Thursday, August 28, 2008

All the news that's fit to tweet.

Do you like Twitter polls? Yes or no?

StrawPoll—Tiny polls in 140 characters or less.jpgOnline polling tool Strawpoll now allows individual users to create their own polls on Twitter, according to Mashable. Simply enter your question and the multiple choice answers and they will be sent to your followers as a tweet. As the respond, their answers are graphed. Writes GeekMommy (@geekmommy): “It’s either a great tool - or going to be one of the more annoying things to pop up in the twitter stream. I’m already over the Qik video-streaming-come-chat notices, the Bright-kite-says-I’m-at-1234-main-street, and the dozen other add-on autoscripts out there.” What do you think? Do Twitter apps add or detract from the experience? Read the story.

May 13, 2008 | Filed Under Tools | Leave a Comment 

How to find who to follow on Twitter

One of the most important things any new user of Twitter should do in order to fully understand the service’s value is to find and follow a good number of people they find interesting. But how do you find interesting people to follow? One easy way is to look at who your friends follow. To that end, Wired’s Compiler brings us news of WhoShouldIFollow.com, a new tool that “will crawl your existing friends, see who their friends are, look for connections back to you and suggest a list of people to start following.” Read the story.

May 4, 2008 | Filed Under Tools | Leave a Comment 

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