Forget MySpace, forget Facebook … it seems the in-place to be these days is Twitter.

If the established social networks provide a “shop window” for you to display your wares, Twitter is a coffee shop where you can put your head in the door, have a quick chat with anyone you know there, and move on.

So … if you have a Twitter presence already and you fancy exchanging gossip with me, click one of these links and add me to the people you're “following”. Let me know you're a Shades reader and I'll follow you in return.

If you don't have a Twitter presence already, you'd better sign up quick. Leave it too long and you'll find all the cool kids have already moved on somewhere else!