During a talk last year, David Pogue was trying to demonstrate the real-time nature of Twitter. On stage, he typed: "Anyone got a pun that can fit in 140 characters?" Within 10 seconds they started coming in.

@alancshaw wrote: "I used to work at an orange juice factory, but they canned me because I couldn't concentrate."

@matthewdooley tweeted "She was only a moonshiner's daughter, but I loved her still."

And so the idea for a new book began...The World According to Twitter is the handpicked, best tweet responses to questions, photos and comments from Pogue's 500,000+ twitter followers.

The Wit and Wisdom of the Twittersphere if you will.

I have a vested interest in the success of this book. Not cause I'm on twitter, but because my brother designed the book. So help a brother out will you.

In this case, my brother. Buy the World According to Twitter.