Twitter time series trends with Twist

A colleague has just sent me a link to Twist, a site that lets you see trends in specific terms in twitter.

For example, here is the chart of mentions for the tag uksnow:


& here is the one for the Christian Bale, driven by the leaked audio tape (the second spike is driven by the remixed version)


& here is the the one for Philip Schofield's phrase 'that's my hedge', proof positive that twitter is becoming popular with a more mainstream audience in the UK.