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The Twitter Apps, Tools and Widgets I Use
Categories: geek • social networking • software • utilities
Tags: bit.ly • blu • diggbar • friendfeed • tinyurl creator • tinyurl.com • tweetdeck • tweetie • twhirl • twinkle • twitter • twitter for wordpress • twitter widget pro • twitterific
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The Twitter apps, tools and widgets I use are constantly changing. Below are the tools I currently use (click on the images for larger views):
Desktop Client – Twhirl
I use Twhirl as my desktop twitter application. I looked at TweetDeck but it was overkill and it takes up too much screen real-estate. I tried the gorgeous blu (works only on Vista and Windows 7), but it does not have an adjustable font. The default font is too small for my aging eyes. Twhirl is surprisingly feature rich but it takes awhile to figure out all the intricacies. I’ve tried others, but keep coming back to Thwirl.
iPhone App – Tweetie
Tweetie is terrific. I had previously used Twitterific and Twinkle on the iPhone but Tweetie ($2.99) satisfies me the most. Tweets are presented in bubbles similar to the iPhone’s SMS bubbles. Thankfully, the font is adjustable. Functions and information are an easy swish away. Twitterific does have the advantage of supporting both Twitter and friendfeed.
See also: 29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compared (Mashable)
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Del.icio.us Twitter Tips For Beginners
Categories: geek • social networking
Tags: tinyurl creator • twhirl • twitter • twitter widget pro • twitterific
For those of you wondering what this twittering business is all about, below are links to a few good articles on the topic that should get you started:
- Ten Things you Must Know before Using Twitter (a good primer)
- Twittering Tips for Beginners by David Pogue has written a good
- What I know about Twitter by Harry McCraken
- The top 7 mistakes new Twitter Users Make
- 10 Ways to Increase Your Twitter Followers by Kevin Rose
- The Twitter Apps, Tools and Widgets I Use by yours truly
- Twitter Toolbox: 70+ Awesome Twitter Apps, Mash-Ups, Plugins and Services a huge list of Twitter resources
Scoble Convinced me to Join friendfeed
Categories: cloud computing • how-to • social networking • web apps
Tags: friendfeed • iphone apps • nambu • net@night • robert scoble • twhirl
Since joining Twitter a few months back, I have wanted to understand how it overlapped/interacted with the web-content aggregator friendfeed. I looked at friendfeed at least two or three times and never quite ‘got it’ – until today.
Robert Scoble was a guest on the recent episode 81 of net@night. This guy is quite the friendfeed evangelist (Arrington suggests he’s addicted to it). So much so that the net@nite discussion made me want to take another look. Leo mentioned that Scoble had done a ‘how to’ type video on friendfeed. A quick Google search lead me to this very informative 26 minute video: ‘Robert Scoble: 20 Things About Friendfeed”:
