Hunt for Twitter 3rd-Party Applications
May 6, 2008
If you haven’t started using Twitter yet then you are missing out on a great way to network online. I decided to try out Twitter a couple of month ago but I didn’t do much with it until with the last week. Admittance to being addicted is a mild way to explain how much I love Twitter. Let me share a few details about Twitter, keep in mind that when I say Tweet it means that you have just sent a message via Twitter. A person who uses Twitter is a Tweeter. The entire network or universe of Twitter is called Twitterville. Meeting people offline is called a TweetUp.
OK, enough about my love of Twitter and onto the 3rd-party applications (apps) that you can get that will work well with Twitter. Below is a short list but look for more details about the entire list that will be released soon.
- Twhirl: offline program that will allow you to send tweets from your desktop
- TweetLater: online website that will all you to automatically except followers and to schedule your tweet for future release
- TweetBurner: online website that will allow you to track the activity of links that you post to Twitter.
- Twitterfeed: online website that will send RSS feeds to your Twitter account.
Watch for more details about more Twitter 3rd-party apps that I will test and give my feedback regarding them. If you know of a 3rd-party application that I need to test, please feel free to leave a comment and share about it here.
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May 6th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Be careful about using these! They can make you FATT (frittering away time twittering). I used Twhirl for about a week when I realized it was consuming too much of my time. But hey, if you’re not worried about generating bucks, go right ahead and use ‘em.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Thanks Meryl for commenting. I do have to admit the Twitter 3rd-party apps are are addictive but at the same time that make it more time-efficient to communicate via Twitter.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:06 am
I understand where you’re coming from, Meryl…and you, too, Kim. The challenge for me has been to curtail my twittering. Just because I get instant updates doesn’t (and shouldn’t) mean I need to respond instantly. A tool loses its efficiency if it’s overused and personally, I believe efficiency has to be tied to effectiveness. By that I mean that if a tool is designed to help me be more time-efficient, if I spend too much time using it, then it’s not being very effective!
May 6th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Wow great comment Paige. Looks like you, Meryl, and I are on the same page. Here’s to successful connects via Twitter and to using it wisely.