I have to hold my hand up and say that I never really fully understand the lure of Twitter, it allows you to write upto 140 Characters and let everyone know what you are doing. The problem lies in that just like email, you can get spammed with useless infomation if you are not careful.
I always Struggled with the Concept of Twitter but it has some uses such as been able to know when people are going Live with there stream and to pass on communications. I used to have a client or a Firefox Plug-in which gave me real time “Twitter” Messages but these days I am happy to just pull up the web page and see what is happening – save’s me getting annoyed.
Now there is a new thing it seems that has come around, it is called ReTweeting or simply RT – this allows you to take somebody else Tweet and send it back out to all your followers, a sort of “Pass it on” messaging system. Now what happens though if you not only have the original posters on your tweet but a whole bunch of people who also “RT” the message?? The Answer is you end of with a page full of the very same tweet and if that does not drive you mad – then fair play to you.
I had some inspiration that I should go on a purge of all the web sites that I personally think I should stop using, I slept on it overnight to make sure it was not a flash in the pan idea that I would regret later and once my mind was made up, I went on a purge of all the site I had registered and used.
USTREAM TV
The first casualty was Ustream.TV – this was of no use to me and I had my fill so armed with this I made sure I deleted the Video’s I had recorded, removed the show and finally the user accounts, I Mirrored this on my IRC Client, no more shall I be on there for whatever reason, be it watching shows or broadcasting. READ MORE »
* Manage all your Social Networks and IM in one place.
* Keep up to date with your friends update whilst on the Web.
* Unified Status Updates for Facebook, Twiiter and more.
To get this firefox plug-in – head off to http://api.yoono.com
This is a Firefox Plugin and adds a sidebar which to the left, you get pop ups on any status updates across all of your social networks, I have only just installed this so time will tell how useful it will be but it looks good to me so far.
A Rather nifty guy has modded his (old) washing machine so when it is finished – it sends a Tweet. Quite why it matters to know the exact second it finishes is beyond me but looks cool none the less.
Twitterlicious is a Windows application that makes using Twitter more fun. It handles all the hard work, leaving you to read and write tweets with the minimum fuss. Best of all, Twitterlicious is free!
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Do you use Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and a whole rafter of microblogging sites yet have to update each one? Well now there is a free service which supports a whole range of services and allows you to update the entire lot in one go.
Along with Adding in various networks to update, the way you update them is also varied, from iphone to web page to programs – the choice is yours.
I agree you can get a desktop program to do this very task – which is fine if you are near a computer but as this operates from anywhere – its a good alternative.
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