Several members of the Hammock crew spent June 3-4 in Washington, D.C., for the Association Media & Publishing Conference, an annual meeting for association publishing professionals hosted and organized by SNAP. Hammock Inc. served as social media sponsor for the event, and part of our responsibility in that role was creating and maintaining the "real-time" event website live.SNAP09.com. We believe it's a great example of how to pull together some of the streams of the "live" web (Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, SlideShare, blogging) to capture the activities of an event. It also allowed a increased level of participation for those who attended by including their tweets and photos.

10 words you need to know to get started

We like Twitter. We like the quick pace, the fast information, the smart and talented folks who post there, and the ability to be part of the conversation.

And as is the case with many new things, there is a vocabulary growing specific to Twitter and its use. If you're just getting started with Twitter, here are 10 terms specific to the use of the service that will help you along your journey: