Comments on: twhirl Review http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/ Just another Hosting weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mostly Lisa http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-125102 Mostly Lisa Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:48:10 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/#comment-125102 twitter is all about the community. great tool for networking with tech orientated people. also, serves as a micro-RSS feed for popular tech/news sites. i.e. engadget, bbc news, tech crunch, all have twitter accounts. i wouldn't recommend using twitter as an RSS for your blog as it is pretty much frowned upon by the twitterati. personally, i like receiving updates when people post to their blogs. But this recent tweet by Merlin Mann convinced me to stop, even covert, RSSing of my blog on twitter. "twat" (n.) - Twitter post that self-links to blog post, whitepaper, or webinar on using Twitter to promote yourself. Alt.: author of same. Yipes. i def don't want to be a twat! twitter is all about the community. great tool for networking with tech orientated people. also, serves as a micro-RSS feed for popular tech/news sites. i.e. engadget, bbc news, tech crunch, all have twitter accounts. i wouldn’t recommend using twitter as an RSS for your blog as it is pretty much frowned upon by the twitterati. personally, i like receiving updates when people post to their blogs. But this recent tweet by Merlin Mann convinced me to stop, even covert, RSSing of my blog on twitter.

“twat” (n.) – Twitter post that self-links to blog post, whitepaper, or webinar on using Twitter to promote yourself. Alt.: author of same.

Yipes. i def don’t want to be a twat!

]]> By: Matt http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-125095 Matt Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:50:44 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/#comment-125095 Cool, runs on Adobe AIR. Cool, runs on Adobe AIR.

]]> By: Raul http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-125092 Raul Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:56:32 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/#comment-125092 Rebecca (Miss604) was precisely the one who explained to me what Twitter is. I'm not 100% sure that I want to join Twitter simply because I don't have a cell phone (and even if I did, I wouldn't have data transmission plans). And I think the best way to Twitter is to have the equipment (e.g. on your cell phone or iPhone as the case may be). That being said, I wonder if I could join Twitter and just do tweets from my laptop when I'm at a coffee shop. Of course, not having a Facebook account also helps :) But you know, with the Sarah Lacy/Mark Zuckerberg debacle (which I also discussed on my blog) I am a bit afraid of Twitter right now. But surprising as it may sound, Lacy now has 1400 people following her on Twitter (which I find a bit surprising and annoying). Rebecca (Miss604) was precisely the one who explained to me what Twitter is. I’m not 100% sure that I want to join Twitter simply because I don’t have a cell phone (and even if I did, I wouldn’t have data transmission plans). And I think the best way to Twitter is to have the equipment (e.g. on your cell phone or iPhone as the case may be).

That being said, I wonder if I could join Twitter and just do tweets from my laptop when I’m at a coffee shop.

Of course, not having a Facebook account also helps :) But you know, with the Sarah Lacy/Mark Zuckerberg debacle (which I also discussed on my blog) I am a bit afraid of Twitter right now. But surprising as it may sound, Lacy now has 1400 people following her on Twitter (which I find a bit surprising and annoying).

]]> By: blogadmin http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-125089 blogadmin Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:45:36 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/#comment-125089 I have been using the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress... http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress I think it does the same thing. Yes I have saw a lot of posts on Twitteriffic with high praise although I do not use a Mac so was glad to find a great Windows tool. I have been using the Twitter Tools plugin for WordPress…

http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress

I think it does the same thing.

Yes I have saw a lot of posts on Twitteriffic with high praise although I do not use a Mac so was glad to find a great Windows tool.

]]> By: Rebecca http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-125088 Rebecca Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:29:49 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/#comment-125088 My friend Duane has a great plugin for WordPress blogs (called WordTwit) that post an announcement to your Twitter whenever you publish a blog post - using Twitter like a mini-RSS feed reader for your followers. After using Twitter for the last year I find it's more than just Facebook-style status updates - it's also "where can I get lunch in Gastown?" and you'll have dozens of suggestions :-P My Twitter app of choice is Twitterific. I don't like the new version (with ads and a limit to how many times you can refresh in an hour) so I haven't upgraded my version at home, but I use the colourful (yet buggy) newer version at work. My friend Duane has a great plugin for WordPress blogs (called WordTwit) that post an announcement to your Twitter whenever you publish a blog post – using Twitter like a mini-RSS feed reader for your followers.

After using Twitter for the last year I find it’s more than just Facebook-style status updates – it’s also “where can I get lunch in Gastown?” and you’ll have dozens of suggestions :-P

My Twitter app of choice is Twitterific. I don’t like the new version (with ads and a limit to how many times you can refresh in an hour) so I haven’t upgraded my version at home, but I use the colourful (yet buggy) newer version at work.

]]> By: Brady Valentino http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-125087 Brady Valentino Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:14:00 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/03/20/twhirl-review/#comment-125087 Thanks for the plug Gary. You probably don't remember me, but we've met before. Thanks for the plug Gary. You probably don’t remember me, but we’ve met before.

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