Twitter’s search function can be limited if you are looking for something related with your friends tweets. Flocking.me is a Twitter-based app that solves this problem by letting you search tweets from only the people that you follow.

To use Flocking.me, sign in with your Twitter account and authorize the application. The site allows you to change the view from the usual straight stream to stacks of tweets so you can see more posts. It also features a map view so you can see where tweets were posted from. In addition, the trending topics displays key terms based only on your friends’ tweets.

Flocking.me is a useful tool for sorting friends’ tweets through the Twitter chaos and focus on what”˜s going on around you.

Features:

• Search the tweets of only the people that you follow for free.
• Change the view from the usual straight stream to stacks of tweets so you can view more.
• Know where tweets originated with the map view.
• Displays trending topics based on your contacts’ tweets.
• Notifies when new tweets are available.
• Pulls your original Twitter design and avatar.

Check out Flocking.me @ http://www.flocking.me