Posts tagged Twittelator
So I was thinking over this whole Tumblr Tuesday thing this week, and decided to make a change. I looked at how everyone else was approaching Tuesdays here on Tumblr, and the basic gist I got was that essentially Tuesday is the day that it is socially acceptable to outright ask for recommendations. So if I’m browsing for new blogs to follow on a Tuesday, I’m going to stumble across quite a few “recommend me, pls!!” blog entries. Before long, I imagine they’re all going to start sounding the same, and generally speaking, you’re not contributing anything with that kind of blog entry.
That’s when I decided I’d do a weekly recap to share something useful on Tumblr Tuesday. Will I still ask for recommendations at some point in the blog entry? Sure. What I won’t do is beat people over the head with the notion that they simply must recommend this blog.
This week’s highlights:
Dimes2Dollars took a poll asking the question “Do you consider running an internet business ‘professional’?” I did an update partway through the week and gathered responses from a few other sources as well. There was a high level of participation, thanks everyone! The results and a personal response will be posted this week.
A detailed review of Twittelator was published. Twittelator is a 3rd-party Twitter app for iPhone. I found it to be leaps and bounds better than the competition! Streamlining frequently used functions, as well as a mind-boggling range of advanced features made it one I recommended heartily.
Less than an hour after the news broke, I decided to do a little late-night reporting on Hugo Chavez and his highly unexpected decision regarding Twitter!
Easily my favourite entry for the week, we revisit a story that The Wall Street Journal published last year on an unlikely career switch. A Wall Street businesswoman leaves a high-paying job to become a cyclist. Talk about pursuing your passion!
Finally, just a few hours ago I was scouring and came across a great find by David Chouinard. I added some commentary of my own and ReBlogged his entry, Customer Service Is Not A Department.
Please consider a recommendation if you found any of the above to be Inspiring, or otherwise useful to an Entrepreneur or Startup.
What do you think of this new Tumblr Tuesday approach? Would you like to see the weekly reports tweaked differently? Let me know in the comments below, or submit a reply!
As I’m sure my readers know by this point, I am a huge advocate of not just social media, but Twitter in particular. The third-party support and ease of integration makes it my top pick. Yes, even over Facebook. Of course, with such an abundance of third-party apps to expand functionality and improve ease of use, how do we wade through the sea of apps to find the very best? Well, that’s just what I’ve been doing the last few months with the iPhone. My conclusion after testing nearly every Twitter program in the App Store? Twittelator reigns supreme.
The superb layout makes it easy for casual users that may ignore the more advances features. The 3 main tabs are Friends, @ Mentions, and Messages, the most used functions of any user. There are also buttons to post a new tweet and refresh the page (which can also be done by swiping downward, very cool!) at the top of every page - no hassle of having to go back to the Home screen to tweet. I also adore the system
they use to determine which messages are new. Instead of opting for a simpler “new tweets since last login” approach, tweets will stay new until you have physically scrolled past them (this can be customized, of course). Replying is a snap, and even multiple users can be replied to in a single tap. Adding video, audio, photos or links is SUPER easy as well, and can be tacked on in seconds.
Managing multiple profiles is effortless, and all lists and saved items are stored independently of each other. Switch to another profile is easily done in only 3 taps. Hunt down a link and compose a tweet only to realize you’re logged-in under the wrong account? No problem, it will save your current page even when you log in to a different account. That’s what I’m talking about.
Additional features are in the fifth tab and out of sight to avoid confusing a more casual user. I won’t go through them all in detail simply because of the sheer amount of tools here, but here is a brief rundown: My profile, My tweets, Retweets (with sort properties), My Lists, Trends, Browse Web (w/ quick option to e-mail links), Everyone (all tweets globally), Stocks, Recents, Bookmarks, Favorites, Log, Misc, Saved, and Search. Whew! The amount of customization and powerful insight tools is absolutely mind boggling! Trends is particularly useful, as you can search beyond current trends to find past and region-specific trends (much more locations than the Twitter website). Likewise, advanced search has every field imaginable, as well as location-specific search with handy profile previews.
The customization ability is just as deep as the advanced features. Appearance and colour scheme, how many tweets are loaded, landscape options, font size, auto-refresh points, new or old RT choices, Geotag tweets, and an insane amount of other fields to fiddle with.
While no other iPhone app has this feature yet, the one feature that I would’ve liked to see is scheduled tweets. So I sent an e-mail the way of Andrew Stone, the creator of Twittelator. With his permission, I thought I’d share his response:
“This is not a hard feature and we could for sure consider it for an upcoming version.
My worry: spammers would use it!”
I sent him a second message suggesting scheduled tweets without a recurring tweets feature. He seemed more open to it as long as tweets had to be scheduled individually to discourage spammers. I think showing concern about how your product is used beyond the initial sale shows a lot of integrity on his part.
Mr. Stone also mentioned an iPad version is coming right along and I see that this morning the first screenshots have been posted. I do not have an iPad yet, so I’ll be unable to report on this version, but from the looks of it, it’s pretty darn slick.
BOTTOM LINE: At a one-time fee of $4.99, the sheer mass of the features list and highly-tailored customization options make Twittelator an incredible bargain. A full-functionality free version is also available with minor limitations on number of per-hour accesses and a single-account restriction. Try it here.
GRADE: A+
