How to Search Twitter for What's Hot

One of the things that was notable about last week's plane crash in Amsterdam was the use of Twitter by nearby witnesses. I heard about it in the media as I madly updated AirSafe.com with accident information, but I was frustrated because I didn't have an easy way to search Twitter. Actually, I had a way, I just didn't know about it.

Summize.com allows you to search Twitter for up to the minute messages. It is such a good service, that Twitter acquired it. You can find it either at summize.com or search.twitter.com.

By the way, here is another shameless plug for AirSafe.com. Often after a several plane crashes in a short period of time, someone would ask me if "plane crashes happened in threes." I used to dismiss this kind of question as nonsense, at least until I actually analyzed the concept behind the question. I no longer dismiss the question. In fact, not only do I think that crashes can happen in threes, I know that they can happen in fours and fives as well. Check out AirSafeNews.com for details.