With more than a billion messages being tweeted every week, Twitter is the place to be if you want in on the conversation – any conversation. But with all of that chatter, it can be hard to focus in on one or two people you’re interested in having a real conversation with.

That’s where !blether comes in.

With !blether, you can have private chats with one or more Twitter users, simply by @mentioning them and starting your tweet with “!b”.
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Move over MSN and AOL, there’s a new IM in town.

Bonfire.im was just launched today, and already it’s seeing a lot of media buzz. This new Twitter app lets you see which of your Twitter friends is online now, and sets up an IM-style chat with them.

This means you no longer have to send clunky DMs back and forth when you want to have a private chat with a fellow Twitter user – you can message them on Twitter.com just like you would using a traditional IM service.
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Klout is the influence measurement for Twitter, and they’re pretty influential themselves. Each week they host the hashtag chat #KloutChat, offering tips and information about the company and how to improve your Klout score.

Megan Berry, the company’s marketing manager, spoke with Ragan.com about six best practices for hosting your own successful Twitter hashtag chat.
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The White House has begun holding “Office Hours” with its senior staff on Twitter, answering the public’s questions daily in 140 characters or less.
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