What Apps Should Twitter Highlight? Twitter HQ Wants to Know
Twitter is working on an automated method of discovering interesting 3rd party applications and websites built on its service to promote to users in the top right corner of its home page. Until that automated method is established, co-founder Biz Stone told us by email today that Twitter should do a better job of highlighting more projects and that he is open to suggestions for projects to feature.
We would love to make some suggestions, but we thought we'd start by asking our readers for ideas.
The short list of projects featured right now looks to us like a group of companies that Twitter has a financial interest in or are run by Silicon Valley celebrities. Stone assures us that's not the case (there is no affiliate relationship with Threadless, for example, and he's planning on highlighting the forthcoming event Twestival) - but let's offer him a list of lesser known apps to broaden what millions of people see when they log in to their stream of Tweets.
but what other Twitter-based projects should be highlighted in this prime real estate?
Please post your suggestions for Twitter apps and projects that deserve some of the limelight in the comments below. We may grab the ones that get named more than once and hold a vote later to discover the "must-see" Twitter apps in the eyes of the ReadWriteWeb community.
We'll make sure the good people at Twitter HQ see these lists as well. We like to give them a hard time, but that's just because it's our job and because they are so important. We're excited to see the automated "cool app" discovery process when it's launched too.
For now though, what do you think millions of Twitter users should be shown in the corner of their pages? Add your favorites to the comments below.
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TwitArea. Well, it's a ...
But, it's native on twitter.com (FF extension), built on an open API (http://code.google.com/p/praized/wiki/API), using OAuth creds for authentication, publishes places info fully microformatted and is an good example of a service that can be extended (but don't trust me, I'm the CTO, read about what others are saying about it - http://bit.ly/twitarea).
missing from my previous comment after it's a... [shameless_plug] - but the comment formatting ate my markup.
I use Big Tweet all the time, it's a handy way to tweet websites with added comment.
Twibes would be a great app to highlight. It has tremendous potential to bring together groups of Twitter users with interests in common!
twibes and twitpic integration
Twibes!
Please try TuneIn and let us know what you think! http://tunein.com
www.bigtweet.com
Awsome bookmarklet. Enables you to tweet an interesting webpage, add it to your Delicious account, ping.fm and shorten the URL in a matter of seconds.
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August 18, 2009 7:25 PM
I think TwitterFox is great for an add-on to Firefox.
Also for the desktop: TweetDeck.
And also HootSuite (hootsuite.com) & Twibes (www.twibes.com).
Thanks!
Bill
Yes, a link to Twibe. Also to email account and to Internet. Taking a break from work I allot a certain amount of time to surfing and pass through Twitter & Twibes on the way. I do that now with bookmarks, but face it, I tend to be lazy. Why do three clicks when one will do?
The 3rd party app that I use with Twitter the most -- by far -- is Twibes http://www.twibes.com/. I started a Twibe on fountain pens a couple of months ago, twib.es/6NP, and it's been a terrific meeting place for fellow collectors and enthusiasts.
I believe that there are now thousands of Twibes on various interests and it seems to be growing by leaps and bounds.
Twibes
Please make it easier to go from Twitter to Twibes. I would greatly appreciate a connection that would allow me to link between these two great applications. Please make this happen!
I use dailyRT to filter out all the "babble".
BigTweet is awesome!
Hootsuite
I'd like to put in a vote for HootSuite (http://hootsuite.com). There's a lot of buzz about it recently and I think it's well deserved!
Gist - combining email, news, contact info and twitter feeds into a powerful communications and relationship building tool. The ultimate business content aggregator.
Tweetree.com and EventBox (for Mac OS X) are on my "can't live without" list.
r
HootSuite, the professional Twitter client... all the goodness of a Tweetdeck but it's web-based, doesn't eat your RAM, has drag and drop columns and you can track stats on your content links. HootSuite has integrated Ping.fm, and you can even embed HootSuite columns on other sites.
HOOTSUITE IS THE BOMB! PLEASE INCLUDE HOOTSUITE!
HootSuite
I for one would like the two applications to be linked. Would save a LOT of time by elimating the need to switch back and forth in order to make sure everyone gets your important updates.
BigTweet bookmark on my firefox is the best thing which helps me in using Twitter wisely.
I prefer BigTweet very much.
Twitscoop http://www.twitscoop.com/
I have twitscoop open on a second monitor and tweetdeck. But the website shows the tweets that are buzzing immediately.
Mobypicture and blip.fm
Twibes! It would be nice to have a link to my Twibes account, or at least a link to the Twibes sign-in page. Please? Tweetdeck would also be delightful.
TweetBrain http://tweetbrain.com, a Q and A service for the Twitter community is very valuable.
Tweetbrain!
I shamelessly suggest Twitalyzer
I suggest Twitscoop ...
http://twittergadget.appspot.com Twitter Gadget for Gmail
http://www.twitopic.com Twitopic, show trending topics in scrolling timeline
Tweetdeck, please, plus Twibes http://www.twibes.com and Tiny http://www.tiny.cc/
Twitscoop! I feel like taking the pulse of the world.
Highly recommend www.hootsuite.com and www.ping.fm
These are my two favorite Twitter tools!
Clyde Lerner
www.ITMComputing.com
www.ITMonTwitter.com
Please highlight Twibes. This would be really helpful.
Twitscoop !
DestroyTwitter is the best Twitter app I know of.
http://destroytwitter.com
Twitscoop!
Twitscoop!
Definitely Twitscoop!
I like twitscoop a lot too. They deserve to be a bit more in the spotlight for sure.
Twitscoop.com, naturally.
Mixero
http://mixero.com/
Great twitter client with advanced groups management, filters, sophisticated search capabilities and a lot of other goodies.
I use TweetDeck as my twitter client and BigTweet to push out links to Twitter
Mobypicture.com (great way to share your images, video's, audio on twitter and other networks)
twit2d.com (best mobile browser twitterclient)
If you have a Twitter application, make sure you post it here.
Seems this post will become an inventory listing.
Twibes is very good!
Bubba.....:)
JournoTwit.com - the beta version is really close to TweetDeck, but web based. I like the way it splits up the tweets into categories too.
Twitter interface done right: http://tweetree.com/ ftw
any app that gets rid of Shelly Ryan would be most welcome :-)
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