Despite my regular urgings, most of my nerdy friends continue to resist signing up for twitter as though it would trash their computers and sign them up for magazine subscriptions. It’s time to get on the bandwagon as ancillary apps are being rolled out with increasing frequency which have the potential of turning this web2.0 curiosity into a legitimately useful tool.
My current favs - Twittercal, which allows me to add quick items to my google calendar via a simple SMS to the “Mr Gcal” twitter member and Timer, which I can schedule quick reminders via SMS to be sent to me after any interval I specify.
The beauty of both of these in conjunction with Twitter is that I don’t need to use a web browser or even a web enabled phone to make things happen. Elegance in simplicity.
There are a few others with more on the way - this very type of development is what convinced me to throw my hat in the ring and learn to hack code. ReTweet is keeping a decent list as is the Twitter Fan Wiki.
Get to it. I wouldn’t bother writing about it, much less using it if it was a waste of time. Don’t forget to add my account to your buddy list.
-bp
