SpokenTwitter allows you to record a message that is tweeted out as a link so people hear your voice. You can reply, retweet and more with their menus and they provide local access numbers across numerous countries.
Features: (via any phone)
- Post spoken tweets to Twitter
- Unlimited recording length
- NO 140 character restriction
- Voice tweet in local language
- Followers, hear real voice
- Tweet while mobile / offline
- Local access numbers
- Listen to Twitter text timeline
- Audio playback of voice tweets
- @Replies to tweets
The only way I see this being monetized is commercials and advertisers inserted at some point in the process of usage and growth They have to store all of these audio tweets for retrieval and playback. As well as index and make instantly available.
Filed under: Add-on Tools, Mobile Clients , audio, language, mobile, record, voice
Twitterchat was sent over to use for review. I am glad we had the chance to see it and tell you our thoughts. The tool itself allows you to create a small embeddable chat box that offers realtime communication. There are plenty of tools out there that do this across proprietary and other IM systems. With the Twitter integration it does reach a different audience.
You are prompted to create an account on their system that exactly matches your Twitter account. Username, password and email address. This worried me right away and raised a flag why they were not using oAuth. Why would I put my exact Twitter credentials in it? However, there was a warning on the page you should not ignore. It says to not use your primary account since it could then pull all of your private messages as well. You are to create a new account to use. This in effect defeats the entire purpose to me.
Direct messages seems to drive how the communication is done. There was no good help files, no good About page and no information on reaching the developers. Here is their actual account and chat box embedded for you to see a sample:
Filed under: Add-on Tools , chat, instant_message
Twadges, you knew it had to be coming. Badges for Twitter. You earn Twadges based on numerous measurements they make up. From the number of types of Twitter clients you have used, to the number of followers your account has (I need another level for a new Twadge. Even the EverythingTwitr account does). A bonus badge and points is even there for you early adopters that joined before Oprah.
I won’t go into why these are totally unnecessary, I will leave that for TheSocialNetworker blog posting coming out at the same time. There are over 60 twadges to earn, simply by entering your Twitter username. No password or login required, which is a bonus. So if you have a private stream it will have trouble generating most all of them.
So go have some fun and disappoint yourself in the number of points and badges you earn from Twadges.
Filed under: Add-on Tools, Games , badges, twadges, earned
Have you been sharing links on Twitter and not saving them anywhere else? You soon realize that Twitter does not keep your history forever. So Packrati.us will automatically follow your Twitter feed and bookmark your shared links into your Delicious account (I prefer Diigo for bookmarks however).
You log in via oAuth, and they rely heavily on you merging your Yahoo and Delicious accounts as well. So make sure you have that in place. The FAQ covers it quite well on the site.
This is a great way to keep track. You could even establish an account on Delicious for just your Twitter feed to split shared links from your personal bookmarks. Any way you look at it, pretend it is a backup service for your shared links.
Filed under: Add-on Tools , bookmarks, Delicious
ManageFlitter greets you with a simple page asking you to connect to Twitter via oAuth to “take a look”. Nothing more is provided on the page and no help link or about page was linked.
After approving the oAuth, it scans your tweets and followers and begins showing who has been quiet, inactive, missing profile images and more. You can search bios, tweets and more. Select everyone to unfollow them immediately and deselect verified accounts and popular liked.
You are able to see the number of people that unfollowed you with the tool as well as download a csv file of everyone you follow.
In all a great tool but the UI is unclear in how to best work it. There was a link for a dashboard, where I had high expectations. I think with some UI changes this can be an effective tool. As well as a link to information from the splash page would be welcomed.
Filed under: Follower Management , followers, follower_management
LinkedIn isn’t the only place for endorsing your friends and colleagues. Endor.se is a new kid in town that aims to shake the social media scene up, specifically on Twitter.
Have an overflow of job requests and looking to pass on the work to your network? Or are you looking to find a reputable contact who is an expert at a specific skill? Connecting with Endorse allows you to do all that and more…
Whether your skills are User Experience or Creative Strategy, endorsing and being endorsed is as simple as:
- Connect with Twitter
- List your expertise
- Add an endorsement for a friend
You can also search the extended network of the site to find someone to hire. Why didn’t we think of this? Go Endor.se us.
Filed under: Add-on Tools, Search Tools, Web Clients , Endor.se, LinkedIn, recommendations
Another day, another celebration and this one is taking place all over the world! In case you’ve been living in a cave for the past month, the World Cup is making a big splash on the web and everyone has something to say. How are you going to get your World Cup fix? On Twitter of course.
To honor this event, Twitter themselves have made the perfect site to compliment the games: World Cup 2010 Tweets. We hope to see expanded to the NBA, NFL, and other sports as the site features:
- World Cup Event Tweets
- Individual World Cup Game Tweets
- World Cup Game Schedule
This is definitely something every sports fanatic would love to see, but for now the only folks enjoying this awesome resource are World Cup fans. Don’t miss one minute of the action by visiting Twitter.com/WorldCup.
Update: You can find more World Cup Tweets at http://worldcup.tweetbeat.com/ - Thanks @JesCarter for the tip!
Filed under: Search Tools , world cup
SwearJarr is a unique idea that asks those that swear on Twitter to donate to the jar. The money raised is split between two charities each month. According to the statistics they collected, over 425,000 swear words a day cross the public stream.
Now they cannot force you to donate, but allow you to search your stream and give suggestions as well as prompt others. The top swearing celebrities are listed on the bottom right and you are free to check anyone with a public stream.
Donations collected have a small 7.5% fee to SwearJarr for hosting, credit card fees and over all administration. Not bad at all since the rest goes to charity.
Filed under: Add-on Tools , charity, swearing, swearjar
