Twitter spurs a flock of Puget Sound startups - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

Oprah’s doing it. Conan’s mocking it. And, as political shock waves reverberate through Iran, people are relying on it.

Twitter has quickly established itself as a true internet phenomenon. And the San Francisco company’s meteoric rise — attracting more than 17 million unique visitors during the month of April alone — has sparked a new wave of entrepreneurial activity from developers and venture capitalists who think they might just be able to tap into the Twitter ecosystem.

“People are antsy that you have to get in now or you will miss the boat,” said Peter Denton, a developer of the Twitter business directory Twibs, a Seattle startup...