Seemingly out of nowhere, Twitter — the Web/mobile social networking tool — has taken hold in Rhode Island. It happened just in the last few months, but it's growing fast now.

Last week, Providence Geeks co-founder Jack Templin (@jacktemplin), who's stepped up his own Twitter usage in 2009, called for a "sound-off" on the RI Nexus blog to find other local users. Within hours, dozens responded; within two days, there were more than 100. Everyone started connecting.

Full Story: A fusillade of tweets ring in the new year in RI Source: The Phoenix, February 4th, 2009 Author: Marion Davis Added on February 5th, 2009 at 3:20 pm, by Matt Mikula