Afritwit
How many African twitterdudes & -dudettes are there on Twitter?
Am asking because of my friends on facebook who feel like being spammed with “JKE is twittering:…” messages on their feed pages. I’ve received at least two “what is this twittering business”-questions so far and then try to explain it.
Funny thing is I only started updating my (bilingual) twitter status on a regular basis when I managed to set it up on my Nokia N95 (via fring, twibble and via ordinary sms). Needless to say that it only really makes sense if you have a smartphone with multitasking functionality to have it running in the background, connected to a network (if you’re using your phone to twitter) or don’t mind receiving status updates via sms all the time (which obviously quickly drains the battery and is just stupid).
As for desktop applications, I’ve started using twhirl and quite like it. Twhirl requires an installation of Adobe Air, but once it’s set up, this litte app is just sweet.
So who’s on twitter of you gals & guys (except for the usual suspects :-)?
EDIT: just when I posted this, the following video went public:
6. March, 2008 at 02:18
Nice. Let’s see if Neville, Stii or any of the other dev guys are up to a fun little API call on Twitter.
6. March, 2008 at 03:05
I am on Twitter! PS blogette
6. March, 2008 at 15:35
twitter …
whats that? a nickname for some kind of bird?
6. March, 2008 at 22:58
twwet tweet
by the way, I found Ben Bernanke’s twitter feed today, it is a riot
http://twitter.com/benbernanke
7. March, 2008 at 07:47
same thought at the same time: http://m.zung.us/2008/03/06/und-was-machst-du-gerade/
27. March, 2008 at 19:36
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9. April, 2008 at 18:42
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10. April, 2008 at 14:06
I am on twitter but don’t see myself using it long term, the constant urge to update it would take up too much mental space. It’s a great service and I love seeing other people’s feeds and what people have been up to.