Help for the Twitter Illiterate

I admit it. I have been a slow adopter to Twitter. I created my account about a year ago after reading a great post on Poynter, and filled out my profile to havealerts emailed to me when I was being followed or receiving a direct message, but I don't update from my phone. Yet. Am thinking about that. My friend Oleg just introduced me to TweetDeck and he has promised me more. Until he gets his CliffsNotes written, you might want to check out NewsTechZilla. The new site is the brainchild of two bloggers journalist Trace Sharp (aka Newscoma) and technologist Scott Adcox (aka Sadcox). They want to be the go-to source on citizen journalism -- for journalists.