Apr
13
2009
Social Media

My 5 Favorite Twitter Apps

Ayelet Noff An article by     Comments 15 Comments

[Note: this is #2 in a series of posts about Web 2.0 apps that actually get used at Blonde 2.0, see the first post here]

To say that you really ‘get’ Twitter they say you need to do three things; 1) you need to get an @reply from someone you admire 2) you need to post a question and get loads of answers 3) you need to follow someone famous that you’re a fan of. I’m adding a number 4 -you need to access twitter from an external application. 

You won’t be alone, according to Twitter 70% of all tweets come from text messages or applications built on the Twitter API and good lordy there are a lot of applications out there. These apps go beyond just publishing tweets; many applications leverage the main database of Twitter for information about breaking news, stocks, emerging trends and even bacon recipes. 

According to Wikipedia there are over 100 Twitter clones out there and it seems that the Twitter team made a conscious decision to make it ludicrously easy to build a Twitter app. This has been a crucial part of Twitter wining the micro blogging wars (It was nice while it lasted Pownce and Jaiku).

Here are my 5 favorite Twitter apps:

Tweetdeck
17% of all tweets come from TweetDeck -way ahead of the rest so it’s pretty much the dominant Twitter desktop app. At the heart of TweetDeck is its ability to create groups of people together grouping friends or work colleagues separately means you have a window on all aspects of your twitter life. These additional columns automatically update, providing the user with a very effective dashboard of real-time information. Seesmic Desktop will offer similar functionality.

StockTwits
StockTwits.com is a Twitter powered financial bulletin board. The site skims Twitter for messages people tag with stock symbols – $GOOG for Google, for instance – and aggregates them on a Tumblr site with stock charts, tags, and comments. Great for real-time analysis.

Twitterfon
The problem with most of the Twitter iPhone apps is that they fail to capture the spirit of Twitter. Twitter is a service that allows you to send 140 character messages to other people and that simplicity is what the apps should capture, most of them have far too many bells and whistles. Twitterfon is simple and free. The others have a long way to compete.

Twistori
Twistori, according to the site, is the “first step in an ongoing social experiment.” The brainchild of Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs, Twistori pulls tweets from Twitter (via twitter search) containing specific keywords: i love, i hate, i think, i believe, i feel, and i wish. It then publishes the tweets it finds anonymously in a non-stop, auto-updating river of news. The effect is hypnotic. Put on some indie music and relax for a few minutes, totally worth it.

Twitpic
TwitPic is by far the easiest, best way to share pics on twitter

 

What is your favorite Twitter app?

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About the Author: Ayelet Noff

Ayelet Noff has over twelve years of experience marketing companies from various industries. She has been involved in the social media world before the term social media even existed. Ayelet opened Blonde 2.0 back in 2006. Before this, she was ICQ’s Marketing Manager for four years and also held various executive marketing positions in different startups. She is also a top blogger and currently writes for three different blogs: The Blonde 2.0 blog, The Next Web, and Socialmedia.biz. She holds an MBA degree from Tel Aviv University, and a BA in Politics from Brandeis University.

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  • Edwin Khodabakchian April 13, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Have you had the chance to try Twazzup? It is a better alternative to twitter search. Very cool. http://www.twazzup.com

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  • Martin Lindeskog April 13, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    I wrote the following tweet circa 14 hours ago:

    @askseesmic I am a bit confused, what’s the difference between Twhirl and Seesmic Desktop? I am a FriendFeed user. I have registered for SD.

    I have added TweetDeck, Twhirl, Seesmic Desktop or some other application yet, but I have to do it soon. It is hard to get a grip of a stream of 1000+ users.

    I got dizzy after I watched Twistori for some time! ;)

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  • Tal April 13, 2009 at 3:48 pm

    I prefer Twhirl. I find Tweetdeck too distracting, as it functions as a whole screen application, meaning you’re not doing anything else while using it. Plus their notifications don’t include the tweets themselves, only the number of updates received.

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  • daCaptain April 13, 2009 at 3:53 pm

    Twitterfon is a very good free twitter app, but did you every try Tweetie for the iPhone? It is just like Twitterfon in that it is clean yet powerful, only giving you what you need – mainly your tweet stream, replies, dm’s, and favorites. However, in addition to its superior interface (compared to Twitterfon), Tweetie also has a “more” option that allows you to access your own profile, user search, trends, nearby Twitterers, and a general search. This is what makes it stand out and outdo Twitterfon in my own opinion. And, it’s only $2.99.

    http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296415944&mt=8

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  • David Corman April 14, 2009 at 5:00 am

    Thanks for the great list. I have been looking at ways to incorporate differente twitter apps and this is a great start.

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  • Frank Hamm April 14, 2009 at 6:00 am

    I really like http://brightkite.com/ for picture sharing and geo locationing

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  • Lea April 15, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I’d really like to get your opinion on how Q&A sites can use twitter to offer answers to questions asked on twitter as your defined as #2 of things to do on twitter.

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  • Janet Tokerud April 16, 2009 at 3:50 am

    I strongly prefer the Tweetie app for iPhone at $2.99. Think Tweetstack app for iPhone might have potential. Loving the new Nambu app for Macintosh. Much prefer it to Tweetdeck or Twhirl. Don’t agree on twitterfon – sure it is good for what it is, but the challenge of app-making is to squeeze power into an app in such a way that it still feels simple and fun. That’s what tweetie does in my opinion.

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  • Frank Hamm April 16, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Nambu is a microblogging app for the iPhone that supports Twitter, identi.ca, Friendfeed, Ping.fm and others

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  • Chris Rackley April 21, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    I like Eventbox and Tweetie better than Tweetdeck, though admittedly it’s more popular, so I graciously digress.

    I’m totally with you on Twitpic, though BriteKite seems to be picking up steam.

    Shameless self-promotion time, though. If you’re into creating tweet ups, Twitterpool is the way to go: http://www.twitterpool.com

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