Web Business by Ken Burbary

What’s wrong with Twitter? Finally some answers…

Have you seen this recently?

Twitter is over capacity.

Many members of the twitter community have seen this screen all too often, and they better get used to it. According to the official news coming from the Twitter camp, it will take quite a bit of time to permanently resolve the issues plaguing the Twitter service.

The folks over at Twitter got off to a rocky start in their handling of these problems, in particular with how they responded to the user community. Things have gotten better though, quickly. Many of the questions people have been asking, seeking to understand what is wrong, have been answered in recent posts on the Twitter Blog. They’ve also created a new Twitter Status Blog to provide updates on the status of the Twitter service.

And just yesterday, Robert Scoble sat down and interviewed some members of the Twitter team for a frank discussion about what has been happening, and to discuss the plan Twitter is following to fix these problems. I’ve included the video Scoble recorded. It’s approx 30 mins in length but worth watching.

I’m a big fan, and heavy user of Twitter, and want to see them suceed but they have significant challenges facing them. What can we, the Twitter community, do to help them improve the service and move past the current outages?

Perhaps, get involved? If you’re a developer and want to engage directly with the Twitter development team you can start by joining the Twitter Development Talk group

Leave your thoughts and ideas in the comments. Let’s help make Twitter better.

Detroit Tweetup Recap & Roll Call

Detroit Tweetup #2 was a smashing success tonight. All the local Detroit tweeps met at Buffalo Wild Wings in Novi, MI for food, drinks, and good conversation. It was a lot of fun for all, and everyone is already talking about Tweetup #3. In addition to myself, the attendees were:

@chrisbrogan

@damonhenry

@leahmcchesney

@llaurentsmith

@digitalvision

@jwphillips

@snicholson26

@charliecurve

@ccarmichael

@matt_osentoski

@kewlrats

@beverlycornell

@dnrevel

@hajjflemings

@typeis4lovers

I think I’ve left out a few folks but couldn’t grab a business card from everyone. Leave a comment if I left you out (apologies in advance) and I will update the roll call.

Note: @ecedo was there in spirit, and in record time created a Detroit Tweetup site on Ning for us to manage local Tweetups. Check it out here:

It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I look forward to future convos and more Tweetups. Cheers!

UPDATED: @damonhenry has posted photos from the Tweetup on Flickr

Detroit Tweetup

This is the 2nd Detroit Tweetup in the past couple weeks. Several social media brains will be there (@chrisbrogan, @ccarmichael, @damonhenry, @charliecurve to name a few). Get yourself to BW3 on 5/20 for loads of good conversation with fellow Tweeps. I look forward to meeting you there!t

When: 6pm – 9pm Tuesday, May 20 2008

Where: Buffalo Wild Wings in Novi MAP

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar is located in the Novi Fountain Walk (44375 W 12 Mile Rd, Novi, MI 48377). There is no cost to attend the event (although you’ll have to buy your own food and drink.

UPDATE: Ann Arbor’s twitter all-star @leahmcchesney MIGHT be there too