Posted on Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Twitter is a great way to connect with people and stay updated with more news and information than you can possibly imagine. The opportunities are limitless on Twitter and so is the time you can spend living in the Twitterverse. Hours can quickly pass by as you read, talk and add your updates. Here are some of our favorites tools to help you make the most of your time on Twitter.
Twitterfeed automatically Tweets your blog posts from your RSS feed.
TweetDeck is a desktop tool for managing your Twitter account, updates and followers.
Twtpoll is an app for conducting polls.
Twitpic lets you easily post photos.
Twitsnearme shows you local tweets based on your location.
Twittervision is a mashup of Twitter and Google Maps that geographically displays tweets. You can see who’s tweeting in your neighborhood.
Twitterless provides you with information about who stops following you. It also charts your history of followers.
TweetPsych gives you a psychological profile of a person’s tweets. It’s best used if you have over 1000 updates.
Posted on Fri, Jun 12, 2009
The market is abuzz about the new Google Wave, a real-time communications platform that is in limited release to developers now and will be generally available later this year. Google Wave lets everyone participate, edit and collaborate in one online location. According to the creators of Google Wave, “A wave is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”
Mashable has put up some fantastic articles discussing Google Wave and its many features. The opportunities are limitless with a platform like this that brings together all the best parts of online collaboration in one place. You can embed the conversations into any blog or website, and share the Wave with an even wider audience. It’ll be exciting to see what the developers do with it.