Comments on: Twitter First Impressions

By: Nine Cool Twitter Visualizations

Nine Cool Twitter Visualizations — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:05:23 +0000

[...] case you haven’t heard, the hot new thing on the Internet is all about Twitter. When I first discovered Twitter, I thought it was pretty stupid. Why would I want to “chat” with all these people when [...]

By: Nut

Nut — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:58:03 +0000

@Brennan: Thanks for the links, I like the Wired article because the first time I heard about Twitter, that’s how I felt. I was like, “What’s this good for?

By: Brennan

Brennan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:11:04 +0000

I definitely hear what you’re saying about twitter. Lately, I’ve found twitter useful for tracking trends.

You can use this site to track specific keywords and how often people are using them on twitter (http://twist.flaptor.com/trends?gram=barack%20obama&table=1). It’s very similar to google trends. It’s pretty cool to mess around with. You might even find it useful for investing because you can see what lots of people are taking about immediately – what’s “in/cool/hip” etc.

There’s also twitscoop (http://www.twitscoop.com/) which has a tag cloud that is updated in real time of the most popular used words on twitter.

Lastly, this article from wired on the value of twitter is kind of insightful http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:09:24 +0000

I actually like those “going for a walk” tweets, because I ask myself whether or not I want to go too. I find the best way to handle twitter is through twhirl (or perhaps the new “tweet deck” where it’s its own thing and not another part of my browser.

When I’m working at home, it helps me feel connected. Plus it’s a good way to get to know some other bloggers on a friendly level, I met one now-IRL friend through twitter, a librarian who’s been really helpful, and just gotten to know some people better.

Or some days I ignore it.