Monthly Archives: April 2010

Wanna Know What’s in My Twitter Toolkit?

oneforty.com, which provides an extensive directory of Twitter services and applications, has an interesting feature called Toolkits in which people can build lists of their favorite services and tools. Although I looked at and reviewed hundreds of Twitter application, there’s really only a handful that I used on a regular basis – most of them [...]
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Tweetie: The Start of Twitter’s M&A Activity?

When Twitter raised $100-million of venture capital last September, one of the things it sparked was a lively discussion about acquisitions, which led to speculation about who could be on the target list – Tweetdeck, TwitPic, Seesmic, et al. Well, Twitter has made a deal but probably not what many people expected. Twitter has entered [...]
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Has Follow Friday Lost its Mojo?

Follow Friday (aka #followfriday or #ff) is a way for Twitter users to publicly recognize, thank and put the spotlight on other members of the Twitter community. Now it just may be me and the people that I follow but Follow Friday doesn’t seem as vibrant or active as it was just a few months [...]
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Searchtastic is Solid, Definitely Solid

There are lots and lots of search tools for Twitter, including Twitter’s own search.twitter.com. Some of my favorites includes Twazzler and Scoopler. Another interesting search player is Searchtastic, which offers a nice look and feel and some interesting twists. You can do searches based on keywords. For example, here’s one for “social media monitoring”" Searchtastic [...]
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TwitScoop: Interesting But Not Dazzling

I’ve been meaning to take a look at TwitScoop for awhile as it has attracted a fair amount of buzz. In a nutshell, TwitScoop is an online Twitter service that has some nice, user-friendly features. At first glance, it has the typical “What are you doing” box with a list of trending topics on the [...]
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uTweet, MeTweet, WeTweet

Not sure about the utility of uTweet but it’s certainly entertaining:
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