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Results from The Twitter Blog for2006

Are You A Web Worker?

Web Worker Daily wants your thoughts on Twitter: “So if you haven’t played around with short-messaging a friends list from almost any device, give it a whirl. If you have, let us know what you love and hate about the service in the comments. We are thinking about ways to implement Twitter into our web work lives - perhaps using it as a way to create a private network and staying connected. Any thoughts?”Read more…

Citizen media or citizen nonsense?

Lotta can’t figure why she likes Twitter so much: “Now I’m hooked and I still think it’s nonsense. I get notified when my friends have a cup of coffee, take a walk in the rain, do their laundry and whatnot. I send them completely uninteresting details about my life. And I can’t figure out why it’s all such a blast.”Read more…

Introducing Twapp

A Twitter Application: “The idea behind the client is a small application that will sit in your taskbar and constantly update you on your friend timeline. It will also allow you to easily update your timeline without upsetting your flow.”Read more…

Smart Thoughts About Twitter

The Talented Mr Twitter: “Perhaps Twitters widgets should be seen as the blog within the blog.”Read more…

Signs You've Been Blogging Too Much

Tech Geek Blogger Robert Scoble has a list of signs that you’ve been blogging too much and #12 is “You go to Twitter and write I’m blogging.’”Read more…

We Added AIM Support

We’ve added AOL Instant Messanger support to Twitter. If you have a AIM screen name, you can add it to your IM Settings in Twitter and use AIM to send and receive Twitter updates. This update adds AIM to the list of ways to connect with folks on Twitter which already includes Gtalk, LiveJournal, Jabber, SMS Mobile Texting, and the Web Interface. Nice!Read more…

Congratulations!

We’ve seen engagements, skydiving, and businesses launched on Twitter but this is the first time we’ve seen somebody announce that they’re having a baby!

Congratulations Sarah! a Twitter baby is a happy, healthy, and lucky little baby. (So say us!)Read more…

Travel Bloggers and Twitter

The World Is Not Flat: “I’ve come back to an online world filled with all sorts of fun little social tools that can keep us connected in stange and interesting ways. The one we’re experimenting with using on the roadtrip is called Twitter.Read more…

Price Comparison Site, Dealtagger Adds Twitter Support

Dealtagger: “Let all your friends know what your shopping for with our new Twitter integration, simply fill in the details in your settings.”Read more…

And, We’re Back

We are currently investigating what caused today’s unscheduled down-time of Twitter.com, Odeo.com, and other sites that share a network at a colocation facility in San Francisco. Twitter is back in action now and we’re reasonably sure it had nothing to do with yesterday’s planned down-time for upgrades.Read more…

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