Nivin Sewpershad has written a detailed account of how he managed to get his whole family on Twitter.

By having us all connected, a member of the family could ask a question or say what they were doing. If one of us was not at our computer we would receive it on our cell phone, and could reply from there or jump on a computer. After many “Hello you twit” messages from my father, everyone seemed to understand the basic workings.

It took a bit of work convincing everyone initially but once they were all on Twitter they loved it. Good work Nivin!

Pete Cashmore and Co are at SXSW and they're running a fun contest for Mashable fans. Winners receive a Rock Band game complete with accessories plus tons of other schwag. You can enter the contest just by Twittering @mashable rocks. Do it!

Our partners at Ericsson tell us that they've scheduled a maintenance window on March 11th between 00:00 - 03:00 Central European Time during which they expect sms updates to queue for 20-40 minutes.

Here's how that translates if you're twittering like crazy in Austin, Texas: sms updates may be queued up for a maximum of 40 minutes sometime between 5 and 8pm.

Do you know a lot about how Twitter works? Like helping people? Got some spare time? Want to make some money?

We're looking to add one or two people in the very important role of Twitter support staff (part-time). It doesn't matter where you live—you can work from home. You need:

• An enthusiasm for Twitter
  
• Great (and speedy) written English* skills
  
• At least 15 hours a week of focused availability
  
• To be a highly proficient user of the web, Twitter, and software in general (and a quick learner)

* We have a special position available if you can read and write Japanese, but that's not required.

The job consists, basically, of answering emails from people who write in who are having trouble with Twitter and helping them out as quickly as possible.

Pay will be hourly. Inquire for more details.

Send your resume and Twitter username to twitter.supportjobs AT gmail.com.

Twitter meter let's you query an index of all the words that have been sent to twitter's public timeline and displays a handy graph so you can see what folks are talking about.