It seems like every day I see more and more being written about Twitter. I have to admit that I don’t really get the fascination with micro blogging, but it’s becoming more and more common, and many bloggers find the services to be extremely useful for connecting with their audience. With all of the information that I’ve been seeing on Twitter, I decided to put together this collection of resources.
Getting Started:
The Big Juicy Twitter Guide - An in-depth look at Twitter.
Twictionary - A dictionary for Twitter.
TwitDir - Another Twitter directory.
The Twitter Blog - Follow their official blog.
Explore Twitter - Learn more about Twitter.
Interacting with Friends:
FriendFeed - Discover what your friends are sharing.
Twitter Karma - View your friends.
TweetWheel - Find out which of your Twitter friends know each other.
Who Should I Follow? - Twitter Friend Recommendations.
Intwition - What’s being linked to on Twitter?
CrowdStatus - Create a crowd.
My Tweeple - Manage your following and followers.
GroupTweet - Group message broadcasting for Twitter.
Twitter 100 - See your followers at a glance.
Quotably - Follow Twitter conversations.
TwitterLocal - Follow tweets from a certain area.
TwitterVerse - What is Twitter doing lately?
Twemes - Twitter memes.
Tweetmeme - Twitter meme.
TwitterWho - Batch people search.
Protecting Yourself:
The Twitter Blacklist - Identify the spammers.
Twitter Twerp Scan - Find users who are following too many people in attempt to get followers.
Twitter Snooze - Hit the snooze button on your verbose friends.
Organization:
Socialthing - Get your digital life together.
Twittercal - Tweet your Google calendar.
Twitter Digest - Read updates in a more manageable fashion.
Twitku - Read posts on Twitter, Jaiku and Pownce.
Twitter Timer - Set an alarm for things you need to remember.
Twitt.icio.us - Send links from Twitter to del.icio.us.
Twitter Where - Subscribe to Twitter feeds around a certain geographical location.
Stats & Tracking:
TweetBurner - Track what happens with the links you share.
Twitt(url)y - Tracks what URLs Twitter users are talking about.
Twitter Charts - View the number of tweets by a user according to time of day and day of the week.
Twitstat - Real time Twitter analytics.
TweetStats - Graphin’ your stats.
TwitterBuzz - What people are linking to.
Twittermeter - Monitor word frequency.
Tweet Volume - Enter words or phrases and see how often they appear on Twitter.
Twitter Vision - A real-time geographic visualization of posts to Twitter.
Twitterholic - Shows popular Twitter feeds.
Summize - Search Twitter in real time.
Twitter Search - A customized search engine for Twitter.
Maps:
YouTwit - Put Twitter status on Google maps.
TwittEarth - Live Twitts all over the world.
Twhirl - A desktop client for Twitter.
Snitter - Desktop client for Mac and Windows.
Twitterific - Desktop client for Mac.
gTwitter - Desktop client for Linux.
Witty - Desktop client for Vista.
Twitteroo - Desktop client for the PC.
TwitterPod - Desktop client for Mac.
Twitux - Desktop client for Gnome.
Mobile Clients:
Twitterberry - Mobile client for Blackberry.
Email Twitter - Mobile client.
Twoble - Mobile client for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.
Email:
TwitterMail - Tweet via email.
OutTwit - Use Twitter from Outlook.
TwitterIM - Tweet via IM.
Widgets:
Twitter Opera Widget - Widget for Opera.
Twitter Widget - From Widgetbox.
Twadget - The Twitter Vista sidebar gadget.
TwitterFone - Send messages to Twitter with voice.
Twitter Development Talk - Google group.
Twitter Bots - Google code.
Blogging:
Twitter Feed - Feed your blog to Twitter.
Photos and File Sharing:
TweetPic - Share photos.
Twitxr - Share photos.
Twittershare - Share files.
SnapTweet - Send Flickr photos to Twitter.
Twiddeo - Twitter plus video.
TwitterGram - Share audio.
TwitSay - Give your Twitter account a voice.
Other Resources:
Twibler - Automatically post your new eBay listings on Twitter.
Tweet Clouds - Make word clouds from public streams.
BBC News - Get BBC headlines via Twitter.
Articles About Twitter
Twitter 101: Clarifying the Rules for Newbies - SheGeeks
Posting and Replying with Images and Links with Twitter - Etienne Teo
5 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Presence - ProBlogger
13 Odd Ways to Use Twitter - Social Media Trader
Get Into Twitter or Get Outta Public Relations - PR Squared
Twitter Feeds Made Simple - ClickPopMedia
Video: Twitter in Plain English - Common Craft
Twitter: What’s the Point? - Newsvine
Tweeting for Companies 101 - HorsePigCow
How to Use Twitter to Build Brand Integrity - Marketing Vox
Twitter and Business: The Conclusion - Business and Blogging
How We Use Twitter for Journalism - ReadWriteWeb
10 Things Twitter Users Should Not Do - Valley Wag
Twitter Hashtags and Groups - American Pai
8 Awesome Firefox Plugins for Twitter - Mashable
10 Ways Twitter Can Boost Your Social News Profile - ReadWriteWeb
Copyright and Twitter - Blog Herald
My Essential Twitter Tools - Web-Strategist.com
Twitter Can Be Liberated - Here’s How - TechCrunch
Twitter May Not Have to Worry About Uptime Anymore - TechCrunch
RFC: OpenTweets - Why is MicroBlogging Centralized? - Scott Hanselman
Why Decentralizing Twitter is so Important - Scripting.com
Decentralized Twitter’s Time Has Come - BroadbandMechanics.com
Home Tweet Home: Energy-Savvy House Broadcasts on Twitter - Wired.com
If you’re a Twitter user feel free to leave your username or a link to your profile below. Mine is stevensnell.
Originally Published May 12th, 2008
26 comments from readers
1 MrCooker May 12, 2008 at 4:18 pm
This is my twitter profile http://twitter.com/umitnamli
Although I’m not a Twitter fan (yet) .
The list you’ve compiled is pretty good and I hope you get some good SM traffic from it.
2 James Chartrand - Men with Pens May 12, 2008 at 4:35 pm
102 resources…
The Ultimate Men with Pens Guide to Twitter.
And I’ll get smacked and held in mod for two links, but here you go. Follow James from Men with Pens on Twitter
Cheers, Steven. Good list.
3 Steven Snell May 12, 2008 at 4:44 pm
James,
Thanks for the addition. Sorry I missed that one. Guess what, your comment didn’t get held in moderation. I guess it’s set to hold comments with 3 links.
4 James Chartrand - Men with Pens May 12, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Oooh, should I test it?
5 pearl May 12, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hey Steven
That’s a great list and to be honest it crossed my mind a few days ago too but I just don’t have the energy to get back to blogging yet - so this should be added to my master 101 list
6 Steven Snell May 12, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Pearl,
I haven’t seen many big collections of Twitter resources, but I knew I couldn’t be the only one thinking of it. I didn’t sit on this post very long because I could picture someone else beating me to it.
7 Doc SEO May 12, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I too don’t quite understand how the twitter work. But with this list i think i can manage to get more info for it. Thanks for the links mate!
8 James Whatley May 13, 2008 at 12:58 am
There’s a bunch of other voice apps for Twitter too chap..
SpinVox is my tool of choice.
9 Mike May 13, 2008 at 10:06 am
I’ve never really been that interested in Twitter, and all its hype seems to come mostly from America, as here in the UK no one I know personally or at university uses it. At a glance it looks useless, but in a way it’s so useless that it’s useful. I might give a few of these tools a try and see how I get on with Twitter. Great post!
10 David at DavidNordmark.com May 13, 2008 at 11:20 am
I have to admit, the appeal of twitter eludes me as well. Don’t you just wind up annoying your friends with micro posts about how you’re washing your clothes or watching something on TV? I could also see it being such a distraction that you’d lose a lot of valuable time. Of course, I haven’t tried it, so maybe I shouldn’t knock it …
- Dave
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12 liam May 14, 2008 at 2:17 am
I’ve just signed up, and I’m reluctant to bore people with my thoughts. Maybe I’m not cut out for this twitter thing?
Maybe in time I’ll get it.
13 Web Success Diva May 14, 2008 at 2:58 pm
In your usual style, you kick-butt!
Super, duper list and sending out to everyone now
Maria Reyes-McDavis
14 LouisV May 14, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Wow, I didn’t realise that there are som many twitters application for all purposes and I am going to take some time to check one or two.
15 swimwear May 14, 2008 at 9:42 pm
good article you have there. kind of informative and very useful. hope to see more in the future.
16 zohaisx May 16, 2008 at 8:12 am
Haha.. I didn’t bother trying even with Twitter. Lots of people use Twitter for traffic sake which I think it’s wrong =/ It should be more of a social site than a link exchanging site.
17 exfatguy May 16, 2008 at 8:20 am
Great articles on twitter… Full of information about twitter…appreciate the effort that u made to complete the list.. thanks…
18 Blog Marketing May 16, 2008 at 10:39 am
Why haven’t i seen you before…Excellent research and good insight…it depends on what you have the most experience with and there’s so many options, its crazy..
19 Laura Spencer May 16, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Thanks for taking the time to create this terrific list of Twitter resources (and for including the Business and Blogging post).
I’m definitely going to bookmark this so that I can refer to it again.
20 Bradvera May 16, 2008 at 9:03 pm
That’s gotta be the most comprehensive Twitter Resource list i’ve seen to date! Many thanks for your effort! This page will definately be on my bookmark!
21 journey May 16, 2008 at 9:45 pm
thats some nice work. bookmarked! could i add you to my site?
22 Steven Snell May 17, 2008 at 5:53 am
journey,
Sure.
23 Suzie Cheel May 17, 2008 at 7:08 pm
This is a wonderful list, I just love that there are so many ways to tweet and so many applications, one might never find time to blog:)
my twitter is suziecheel
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25 loans May 23, 2008 at 11:32 am
I haven’t seen many big collections of Twitter resources. Thx for link…
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