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MISCELLANEOUS
TWITTER-RELATED ITEMS
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When you give
them your Twitter credentials they supply you with a TwitterMail email address.
(e.g. abcdef1234 @ twittermail. com). If you send an email to that address it
will be posted to Twitter.com and, if you make a donation you can also get some
premium features,
http://twittermail.com/ |
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Here is an
incredible new thing from @vsr
who created it after being inspired by someone who had created a book of his
tweets as a kind of diary. It's very simple to use - you just put your twitter
name in and ask for a PDF file to be created, containing your tweets. It can
include a maximum of 6,400 tweets (a Twitter limitation) so it makes sense to
keep an eye on how many tweets you have posted and make a new PDF accordingly,
to ensure none are lost if you plan to keep a record of your Twitter activity.
http://tweetbook.in/ |
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At 21:30 UTC/GMT
(16:30 EST, 15:30 CST, 13:30 PST) every day, I run a quiz with prizes provided by sponsors from around the Twitterhood. It's fun and you get points for participating whether you answer correctly or not! For details, take a look at http://www.linnetwoods.com/twitterhood_quiz.html
If you are not able to participate but would still like to play alone, you will
find links to the questions and answer pages of previous quizzes just above the
scoreboard on the quiz page. |
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Quiz mad? Join the
@twizmaster on Fridays at
17:00 GMT / 09:00 PST /, 12:00 EST (6 hours before the Twitterhood Quiz so
you'll have time to recover! LOL) - 20 great questions, mad prizes! The person
to answer the most questions correctly first wins the zany item of the week! You'll find
more information about this fun quiz at http://www.twizmaster.com |
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A very useful glossary of terms used by tweeters and about tweeting and associated activities is contained at the searchable http://twittonary.com/ and there is also http://twictionary.pbwiki.com/ |
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INTERNET
SLANG |
If you haven't been on the Internet for long the array of terms and abbreviations can seem a little daunting but this Internet page will provide you with the answers so it may be a good idea to bookmark it:
http://www.internetslang.com/ |
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Update your
status on Twitter to pay somebody. If you fill in the text boxes on the web page
and click on Tweet they'll show you how it's done. When you're ready to settle
up, they make that easy, too, with one person, or everyone you owe. Twitpay
payments are handled by Amazon Payments, so your money only goes where you want
it to. If you have more questions about Twitpay, then be sure to check out their
FAQ.
http://twitpay.me/ |
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It took me a
second visit to grasp this concept after
@eisokant told me about it, but
it's rather a good idea and I am now enthused! To quote the
FAQ page "Think of Twollars as a new type
of money that rewards your social value to others and your good reputation with
your community. A Twollar is a way to convert your 'good deed', your knowledge,
your energy, your generosity into a symbol, a standard unit that can be
exchanged with others.
Its really simple! Just write a Give Twollar Tweet like
this: Give 2 Twollars @macwind because he gave me great advice. Or Reward
someone with a special Twollar Retweet like this: RT 3 Twollars @esiokant
because of his great Tweet. And then you can donate Twollars to a charity like
this: Donate 20 Twollars @redcross because of their great work in Africa.
http://twollars.com/ |
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Twooting is a
daily podcast all about Twitter hosted by Bo Bennett and Ryan Levesque (not part
of the Twitter team) who present what they believe will be the most
comprehensive and entertaining way to learn and master Twitter. Their podcasts
offer, they say, a daily dose of Twitter new, tips, tricks, updates, advice,
interviews and more! It is to be hoped that they will not be promoting any of
the schemes that are so potentially harmful to Twitter and I would appreciate
feedback from listeners to let me know as I simply do not have the time to
listen in and check. You can also follow Ryan Levesque on
@thepodcast
http://www.twooting.com/ |
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@timer |
Follow
@timer and then, whenever you need to
be reminded of something you must do, a minimum of 5 minutes after you've
thought of it, DM @timer and request an alert tweet.
To quote @timer : "Need to remember
something? Send me a direct message, and I'll tweet you back. For example, 'd
timer 45 call mom' reminds you in 45 minutes." |
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This is a
multiple reminder service for tweeters and, rather than go into lengthy
explanations I will simply suggest that you visit the page and read their clear
and straightforward instructions.
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/twitter/ |
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An easy to use,
web-based to-do list. Get organized, stay motivated, and be more productive.
You need to be following and followed by
@Toodledo to use this Direct
Message-based service.
http://www.toodledo.com/info/help_twitter.php |
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To see the first
16 tweets someone tweeted or at least the earliest 16 available (Twitter only
makes the last 3200 tweets on any account available) go to: http://www.mytweet16.com/ |
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To quote the
simple web page that houses this service: twiggit is an automated service that
lets your friends on twitter know what articles you digg.
http://twiggit.org/ |
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Before I say
anything else about BubbleTweet I must confess that I am a total novice where
online video is concerned, to the extent that I watch videos on YouTube and
elsewhere and embed videos from some of the merchants in my US shopping mall but
have never uploaded a video or made one with the Internet in mind, so I haven't
been able to try this service myself. However, Kevin Sherman aka
@bubbleguru the creator of
BubbleTweet has kindly included an example on the page so that one can see how
the idea works. It is impressive but I will freely admit it is not something I
can imagine wanting to use. If, however, you are a speaker, coach, trainer,
salesperson, musician or anyone for whom a video introduction would be an asset
then I think you might find this a very exciting idea:
http://bubbletweet.com/ |
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The instructions on this web page couldn't be simpler: Put two Twitter screen names into the boxes below to see their conversation via @ replies!
If you have spotted half of a conversation, for example, someone asking for information you would also like to have, and have then seen the enquirer tweet their thanks to someone, you can use this to see what the answer was that they were given by the person they have thanked. It's a handy eavesdropping tool, basically, but only on conversations that are on the public timeline anyway!
http://www.tweet2tweet.com |
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GroupTweet allows a particular group of people to send a DM (Direct Message) to all other members of the group in one go. You can set up a separate Twitter account, and register it with GroupTweet. Get all the members you want to include in the group to follow the new account and make sure the new account follows all of them back as well. When a member of the group sends a DM to that Twitter account, GroupTweet re-sends the message to everyone in the group. http://www.grouptweet.com/ |
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TweetScan allows you to search the Twitter public timeline for real-time information - find out whether anyone is experiencing the same thing you are, i.e. an outage, or get the latest news from a tweeter at the scene of events. http://www.tweetscan.com/ |
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| ONLY 2 CLICKS |
This is an amazing resource site
which groups outstanding tweeters according to what their Twitter 'function' is,
shows web pages being tweeted about and much, much more:
http://www.only2clicks.com/pages/allatwitter/ |
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This is a bit of 3D fun and also very useful I have no doubt! See the world and who is tweeting from where right now - you can move around the map to see what is going on in a particular sector too at: http://twittervision.com/ |
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Twiddict love Twitter. They hate
when it's down. If you're addicted to Twitter as well, tweet your heart out
through Twiddict and avoid life-changing withdrawal symptoms during Twitter
downtime. They'll make sure your tweets end up where they belong! This is not
something I have tried myself but it comes highly recommended!
http://twiddict.com/login |
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Twittercal is a
free service that connects your Twitter account to your Google Calendar. Add
events in a snap from your favorite Twitter client. Follow a simple 5-step
procedure to get started.
http://twittercal.com/
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Tweetake exists to allow you to
back-up your followers, people you are following and Tweets with just one click.
Why bother to do this? Many reasons: Twitter may lose followers again like it
did in June / July 2008. You may change your Twitter name and want to re-follow
the people you were following, and contact the people who were following you
You may want to refer to an older Tweet - currently Twitter does not keep all of
your older Tweets... You may just like backing things up, ‘just in case’ This is
a very basic backup:
http://tweetake.com/
You can also follow Alfred Armstrong
@alfaguru and Nikki
@NikkiPilkington the Tweetake creators on Twitter too, if you like! |
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This rather more sophisticated
backup facility is also free and allows a choice of formats in which to download
the backup. You are required to give your e-mail address so that you can be sent
a password and the good thing about this is that it is not necessary for you to
reveal your Twitter password, which means it can be used by people who have
decided to avoid all apps where revealing it is necessary. The only requirement
for use of TweetBack is that you should follow the creator of it:
@tweetbackup
http://tweetbackup.com |
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Here's a bit
of fun: TwtCards you can send individually or to everyone. The message consists
of a tweet and you have a choice of cartoon symbols by way of adornment:
http://twtcard.com/ |
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To quote the
website:
- Timelines let you keep track of what's going on.
- Shows up to 200 tweets
- Rich text display. *bold* will display as bold, etc.
- Clickable inline links and @names
- Two looks: Balloon and Simple
- Displays border for tweets in which you are referenced
in Balloon mode.
- Tap a tweet to view details, send replies, and mark as
a favorite.
http://tweetsville.com |
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It was not my
intention to include TweetLater on this page because the main thrust of what is
on offer is automation of tweets, follows and unfollows, all things which I am
totally against. However, it was recommended by
@rocknrod and does include some
elements that are useful in the free version.
Some of the useful features are keyword tracking, which
could help you find people with whom you have interests in common, tracking of
replies missed on Twitter to help you ensure you don't appear to have ignored
anyone's direct communication with you and a personal status feed "your own
tweet engine" as they put it. If you are tempted to automate any other aspect of
your Twitter activity, negating the whole idea of 'social' networking,
then do not be surprised if your Twitter world turns to worms and do not expect
me to sympathize over it!
http://www.tweetlater.com/ |
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| TWITTERFALL |
Here's another very interesting
website to visit and rather than try and explain it to you I will suggest that
you take a look for yourself and decide whether you find it useful or not. I
found it useful and quite fascinating within a couple of minutes of getting
there:
http://twitterfall.com/ |
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| TWEET SEARCHES |
For a very basic
and, apparently, current tweets only search try:
http://www.twittersearch.com/
For a slightly more sophisticated search try
http://search.twitter.com |
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To quote the
website: "It's a twitter monitor, it lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a
set of keywords and watch what people are saying. Cool huh? Just type three
words into the three search boxes and within seconds you'll start seeing
relevant tweets streaming live.. " my experiene with it was somewhat
mind-boggling in that the tweets were moving rather faster than my brain was
able to assimilate but then it is rather an old brain so that's no real
indication! It was certainly fascinating to see what came up, I must say:
http://monitter.com |
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Once the owner
of the website has ironed out a few teething troubles one will, apparently, be
able to track your un-followers in graphical format and more besides:
http://twitterless.com/ |
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Ping.fm is "a simple service that makes updating your social networks a snap.
They post your text messages and images (and soon video) wherever you want,
support over 30 social networking sites and are adding more regularly. Between
their straight forward posting methods and advanced custom triggers, they make
it easy for you to post your messages exactly where you want them to go.
http://ping.fm/ |
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To
quote the website: When its too long to tweet, just TwitWall it! TwitWall is the
easy-to-use, quick-to-blast-out, instant blog companion for Twitter. With
TwitWall, you can embed your favorite videos and widgets, upload your photos,
mp3 music or podcasts, - you name it. Just the kind of stuff to keep your
followers following (fans cheering, or clients calling). All that, while still
enjoying the many social-goodness and customization features you enjoy on
Twitter.
http://twitwall.com/ |
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Want to poll everyone and find out
what they think about something? This might help! You can offer single or
multiple choices but there is no editing possible once the poll is saved so it's
worth thinking carefully before you save, to avoid having to delete the poll and
start again! Once you've created the poll you can tweet the link to it or embed
it wherever else you want to.:
http://twtpoll.com/ |
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Here's another
way of polling people: To quote the website: "StrawPoll is the coolest way to
follow the opinions of people on Twitter, but until now you haven't been able to
ask your own questions. With the new StrawPoll Platform, you can use your own
Twitter account to ask the questions you find interesting. Post a question,
watch your friends reply—it's as easy as that."
http://strawpollnow.com/ |
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To quote the
website: Free Twitter Alerts by Email! If you love Twitter, you'll love
TweetBeep! Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your
company, anything, with hourly updates! You can even keep track of who's
tweeting your website or blog, even if they use a shortened URL (like
tinyurl.com). Now, how cool is that?!
Great for online reputation management, catching all your @replies, finding
job/networking opportunities, keeping up on your favorite hobby, and more!
http://tweetbeep.com/ |
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To quote the
site: "Just how much time DO you spend on Twitter? This site is completely
useless and was created by @itcn, designed by @reese and based on a concept by @sugarrae
she thought of during a lecture aimed @streko." It
is pointless but a good bit of fun - I was told I should move out of my mother's
basement, for example!
http://tweetwasters.com/ |
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To quote the
website: "TwittFame is a tool for Twitter users to track certain stats over time
and against other Twitter users. You will be able to compare your stats against
others on the site overall or even by location. Not only will this help you find
out where you stand but it can also increase your number of followers! The more
people that come to this site and compare themselves means the more possibility
that your own Twitter account will be compared, viewed and ultimately followed!"
http://www.twittfame.com/ |
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Track your
packages via Twitter This very handy service, called TrackThis, will send you
near instant updates through Twitter, amongst other channels. Send TrackThis
your tracking number, and you’ll get tweeted each time the location of your
package changes. They track UPS, Fedex, USPS, DHL and several other carriers.
http://www.usetrackthis.com/ |
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| TWITTER HELP |
Last, but by no means least, there is
a lot of very useful information in Twitter's own support array which you can
access via Help on your Twitter page.
http://help.twitter.com/portal |
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If you have, or
know of, a Twitter-related application that you think I should include here,
feel free to tweet me about it!
@linnetwoods |
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