A recent report showed that twitter has seen over a 1300%+  growth since February of last year. Apparently everyone wants to answer the question, “What are you doing?”. It is getting much more media buzz right now than facebook and that other site, My-Something-or-other. It has become an effective way to reach out to people faster than TV and newspaper.

I’ve found that the same RSS feeds I subscribe to are also some of the same folks I follow on twitter. I’ve also found that I read about something on twitter and see a feed in my reader later on. So much for digg bringing me breaking news.  If you are crafty enough, you can even have all your facebook updates pipe to twitter.  

As twitter’s popularity grows, so does its user base. Everyone in Hollywood has a twitter account and has apparently been the cause of the breakup of Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer. Some big name celebrities tweet regularly such as Shaq and Dane Cook.  Retailers are getting into the mix using twitter as another customer service touchpoint or to keep customers up to date.

But lets get real, take a look at how many people follow over a thousand people.  How can you keep up with everything?  You are sure to miss the hilarious tweet a co-worker posted or 75% savings at your favorite retailer.  This is becoming serious information overload.  

I have yet to figure out the perfect group of people to follow.  I have to admit, I get a kick out of updates from William Shatner and John Cleese, but I tend to miss some industry news.  How do you manage twitter?