter) what they are doing, in messages of 140 characters or less.
It is possible to embed these messages in external websites, which is what we will be doing for JazzMeet. We can use the updates to inform our wiki's visitors of the latest JazzMeet being held across the world, and they can send a response to the JazzMeet Twitter account.
Because Twitter only allows posts of up to 140 characters, many Twitter users make use of URL-shortening services such as Tiny URL (http://tinyurl.com), and notlong (http://notlong.com) to turn long web addresses into short, more manageable URLs. Tiny URL assigns a random URL such as http://tinyurl.com/3ut9p4, while notlong allows you to pick a free sub-domain to redirect to your chosen address, such as http://asgkasdgadg.notlong.com.
Twitter automatically shortens web...