The Power of Twitter: Tweet Apps and Clients
Twemes: First introduced at DemoCamp by Rochelle Grayson, Twemes is a website that comprehensively sorts and categorizes the things people Twitter about as long as they put a hashtag in front of it. Example, those currently at DrupalCamp Vancouver will be Twittering and including #DCV08 in their updates. If I go to Twemes, or the DrupalCamp website that is aggregating the Tweme, I can see filtered updates specifically pertaining to #DCV08 because of that tag.
Hashtags: I discovered this months after Twemes was released and it follows the same concept although you need to add a “bot” to your account to use it. For Twemes, you don’t need to do anything except start using a hashtag in your keywords/updates.
TwitBin: An alternative to Twitterfox, this slips your Twitter steam into your Firefox sidebar.
Twidget: Add a Twitter widget to your Mac’s dashboard.
Twitter Local: Hat tip to Jeremy Latham for Twittering about this earlier. You can filter updates to only view those from people within your geographical vicinity
Twinkle: Hat tip to Jenn Loether and John Biehler: “A location aware Twitter client. It features a slick presentation not unlike the web version of PocketTweats but also locates you and enables you to see who else is using Twinkle near you.” - [JohnBiehler.com]
Twitter Tweet Sheet: “There’s one things that annoys me about Twitter. Okay, there are two things: 1. They are always down. 2. There doesn’t seem to be one official place (including their own site) to get a complete list of mobile and IM commands.” - [Jason Theodor.com] Jason compiled an “easy to print” card that you can take with you for on-the-go Twittering.
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May 9th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Another often overlooked feature of Twitter is the mobile version (m.twitter.com) which works great on most phones.
I use it on my iPhone since it’s super quick loading and ultra low bandwidth. It’s not as pretty as the other web versions but it gets the job done until I get an unlimited browsing plan from Rogers.
Oh and don’t forget about Twitter SMS. Cool features like ‘track’ don’t work on the web - make sure you track your own username to get all the @replies to you - even if you don’t follow the person replying to you.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Wow, I use Twitter but holy crap this is insane. I feel like I need to take a course just so I can figure out all the various Twitter apps out there, lol. Amazing how far communication has come in the last 20 years. Pretty soon I will be able to have a thought and it will automatically post that thought to my blog, lol. Technology……………
May 9th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
ARGGHGHGGHGH … more bookmarks added for evaluation …
May 9th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I would have sworn I posted a comment, but not sure if it was this one or the previous one. Anyways… I *love* Twitter and I’m in love with Twhirl.
May 11th, 2008 at 1:27 am
I would, undoubtedly, rate Twhirl as the best Twitter app, for the sole reason that it is lightweight, has loads of features and supports other similar networks such as Pownce and Jaiku.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:00 am
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May 25th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
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