30 Twitter Apps We Actually Use and 140 After That

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At Open Comments this week, we talked about the Twitter Apps we find most useful and most fun to use. If you are a Twitter maven, you’ll see immediately that this is not a comprehensive list, but as a maven, you’d also know that many apps do the same things. At the end of the list I’ve included a reference to a longer list for you.

Twitter

Twitter — the original web-based microblogging platform
TwitterSearch – find a tweet, a topic, or a person

Keeping Posted

TweetDeck — breaks down an abundance of twitter feeds into more manageable pieces.
Twhirl — a social software desktop client for Twitter delivery, based on the Adobe AIR platform.
Digsby — IMs, Email, and Social Networking in one
Twitterific — clean and simple twitter interface
iTweet another clean, simple Twitter interface
SocialToo — organizes Twitter, identi.ca and Facebook
Twitterfon — Simple, fast Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Twitter Feed — get your blog (or any other RSS or Atom feed) twittering

Keeping Alert to Trends

TweetBeep Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company, through email alerts
TweetScan Search what people are saying
TwitScoop — real-time tag cloud of Twitter topic trends
Monitter real-time search of mulitple keywords

Keeping Up

12seconds.TV — just as its name implies and in Twitter-sized pieces Review
blippr — discuss, discover, and organize media
Crowd Status — visual interface to follow a group in real time

Dial2Do — phone it in

My Tweeple — see your followers in a new way
Qwitter — get an email when someone stops following you
Twellow — Twitter Yellow Pages - Good way to find people based on location or business/interest category.
Twinfluence — rates reach, velocity, centrality, and social capital
Twistori — tracking Twitter emotions, inspired by wefeelfine
Twitpic — for sharing photos Review
Twitter100 — track 100 followers in real-time
Twitter Grader — find out how your stats add up
TwitterLocal — find Twitters in your geographic area
TwitterSpy — see the location of every tweet on the public timeline
Twitt(url)y — see which urls are popular
Twubble recommends more people to follow

Three Articles Worth a Twit

Twitter FAQ for Newbies
Autoresponders: Good Marketing or Missing the Point?
Twittermania: 140+ More Twitter Tools! More tools than anyone needs — but fun to have.
UPDATE Matthew Ray also suggested this resource: TwitterWiki Go crazy with Twitter tools

It was a fast conversation that brought together the best Twitter Tools of the group. Hope they help you tweet in style.

Are your personal favorites on the list? Feel free to add the best in the comments if they’re not here.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Who Cast a Spell on My Name?

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Check this out . . . it’s fun!

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Now YUDU It! to Win a YUDU PLUS Account or maybe a MacBook Air!

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ARE YOU READY TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH?

The slideshow of the Brand New Blog Feeling went up earlier this afternoon. It was a thrill making it, because as I worked with captions and photos it seemed as if I got know the people who sent them in.

What was also a thrill was explaining to the folks I work with at YUDU Digital Publishing how they might be a collaborative active part of what we’re doing on our blogs. They “get” it. That’s very cool.

And as a result, today I’m announcing how the contest that just ended has spurred another one.

YUDU It! to Win a YUDU PLUS ProAccount or a MacBook Air!

If you join in an make a simple slide show of 5-10 slides, your show will be judged by a team from YUDU.com and the top entry will receive a YUDU PLUS account. That’s a big deal, believe me. A YUDU Plus Account unlocks some even cooler features, that are coming to market just this week. YUDU PLUS includes these treats and more. You can

Do ecommerce. Put your documents, music and special photos up for Sale and name your Price.
Have automatic document protection that helps Prevent Copying and sharing with people who havenâ€™t paid.
Make professional documents with mutlimedia embeds using YUDU Plus editing suite. Upload a New Cover; rearrange, Add or Delete pages, select different Language toolbars, change Backgrounds, add Page Links and link Photos and text to external websites.
Embed your library in your Website or blog, and when get collect 10% of the signup fee.

The YUDU contest for the MacBook Air requires signing up friends. BUT as part of this YUDU It! contest if you tag your entry Blogger 908, you’ll be automatically entered to for a chance to win without having to pull out that address book.

Here’s what you need to know . . .

I did it. I made two slideshows just this week. It’s your turn — will YUDU it now for a chance at:
YUDU PLUS account valued at US$180
and
A MacBook Air? Or maybe just to see how well you do with YUDU.

You know what I mean.

BTW, YUDU is looking for beta testers for this new launch. If you’re interested, please email me.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Web 2.0 Social Tools Starter List

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Web 2.0 Tools

This is a short list of Social Media tools organized by their most compelling feature.
It’s not meant to be comprehensive, but instead a starter set. If you’re looking for something more extensive, I suggest Top 100 Social Media Tools by Steve Dale online.

Great examples of online social media tools often used (and referred to in conversations) include these.

I’ve left room to add in more. Feel free to suggest links for each category. If you think it’s useful, I’ll compile them into a pdf when I return from BlogWorld Expo.

Monitoring and Listening

Search: Google and other search traditional engines, Google Blog Search, Technorati, and others . . .

Alerts: Google Alerts, Twitter Search, and others . . .

Online Presence

Online Professional Networks: LinkedIn, Xing, and others . . .

Social Networks: Facebook, MySpace, Ning, CollectiveX, and others . . .

Microblogging and Conversation:
Twitter, Pownce, Plurk, Identi.ca, and others . . .

Media Sharing Communities

Digital Publishing and SlideShows
SlideShare, YUDU, PictureTrail, Slideoo, Slide.com and others . . .

Video Sharing: YouTube, BlogTV, Vimeo, Viddler and others . . .

Photo Sharing: Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket, PlaceandTime, and others . . .

Content Sharing

Blogging Platforms
WordPress, Typepad, Blogspot, tumblr,and others . . .

Blog communities: MyBlogLog, FuelMyBlog, BlogCatalog and others . . .

Social Bookmarking
Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon Sphinn, and others . . .

RSS and Email Syndication tools: Feedburner, Feedblitz, Zookoda, others . . .

Aggregation tools: Friendfeed, Second Brain, and others . . .

Blog readers: Google Reader, Bloglines, NetVibes and others . . .

As I said, it’s a starter list with plenty of room to edit and add your own. The more everyone contributes the more useful it will be for all of us.

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From PlanetOZH — A Comment Counter Named LIZ!!!

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The WordPress Liz Comment Counter Plugin

If you haven’t heard about it . . . a very nice man by the name of Ozh did something even nicer — he made a plugin named after me. How beautiful is that?!! As Ozh says

Liz Strauss Comment Counter is a highly configurable â€œinternet badgeâ€ that shows the number of comments your WordPress blog has. Use it either to show off how social your blog is, as an incentive for commenters to be part of it, or just because itâ€™s fun