In this brave new world where every brand or company is going to be talked about whether they like it or not, bullying is not the best way to preserve a good reputation.

Not to long ago AT&T was trending on Twitter due to people complaining about the upgrade prices for the iPhone 3G S. I didn’t think it was so terrible. You knowingly went into a contract with AT&T when you got your other phone so this is no surprise. The low prices for the iPhone can only be achieved by AT&T subsidizing the costs and recouping it in the contract. So as far as I could tell, all is fair.

I was just browsing through my Twitter stream and came across an article about 4 Twitter Tools for Business Research tweeted by @zaibatsu. I didn’t find the other three tools listed in that article new or interesting. However, NearbyTweets caught my eye and I gave it a try.

The Daily Show explains Twitter!

I have to admit that I did not understand Twitter until recently. I had a Twitter account for a long time but, I never understood what good these micro-blogs were. It just seemed like the Facebook status field extracted into its own thing. Of course, it is quite a bit more sophisticated than that. I am now on Twitter everyday–I think I might be addicted!