Monday, July 07, 2008

TweetDeck works for me

I use Twitter. A lot. Because I gather good ideas, links, quotes, and friends there. And since I'm following over 600 people, I could use some tools to make it work better. I had just started using the IM feature to get automatic updates from everyone, when Twitter disabled it.

I've tried Twhirl and Snitter, and wasn't satisfied with either. But after a couple of days, TweetDeck has become a favorite. It's another desktop Twitter app that runs on the Adobe Air platform.

You get more than one column, so I can have the main stream, replies, and a group of friends all on screen at once. That groups feature is a huge thing. I can put people into any kind of group I want, and watch them in their own column.

I don't like the white text on black, but I don't see any way to change preferences or settings. I hope that's on its way.

And how do I favorite a tweet? No idea. And I favorite a lot. Hundreds.

But it does make it easier to keep up through the replies and the groups. Nice.

3 comments:

  1. TweetDeck sounds really interesting! I'll try it out, too. Thanks for the heads up! :)

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  2. What would you think about a bunch of us organizing a one-day, statewide blogging workshop for Oklahoma women? I think we have a lot to teach one abother. It would be fun to actually all be inthe same room for once. And I KNOW I have a lot to learn!

    Just a thought...

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