If you're part of the micro-blogging set, you may be interested in checking out TweetDeck. This is a desktop application that manages your Twitter tweets for you. I learned about it last night (amazing how many US people were tweeting on 4th of July evening -- I wonder what that says about us).
TweetDeck is in beta; it's simple and fast to download to your desktop. You then install it and enter your Twitter username and pass so it can access your account. The interface is better than Twirl in my opinion. Your Twitter time line and replies are in columns so you get an at-a-glance view of what's going on. You can also create groups of followers which makes it simple to track specific people and their conversations.
I have two gripes: tweets are not refreshed frequently enough (every 4 minutes) and I find the white on black color scheme difficult on the eyes. The developer seems to be pretty responsive to feedback so I'll keep my eye on this one.
Follow me on Twitter. Watch a video about TweetDeck by Carol Dickson-Carr for an overview of the app.
So glad you are helping people find this great Twitter App.
I love that I can have multiple search term columns that automatically update. It makes it so much easier to find out about a certain topic without the need to open a separate browser tab for each Summize Global search.
They replies column is always working - big bonus! LOL!
I downloaded TweetDeck just a few hours after they sent out the link and have not had a single problem. I will ad that I have it on almost 24/7. I just keep it minimized and pull it up once an hour or so to check things. It is easy to scan and go!
As you can guess, I am lovin' TweetDeck!
Hope you are having a super Tweet day!
Posted by: Sheryl Loch | Monday, July 07, 2008 at 09:18 PM