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Ever wonder who in Charlotte's on Twitter? Want people to see your business tweets? Want more local followers? We're building a Charlotte Twitter directory to do just those things. If you join, you can see who to follow locally instead of getting lost in the noise. You do not have to follow anyone, and your information will never be used for spam or any other advertising. We just list you in the directory, so local people can follow you more easily.

A Charlotte Twitter directory -- like a phone book.

Yep, there are little lists kicking around the Twittersphere, but we're hoping for something comprehensive just for Charlotte. More than 175 joined in the first 16 hours, and it is growing fast. Be a part of it, and get your tweets noticed. Click here to fill out the form. Thoughts? Shoot me a line on Twitter. http://twitter.com/JeffElder

-- Social not-working? That's sneaking peeks at Facebook and Twitter on the job. (Going on LinkedIn is called "job hunting," and is very dangerous.) Here's recent research on how much productivity workplaces lose to these sites. And here's another study that shows surfing at work helps productivity. I vote the latter.

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Spent some time at Microsoft's Charlotte campus on Wednesday. That 1,100-worker brick-and-glass outfit is mostly sales and support, but even there everyone is talking Bing, the big company's smart search engine. Adam Morgan, a sales director at the campus, told me he's working with large companies in the Charlotte area to look at how and when their customers search.

-- Two Microsoft PR folks looked aghast at my iPhone. (I was tweeting in the halls.) My iPhone retaliated by deeming the wi-fi certificate "untrustworthy."

-- Walmart has signed up for Social Fresh, the Charlotte social networking conference organized by local social networking leader Jason Keath. Impressive to reel in giant companies.

-- Lots of excitement around Google Wave, seen by many as a very promising new email tool that adds wiki-type of collaboration. In a little more than a month, a select group of users will get to test drive what could be the next big thing. Hard to believe Google hasn't reached its 100,000 early users yet, but the form to sign up is still online. Worth a shot.

-- I'm writing on "Whom won't you "friend" on Facebook today. Got stories? Friend me, or message me on Twitter.

-- One of the hot apps going around Facebook is the Myers-Briggs personality test, a classic management tool. If you've never taken it, this app is actually a quick way to get a peek into your social tendencies, and share them with others. The logo sure takes up a lot of space on your wall, though. You can "hide" the app with a link right next to the logo, if you're tired of seeing other people's.

From now on I'll run a Funny Video Of The Day in this blog -- YouTube is a social network, after all. I'd prefer to run yours. Send me a link if you have one. The one below, of a crazy penguin and a lazy polar bear represents two distinct personality types. I'm both.