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Timely.is: Tweeting for Maximum Exposure
For people who are enthusiastic Twitter users, our tweets happen when they happen with no rhyme or reason. Some people may schedule a tweet using a tool within TweetDeck or HootSuite but I suspect this isn’t a large group. If you are into scheduling tweets, an important consideration is doing it at times when your [...]
Twitter-Tweetdeck: A Perfect Marriage
In February when it appeared that Bill Gross’ Ubermedia had purchased Tweetdeck, the most popular third-party service to use Twitter, it seemed like a huge coup for Ubermedia and a major strategic blunder by Twitter. With about 5% of the market for people looking read and publish tweets, Tweetdeck was the biggest prize for anyone [...]
TweetBot Plants Stake on the iPhone
I have tried lots of Twitter applications for the iPhone although not Twitter’s own iPhone application. So far, the standard has been TweetDeck because it’s easy to use and provides a nice snapshot of all conversations. If Tweetdeck has any limitations, it is small things such as the ability to edit retweets. But all in [...]
Good Luck, Evan Williams
Say what you will about Twitter’s struggles to transform itself into a business from a project but there is no doubt the three founders – Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey – created a beautiful creature. For Williams, who is now stepping away from the company after five years, Twitter is monster success #2. [...]
MentionMap: Discovering “Relevant” Friends
One of the biggest challenges for Twitter users is finding new people to follow. There are no lack of solutions but nothing has really cracked the nut yet. An interesting approach is being taken by MentionMap, which displays an explorable network to see the most “relevant” people for a particular Twitter user. By clicking on [...]
ManageFlitter: Manage Your Twitter Followers