Links for Monday May 19^th, 2008

• Favrd. Trickle-down egonomics for the twitter attention sp...: While we wait for Twitter's inevitable demise, at least we can enjoy some of the funny 140 character quips. Did you know that John Hodgman is on Twitter? Thanks to favrd, now you do.

• Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes: Basically, Twitter is awesome because all of the cool kids are on it. But what happens to twitter when the tribe moves to the next shiny web toy?

• Ars Technica acquired by Condé Nast: the low-down: Ken Fisher gives an insider's view on the recent sale of ArsTechnica to Condé Nast.