Twitter Tools

By: Rick Hanover

Recently, I mentioned that I am a fan of Twitter. One of the nice things about Twitter is that there are so many applications to allow you to post or tweet compared to other social networking sites. It is easy to tell how someone tweets, from your home page you can see when and how a person has made their tweets. Figure A shows my tweet about writing this very blog:
Figure A

This shows that I used the Twitter Opera widget to make the tweet as an add-on to the Opera browser for my Twitter feed. Looking closely at Twitter there is a wide distribution of tools people use to tweet. This is primarily because the Twitter API is very straightforward and well documented for application developers to follow.

But, there are so many tools out there. Here are a few of the popular Twitter applications and Web sites:

Trillian: A powerful all-in-one applet for many social networking services

Bit.Ly: A nice follow-up from a URL shortening service

Tweetie: “The Mac people love it”

Tweetdeck: Another social network consolidation application

Twhirl: Multiple service consolidation, URL shortening, image posting with pictures

Twitterfeed: A blog to Twitter application

TwitterFon: iPhone and iPod Twitter application

Twittelator: Another iPhone Twitter client

Ping.fm: A multi-service consolidation client

TwitterFox: A Firefox extension for the popular browser

Twitterrific: Mac and iPhone Twitter application

Ubertwitter: Mobile device Twitter client

Seesmic: Twitter and Facebook client

Tweed: Palm-based Twitter client

Twaitter: A time-delayed Twitter posting application

TwInbox: An Outlook-based Twitter client

TwitterBerry: A BlackBerry-based Twitter client

And that is just a quick look at what people are using to post. Of course you can go fully old-school and post via the Web browser.

With all these tools out there, a number of points need to be made. Above all else, all the Twitter tools won’t be around forever. Some of these organizations will fail, or the Twitter API will be updated and the applications won’t support it without further development. The other important thing to consider is the source of these tools. This goes for any community-developed or open source application. Simply think about what you are using for your Twitter stream (or any other social networking service) and the origin of the software. Further, if you are running some sort of business off a Twitter application, make sure you can move everything you do to another application if needed.

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A Twittonary of Twitter Terms

Via Stefan Swanepoel (Trends Expert, Author & Speaker):
In follow up to my post yesterday on the growth of Twitter I thought it would be interesting to share some Twitter terminology.

Similar to the Web, Blogging and Wiki, Twitter has also sparked a whole new legion of "new" words. Below a list of 70 interesting ones I have seen.
Twittonary of Twitter Terms

1. Twadd - To add someone as a friend to Twitter.
2. Twaggle - A gaggle of followers.
3. Twaigslist - To sell something via Twitter.
4. Twaiting - Twittering while waiting
5. Twaffic - Twitter traffic.
6. Twaunt - To taunt someone over Twitter.
7. Twead - To read a Twitter.
8. Twebay - To offer something for sale via Twitter.
9. Tweekend - Spending your entire weekend on Twitter.
10. Tweeple - Twitter people, Twitter members, Twitter users
11. Tweepish - Feeling sheepish or regretful about something you tweeted.
12. Tweeps - Twitterites that follow each other from one online network to another.
13. Twease - A person who teases people over Twitter.
14. Twends - Trends caused by Twitter and micro-blogging.
15. Tweet-back - Bringing a previous tweet conversation back into the current conversation.
16. Tweet-dropping - Eavesdropping on someone's else's Home Page in With Friends mode.
17. Tweetaholism - The addiction to continued use of Twitter.
18. Tweeter - A Twitter user. 
19. Tweeterboxes - Twitterers who tweet too much
20. Tweetheart - That special someone who makes your heart skip a beat.
21. Twitterholic - Someone who is addicted to Twitter.
22. TweetIn - When a group of Twitterers agree to get together at a set time to Twitter.
23. Tweeting - The act of posting to Twitter.
24. Tweets - Posts on Twitter by Twitterers.
25. Tweetsult - An insult via Twitter.
26. TweetUp - When Twitterers meet in person in one's home nest.
27. Twhepherd - The Twitter employee that finds and restores lost followers to your twaggle.
28. Twexplanation - Sending a nebulousTweet and having to explain it while offline from Twitter.
29. Twittercal mass - A community that has achieved a critical mass of Twitterers.
30. Twibute -- To pay tribute on Twitter.
31. Twis - To dis a fellow Twitterer.
32. Twisticuffs - Fighting with a fellow Twitterer over twitter.
33. Twitosphere - Community of Twitterers
34. Twittastic - Something fantastic and wonderful.
35. Twittcrastination - Twittering as a form of procrastination
36. Twitterati - The glamorous A-List Twitterer's everyone wants to follow.
37. Twitterer - A user of Twitter.
38. Twittectomy - Unfollowing friends.
39. Twittering - To send a Twitter message.
40. Twitterish - Erractic behavior with short outbursts.
41. Twired - Tired after excessive Twittering
42. Twitterfly - Being a social butterfly on Twitter.
43. Twitterject - Interject your tweet into an existing tweet stream of conversation.
44. Twitterlooing - Twittering from a bathroom.
45. Twitterloop - To be caught up with friend tweets and up on the conversation.
46. Twittermaps - A mashup technology that lets Twitter users find each other using Google maps.
47. Twitterpated - To be overwhelmed with Twitter messages.
48. Twitterphoria - The elation you feel when the person you've added as a friend adds you back.
49. Twitterrhea - The act of sending too many Twitter messages.
50. Twitterrific - A really good Tweat
51. Twittervision - locates the Twitterer on a map.
52. Twittsomnia - Inability to sleep due to excessive Twittering.
53. Twittertories - Clusters of Twittererers that follow and friend each other with little overlap with other clusters.
54. Twittertude - Bad Twitter attitude.
55. Twittfessional - A confession made on Twitter.
56. Twitticisms - Witty Tweets.
57. Twittilate - To arouse with Tweets.
58. Twittish - Too skittish to Twitter.
59. Twittsomnia - Twittering due to inability to sleep.
60. Twittworking - Networking with Twitterites using Twitter.
61. Twixt - Can't decide who to Tweet.
62. Twhiner - A Twitterer who only ever posts whiney, negative Tweets.
63. Twofor - Replying to two unrelated Tweets with a single Tweet.
64. TwoingTwoing - To Twitter about wonderful things.
65. Twlocked - To have Twitter (writers) block.  
66. Twoops - When you accidentally send a private SMS to Twitter
67. Twoosh - A full 140 character Twitter.
68. Twopsies - When you drop things because you are Twittering.
69. Twurvey - A survey sent out over Twitter.
70. Twype - To type a Twitter.

I am sure you have heard many other ones. Lets see how many we can find.

Please share ones you know and I will add them to above Twittonary.
Additions Since the Original Post:
Twitterlicious - Something delightful on Twitter (Added by Susie Blackmon-Valley)
Twemendous - Something fabulous that happened as a result of Twitter (Addd by Juliet Johnson)
Twit - Someone who doesn't follow Twitter Twettiquette (Added by Crystal Pina)
Twetiquette - The correct manner to use Twitter (Added by Crystal Pina)
Twitterbation - When you tweet yourself (Added by Juliet Johnson)
Mistweet - A tweet that one regrets later (Added by Rick)
Friendapalooza - A quick burst of friend-adding (Added by DJ of Real Estate Wiki)
Co-Twitterer - A partner that tweets on your Twitter account (Added by DJ of Real Estate Wiki)
Dweet - A Tweet sent while intoxicated (Added by DJ of Real Estate Wiki)
Neweeter - A new Tweeter (Added by DJ of Real Estate Wiki)

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