There are a lot of simple techniques that can be used to optimize services in a SOA (e.g. caching).
Since each service follows a request/response format, it becomes easier to see where the majority of a request lifespan spends its time to help eliminate bottle necks. You'd be surprised how low the overall latency for a request can be in large companies like Amazon (< 100ms)
It rubs me the wrong way that you're asking everyone to follow you. It sounds like you're just trying to get your follower_count up.
I think a better idea would be to create a thread asking everyone to post their twitter handle as well as a quick synopsis about themselves. This way, everyone can quickly read through the list and follow any interesting personalities that they see.
I just added two new places (Niagara Falls and Yosemite Falls). I'm hoping for this to catch on, that way It can help me plan my US-West_Coast trip in a few months :D
It makes me wonder how much effort is generally spent on developing accessible applications. I should really look into whether or not any best practice documents exist for accessibility.