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Great tools, apps, and services built around Twitter

March 10, 2011 • 3:41 pm 3

Tweetspinner – rotate avatars, clean your DM’s and follower management

Tweetspinner is a web based application with a few little tricks inside.  They do require their own login to get started, which can be different than your Twitter credentials.  Note the little checkbox to skip adding yourself to their mailing list.  You provide an email address and password to gain access to the interface.

You can add multiple Twitter accounts to their system, using oAuth for each.  The catch is that there is different levels of capabilities depending on what service you choose.  You come in as basic level, with some limits in capabilities.

I was totally unsware of this when I first entered the system.  Costs are free/$15 month/$21 month to pro (no price listed).  You can add more Twitter acocunts with each level as well as filters, pruning and more.

There is no way to delete your account either, which I found interesting.  FOr some reason I decided not to move on due to these facts.

Filed under: Follower Management, Profile Customization Tools, , ,

March 9, 2011 • 2:12 pm 1

Proxlet – block apps, mute users and tags across clients

Proxlet could be a savior when it comes to times that events kick off (ahem SXSW) in being able to mute particular users, apps or even hashtags on Google Chrome and  supported native clients.  The simple extension installs easily and has a ton of filtering abiltity.  Setting and prefrences even sync across clients you install this on.

I immediately found benefit blocking such things like Foursquare checkins pushed to Twitter and a few other select hastags and variables.

You can not only filter the above, but use it in reverse to only show tweets with links (thanks to their FAQ for that tip).  The developers have no ads embedded, so there is no money to be made here.  They only request beer.

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January 19, 2011 • 8:00 am 3

Discover Your Twitter Birthday Using TwBirthday

If you’re curious to know when someone first signed-up for Twitter or even how long you’ve been on yourself, look no further than TwBirthday. Simply type in any Twitter handle and TwBirthday will give you the Twitter birthdate for the username you entered. In addition, Twbirthday suggests who might’ve “godfathered” or introduced this person to Twitter, their age index, and a break down of just how long a Twitter account has been active.

TwBirthday

This may seem like useless information at first glance, but marketers and those looking for further demographics on their Twitter followers might find this tool to be beneficial. Also, if you’re not sure if a Twitter account is a scam artist or a real person, knowing how long the account has been open can help you find out. And if you’re simply trying it out for fun, don’t forget to celebrate your Twbirthday when it comes!

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January 18, 2011 • 1:50 pm 3

TweetRings – your favorite tweet on your finger

Tweet Rings takes the idea of the perfect tweet and emblazes it on steel, titanium or silver for you to wear.  Scary I know, but true.

Your favourite Tweet wrapped around your finger

What’s a tweet-ring? 140 characters, super sharp engraved on both sides of a ring

I don’t know about you, but unless it is an actual wedding proposal via tweet, would you want one on a ring?

Select a twitter message, or create your own text. For example, put the tweet on one side, and on the other the sender, date and time. Or perhaps your personal motto on both sides. Anything is possible, within the 140 characters of a twitter message.

So head on over and pick out the ring for your loved one.  Or not.

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November 30, 2010 • 10:46 am 1

FollowFormation – follow top accounts by interest and more

FollowFormation is technically not new,  but it is still a useful tool.  Their description makes it easier than retyping:

Followformation is a tool for novice Twitter users (we call them “chirpers”) to get started with following the top people in the categories of their interest, and top people in the cities in which they live in. You can call it Twitter’s suggested users feature on steroids
What is interesting is that FollowFormation uses other Twitter directories to build it’s categories and lists.  So we end up with a tool built on other tools.
They also do not want you to use their system to game Twitter.  They built in varying limits that change constantly and can block you from following more until the next day.
How do they make money?  Easy.  Up to 10% of names in the lists are paid placements.  I still like grass-roots growth initiatives.  I realize some look at Twitter as a pure marketing channel, but it is so much more.  Non-profits and charities can get a free slot, which is a nice touch from them.
Followformation has a winter Olympics edition built for you as well.  So they play ti smart and build categories around upcoming events.

Filed under: Follower Management, ,

November 29, 2010 • 10:32 am 0

DMCleaner – manage your direct messages

DMCleaner presents itself as a tool to maage your direct messages better than Twitter itself.  Authentication is done via oAuth and that is the only choice on the homepage.

Once authenticated it pulls all your direct messages and gives you the count of received and sent.  You are then presented with a list of choices as links:

  • Delete all DM’s
  • Delete all sent DM’s
  • Delete all received DM’s
  • Delete only DM’s with blocked users
  • Delete only DM’s with specific users
  • Delete only DM’s based on a specific date
  • Delete only DM’s containing specific words

Quite the choices.  The first three are very easy to understand.  I clicked the specific date for a test and a quick box appears asking you to specify the date via mm/dd/yyyy format, instead of a pop-up calendar.  It works fine for the purpose.

I wish I could see all of the DM’s in a side window, pop-up or something to verify what I was doing.  But that isn’t the case/

A great, quick tool that does just what it says in mass quantity.  Just be sure you verify in the real Twitter UI before making any choice.

You could also look at Backupify as an option to backing up tweets before deleting them.

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November 3, 2010 • 10:00 am 1

MetroTwit: A Worthy Twitter Desktop Client for Windows (PC)

If you’re looking for that perfect Twitter desktop client for PC, MetroTwit is one you should consider.  Giving you gorgeous column user interface packed with power Twitter users features makes MetroTwit stand out in the crowd.

MetroTwit features a bundle of customizable notifications  with “toaster”, at-a-glance notifications in MetroTwit. If you’re using Windows 7 you can also opt-in to the message counter with Windows 7 taskbar integration. Adding your favorite Twitter list or stream of just one person as a MetroTwit column is as easy as selecting the pin icon when viewing a stream. Each additional column will be automatically resized to make room for the new colum.

After adding about 7 columns, a horizontal scrollbar appeared (results may vary based on your screen size). Once this happened columns stopped resizing automatically and I could still resize any column I wanted to create more space for better visibility. I’ve added 11 columns in MetroTwit with no problems.

When scrolling through messages, MetroTwit ditches the refresh button and instantly begins to pull up more tweets as you scroll further down the column. Not to mention MetroTweet offers auto-completion of usernames and hashtags! We definitely recommend trying this Twitter client out on your PC.  It’s truly a great Twitter desktop client.

Via Charnita Fance at Blogging Tips

Filed under: Desktop Clients, PC, Twitter Clients, ,

November 3, 2010 • 8:21 am 1

Tweetgo Twitter Mobile Web Client for Nokia Maemo Gadgets (N900, N8)

Spotted on MyNokiaBlog.com, Tweetgo is a mobile web client for Twitter designed with Nokia Maemo devices in mind (i.e. Nokia N900). If you’ve ever owned a Nokiaa N900, then you’re aware of the lack of great Twitter clients for the Maemo platform. Tweetgo aims to be the solution using your mobile web browser.

Simply visit in http://www.tweetgo.net/ your mobile web browser to access your Twitter account  coupled with a great user interface. Tweetgo works in both landscape and portrait mode and includes quick access to most Twitter features including your lists. Things like your Favorites might require a little digging.

MyNokiaBlog has some great screencaps and a video of Tweetgo.net running on a Nokia N8. Give it a whirl in your browser if you’re using any of the Nokia Maemo devices.

 

Filed under: Mobile Clients, Nokia, Twitter Clients, Web Clients

September 29, 2010 • 10:00 am 1

TwtRoulette – view random Twitter accounts

Yes, you know where the name TwtRoulette came from.  You can view random Twitter accounts or even submit one yourself to be added to the pool.

I went ahead and clicked random and was presented with an ad at the top (not unexpected) and then a listing of Tweets as some random user would see them.  Much like watching the public timeline at any point.  No common theme, hashtag or list.  Just people.

I shortly got a prompt to add my own timeline to the roulette wheel.  However, even with the oAuth prompt, I did not like how it asked to read and update my timeline.  My stream is public and who I follow could be, so it should be able to just take my username and submit it, no oAuth necesary.  If they are protected then you can’t see it.

You get about ten or so tweets per page and have to click to see more.  You can also choose to see Twitter as someones timeline would be, which is interesting.

So this begs a serious question.  If I authorize oAuth to view the stream as I do and I see someone that has protected their tweets, can you then use this tool to see that person’s tweets?

Will this help me find someone new?  Not likely in the random sense.

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September 16, 2010 • 9:17 am 0

TwitChange – buy a celebrity follower

This one has a short time span, but I see TwitChange having a long afterlife and other events.  The premise is you bid, for charity, to win your favorite celebrity to follow you.


The only global celebrity auction where Twitter users can bid to get three things: be followed by their favorite celebrity on Twitter, retweeted, or mentioned by them in a special tweet!

The list of celebrities is growing, all with variances in how they will handle you if you win.  Some will follow for a certain amount of time, throw a retweet of yours or just mention you.  Heck, you might even get lucky and make a friend along the way.

All proceeds from the TwitChange celebrity auction will provide aHomeInHaiti.org the means to finish rebuilding the Miriam Center.

So since this goes to charity, I would suggest you give it a shot and make a bid.  Even if you just want to donate to charity.

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