In yet another way to eat up my limited 200 text messages a month, I can now check my checking account balance by text message. Not sure how long this service has been around, but it was new to me. Thank you Wells Fargo!
Beyond generic text messages with your friends, getting your schedule from Google Calendar, being reminded of tasks in Backpack, researching the price of homes, or asking Google just about anything (weather, directions, showtimes, flight schedules, etc)… What do you use text messaging for?
I post regularly on my Twitter Page for now, but it isn’t just the 1.2 millionindividuals who have found Twitter to be entertaining. Big companies like CNN are reporting breaking news. Little companies like 37signals are reporting product updates or system status. Politicians like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John McCain are all using it. To echo another sentiment (was this O’Reilly?): There is something interesting happening with Twitter. I’m just not sure what exactly.
The services that have been plugging into Twitter have been expanding weekly. The base account will let you post via a text message on your cell phone, the web site, or your IM. You can also use one of the manymobile web clients. You can eve post with a quick phone call via my favoriteJott.com service.
Photo journaling is within easy reach with TwitPic, which I’ve only recently tried out. Then there is Tweet Clouds which will make a tag cloud of the things you most commonly tweet about. Twitterholic will tell you just how many people are following you over time. And as you can reply to people directly in an almost IM like way, Quotably will put it into a nice format to see how the conversation unfolded. You can even use Twitter to track your MPG performance with My Mile Marker. For a truely mind-bending experience, check out what the whole world is thinking with Twittervision.
The best argument I’ve seen for Twitter was linked to by David. Watch Twitter in Plain English on why you might want to give it a try.
"And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as the leader in the introduction of changes. For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new." -Niccolò Machiavelli, "The Prince"
Learning, every step of the way
Are you looking for someone who advocates continuous improvement, plays with information architecture, and is a proponent of agile? I can help.
In yet another way to eat up my limited 200 text messages a month, I can now check my checking account balance by text message. Not sure how long this service has been around, but it was new to me. Thank you Wells Fargo!
monthly email
RSS 2.0