I’ve used a lot of Twitter applications. I’ve reviewed at least four on this site. I generally don’t stick with a single application for more than a week or two. TweetDeck has become the only exception to that rule - it has changed the way I use Twitter. I started using it back when it [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Twitter'
TweetDeck Continually Improves the Twitter Experience
November 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Analysis of Twitter Client Statistics
October 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tracker has been running since August 6th (almost 3 months) so it’s time that I look at what it’s reporting to see how useful it can be. If you’re not familiar with the methodology that’s employed by Tracker, read the description before reading the analysis. Here are some stats related to traffic and tweet analyzing:
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MLB ScoreBot: End of Season 1
October 29th, 2008 · No Comments
So, the Phillies are the 2008 World Champions of baseball. My Cubs made it to the dance but turned out to be the dorky kid standing on the sidelines yet again. Looking back on ScoreBot’s run…
There were a couple hiccups along the way, but I’m pretty happy with the way ScoreBot performed. For its inaugural [...]
Big Bang Theory Cast on Twitter
October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
My favorite show, The Big Bang Theory, just started its new season about a month ago. The second season is looking even better than the first, which is good news. It’s a really funny show - even more so if you’re into science and nerdy stuff like I am.
This isn’t the first case of a [...]
Tags: Twitter
SmartyPig Contest Crushes Twitter
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments
OK, it was more like a coincidentally timed outage, but …
Today’s SmartyPig giveaway was held at 3:00 PM Central Time. At approximately 3:02, I noticed that I couldn’t hit Twitter’s web interface any longer - it was asking me to log in as an employee. Sadly, I don’t work for Twitter, so I couldn’t use [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · Twitter
Sillyphobia Reveals Inner Fears
September 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Wednesday’s meme of the day was sillyphobia, a revealing of a person’s strange fears. A quick search on the #sillyphobia hash reveals the originator to be a fellow #dmtweetup member, @Kathy_L. The scope of #sillyphobia was nothing like the reach of #mangavatar a few weeks ago, but it was certainly fun to track the topic.
Having [...]
Tags: Twitter
Under Review: Tweenky
September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tweenky is a relatively new Twitter client that’s currently in beta. Tweenky is different from most Twitter clients in the sense that it’s a web-based application. This has both good and bad aspects to it, but overall, Tweenky handles it well. It’s written primarily in PHP and uses jQuery extensively, and also relies on Amazon’s [...]
Twitter Search Tips
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Everyone knows that search.twitter.com (formerly Summize) is a great way to aggregate or find tweets with certain criteria. Here’s a few more tricks that will help you narrow your search results:
Use a boolean: searching Obama OR McCain will give you results containing either of those keywords. String them together as you like (Gustav OR Josephine [...]
Tweenky Gives TweetDeck Some Competition
September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
I was tipped off by @microblink last night to a new third-party Twitter service called Tweenky. I was quick to jump onboard with the service knowing nothing about it. After the last few lackluster services I reviewed, I was taking a shot in the dark that this service would be something worthy of reviewing. I [...]
Tags: Twitter
Where Are the Tweets Coming From?
August 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
A few days ago I got curious about the breakdown of Twitter update sources. I searched around the Internet first and found a set of results from ReadWriteWeb. The results seemed to be somewhat limited and were a one-time statistic taken over a given timeframe and analyzed later.
This wasn’t what I was looking for. I [...]
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