Twitter

Introduction

This page is dedicated to information about Twitter.

Tips and Tricks

• The Big Juicy Twitter Guide - For those new and old to Twitter, a good source of information on how to use Twitter effectively.
• Give Your Twitter Page More Personality with Bubble Tweet.
• Effective Twitter Backgrounds: Examples and Current Practices

Applications

• PocketTweets - A web application built specifically for the iPhone. Allows you to post and get Twitter updates directly on your phone using WiFi or EDGE networks.
• Twitterific - An ascetically pleasing desktop application for the Mac OS that allows you to post and read tweets. Costs $14.
• Twidget - A free dashboard widget for the MacOS that allows you to post Twitter updates only.
• TwitBox - Another desktop application but for the Windows Vista OS. It is free to download and use.
• TweetDeck - An Adobe Air application that helps break down the volume of tweets into bite-size chunks for easier reading.
• Twhirl - A platform independent Twitter application that runs on the Adobe AIR platform.
• Quatably - A web app that creates a threaded view of Twitter conversations.
• Tweet Scan - Allows one to search tweets by topic and/or by user.
• Twitalyzer - “A tool to evaluate the activity of any Twitter user and report on relative influence, signal-to-noise ratio, generosity, velocity, clout, and other useful measures of success in social media.”
• Twitturly - Displays the top Twitter links in real-time.
• TweetStats - Graphs your Twitter activity.
• TweetEffect - Displays the effect of your tweets and learn what makes people follow or leave you.
• TwitterFriends - Check your Twitter behavior compared to what your friends are doing.