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From David McCandless

Blogger Samuel Degremont has put together an impressive post (read the Google translation to English here) outlining the proliferation of information on Twitter, and how this new medium has changed the game. His analysis is based on this post by Jeff Jarvis which used the spread of the news of Michael Jackson’s death to explore the idea. Degremont has taken the idea a step further, applying the same notion to the news surround the Iran elections.

More interesting in my mind, though, are his infographics of the before and after (Twitter) view of information proliferation (perhaps this is the beginning of BT and AT?):

Before Twitter

After Twitter

There’s no question that Twitter has changed the info stream. I get most of my world news from Twitter now before it ever hits the major news networks. Degremont does, however, raise an interesting question around how trustworthy this crowdsourced information is, and the manner in which information gains context when it comes from a variety of (often disconnected from one another) sources. Thoughts?

Have you heard of Fitbit? It’s one of the up-and-comers in the fitness-meets-physical-computing world. If you want to learn more, give a quick look at my ThingsAmongMany post on Fitbit and their competitor, GoWear Fit. This post isn’t about the devices themselves, but rather the social media experience/mistake that they’re demonstrative of.

Fitbit has been “in production” and available for pre-order for months now - they originally stated a target launch date of Dec. ‘08 (I ordered mine in mid-January). They’re now predicting a launch in “late spring or early summer”, much to the chagrin of those who have pre-ordered. They’ve done a decent job of keeping buyers looped into the production process on their blog which has featured in-depth progress posts at a rate of around one per month.

So what’s my complaint? Simple: we want more. A monthly update with the information offered in their blog posts is fantastic. But how about a quick sentence more often about the state of the state? Twitter is the perfect outlet for this kind of communication, and it seems that this fact hasn’t gone entirely unnoticed by Fitbit. They’ve already created an account @Fitbit_Inc that has 350+ followers - not bad for a company that hasn’t even launched its product. BUT they’ve only updated the account twice, the first of which appeared in November and stated

We’ll be making more frequent updates on the Fitbit here

Well…where are said updates? The only follow-up came six weeks later and then silence. The silence speaks volumes, and it’s begun to create some backlash (something a new brand can hardly afford). And, worse-yet, it’s given me (and other Fitbit_Inc followers) the opportunity to stumble onto two viable competitors who’s products are already available for purchase: GoWear Fit originally came to my attention because they followed me on Twitter (though it appears they’ve either given up or there’s something wrong with their account since it’s now empty). Bodybugg is another version that uses the same hardware, but runs a proprietary software.

In my research for this post, I also came across James Park’s Twitter account. James is apparently the CEO of Fitbit and has recently offered some responses to Fitbit-related tweets. BUT he hasn’t told anyone about those updates! There are 350 people follwing @Fitbit_Inc who are anxiously waiting for news (myself included), and here James is offering it only to people who he happens to find talking about the product. Get out there and connect the two accounts James! Give the people what they very clearly want, and in return they’ll be that much more interested in spreading the word about your product.

The point? This is pretty basic as far as social media involvement goes. Smaller brands have much to benefit by getting involved directly with their fans/consumers - conversely, frustration mounts quickly when those brands ignore their customers. A six month delay after I’ve already payed for a product is almost inexcusable…almost. With something truly unique like the Fitbit (there are some distinct differences that separate it from the GoWear Fit and Bodybugg), people are willing to go out on a limb and put up with more. But there is a limit to that willingness. It seems like Fitbit is on the brink of stepping over that limit.

After compiling The Ultimate List of Twitter Tools, it struck me that the list is a little overwhelming. So here are my choices - generally speaking, one from each category - of the Twitter tools that are the best of the bunch.

If you’re into it, please feel free to tweet/retweet the list and gimme a follow/shout @AmongMany. I’ve also cross-posted on ThingsAmongMany.

Ad Networks

I have personally used any of the ad networks, but from going through each one, I was most drawn to Be A Magpie:

Be A Magpie - Our customers sign up and create campaigns which consist of magpie-tweets (i.e. ads). Twitterers allow us to post magpie tweets among their tweets and for them to get paid for it.

Badges & Widgets

Many of the badge and widget generators feel pretty old-skool. I think the most interesting of the bunch is Twitter Ribbon since it’s a bit of a different take on the usual badge:

Twitter Ribbon - Create a corner ribbon ad for your twitter page

Diet & Exercise

I’ve played with FoodFeed a bit, but it’s more of a toy than a true tracking system. I haven’t used TweetWhatYouEat. Honestly, if you’re looking for something in this category, check out the Lose It! iPhone app. Beyond that, TweetWhatYouEat seems to offer an actual calorie tracker…

TweetWhatYouEat - Food Diary & calorie tracker

Entertainment

This is a pretty diverse category, but my voyeuristic side has to admit, TwittyPop is one of the few on this list that I’ve bothered to visit more than once. Word around our office is that @arielwaldman deserves to be WAY higher on this list, so git votin’!

TwittyPop - Lists the hottest Tweeps

Groups

What better way to find new tweeps to follow than getting on board with the #followfriday trend? The Follow Friday Statistics site shows who’s on top of #followfriday reccomendations (ie. these tweeps are probably worth takin’ a look at!).

Follow Friday Statistics - Another #FollowFriday directory

Follower Management

There are a TON of follower management tools out there, and many are useful beyond my choice here. But Twitter Karma is one that I keep coming back to. It’s easy to use, it shows when my friends and followers last tweeted, and allows me to bulk unfollow tweeps who I’m a little tired of.

Twitter Karma - bulk management of followers and those you follow

Ranking Systems

Of all the ranking systems out there, Twitter Grader is the one that I put the most stock in. It seems to have a strong following (pardon the pun) amongst tweeps and offers a lot of functionality (recommends new tweeps, shows people geographically, etc.).

Twitter Grader - one of the better ranking systems out there; also offers people you should follow

Location-based Services

Most of the location-oriented services I’ve listed are just Twitter/map mashups. Twellowhood, however, adds location-based searching to find new tweeps to follow. A pretty cool way to see people in your area and get into local discussions.

Twellowhood - find people to follow by geography

Personal Finance

I’m not much a fan of the notion of tweeting my expenditures. I suppose you could create an extra, private account specifically for that purpose if you’re into it. But if you do want to get into the financial game via Twitter, have a look at StockTwits. A pretty robust site where there’s a ton of discussion about the market…

StockTwits - sharing stock/finance info via Twitter

Productivity & Sharing

After looking through all of these tools, the one that I’m most looking forward to checking out is TweetBurner. This URL shortening service offers a little added value by offering clickthrough tracking on the URL’s that you share via their service. Now you can keep track of exactly how many tweeps are checking out your links!

TweetBurner - clickthrough tracking for your Twitter URL’s

Posting Tools

Another powerful tool for link sharing, Twittertise also measures click-throughs of the URL’s that you share. But to build on TweetBurner’s functionality, Twittertise also allows you to schedule tweets for future posting. Try to ignore the sorta corny logo - they’re obviously shooting for an ad market, but I think this tool could prove useful for a much wider audience.

Twittertise - Allows advanced scheduling of Tweets. Also measures click-through rate of included URL’s!

Photo Tools

We all know TwitPic, so I’m not even gonna go there. Instead, check out Portwiture. While not a replacement for TwitPic, it does an interesting job of associating your latest tweet with relevant photos from Flickr. More of an entertainment/art project than a “tool” per se, but…

Portwiture - Grabs flickr photos that are relevant to your latest tweet

Search Tools

While everyone’s buzzing about the changes to the built-in search funtion, but I’m pretty psyched on Monitter lately. Search for a relevant term and Monitter will return an embeddable Twitter stream of search results that looks like this:

Monitter - an embeddable search return form (the only embeddable one I’ve noticed)

Topic Trends

There’s a pile of apps all designed to capture the latest trending topics on Twitter. Most seem on par with one another, but Twitterfall is the one that seems to be getting a lot of chatter lately…

Twitterfall - waterfall-like view of latest Twitter trends

Statistics

Twitalyzer is the most interesting of the stats packages in my eyes. Instead of just listing your frequency of tweets, etc., Twitalyzer characterizes your “Influence, Signal, Generosity, Velocity, & Clout”.

Twitalyzer - interesting stats package that’s social media oriented

I’m not gonna characterize the variety of Twitter Clients available. Everyone seems to have their own preference as to which is best, based on their OS, phone, etc. So have at it on that arguement!

After compiling The Ultimate List of Twitter Tools, it struck me that the list is a little overwhelming. So here are my choices - generally speaking, one from each category - of the Twitter tools that are the best of the bunch.

If you’re into it, please feel free to tweet/retweet the list and gimme a follow/shout @AmongMany. I’ve also cross-posted on BrandsAmongMany.

Ad Networks

I have personally used any of the ad networks, but from going through each one, I was most drawn to Be A Magpie:

Be A Magpie - Our customers sign up and create campaigns which consist of magpie-tweets (i.e. ads). Twitterers allow us to post magpie tweets among their tweets and for them to get paid for it.

Badges & Widgets

Many of the badge and widget generators feel pretty old-skool. I think the most interesting of the bunch is Twitter Ribbon since it’s a bit of a different take on the usual badge:

Twitter Ribbon - Create a corner ribbon ad for your twitter page

Diet & Exercise

I’ve played with FoodFeed a bit, but it’s more of a toy than a true tracking system. I haven’t used TweetWhatYouEat. Honestly, if you’re looking for something in this category, check out the Lose It! iPhone app. Beyond that, TweetWhatYouEat seems to offer an actual calorie tracker…

TweetWhatYouEat - Food Diary & calorie tracker

Entertainment

This is a pretty diverse category, but my voyeuristic side has to admit, TwittyPop is one of the few on this list that I’ve bothered to visit more than once. Word around our office is that @arielwaldman deserves to be WAY higher on this list, so git votin’!

TwittyPop - Lists the hottest Tweeps

Groups

What better way to find new tweeps to follow than getting on board with the #followfriday trend? The Follow Friday Statistics site shows who’s on top of #followfriday reccomendations (ie. these tweeps are probably worth takin’ a look at!).

Follow Friday Statistics - Another #FollowFriday directory

Follower Management

There are a TON of follower management tools out there, and many are useful beyond my choice here. But Twitter Karma is one that I keep coming back to. It’s easy to use, it shows when my friends and followers last tweeted, and allows me to bulk unfollow tweeps who I’m a little tired of.

Twitter Karma - bulk management of followers and those you follow

Ranking Systems

Of all the ranking systems out there, Twitter Grader is the one that I put the most stock in. It seems to have a strong following (pardon the pun) amongst tweeps and offers a lot of functionality (recommends new tweeps, shows people geographically, etc.).

Twitter Grader - one of the better ranking systems out there; also offers people you should follow

Location-based Services

Most of the location-oriented services I’ve listed are just Twitter/map mashups. Twellowhood, however, adds location-based searching to find new tweeps to follow. A pretty cool way to see people in your area and get into local discussions.

Twellowhood - find people to follow by geography

Personal Finance

I’m not much a fan of the notion of tweeting my expenditures. I suppose you could create an extra, private account specifically for that purpose if you’re into it. But if you do want to get into the financial game via Twitter, have a look at StockTwits. A pretty robust site where there’s a ton of discussion about the market…

StockTwits - sharing stock/finance info via Twitter

Productivity & Sharing

After looking through all of these tools, the one that I’m most looking forward to checking out is TweetBurner. This URL shortening service offers a little added value by offering clickthrough tracking on the URL’s that you share via their service. Now you can keep track of exactly how many tweeps are checking out your links!

TweetBurner - clickthrough tracking for your Twitter URL’s

Posting Tools

Another powerful tool for link sharing, Twittertise also measures click-throughs of the URL’s that you share. But to build on TweetBurner’s functionality, Twittertise also allows you to schedule tweets for future posting. Try to ignore the sorta corny logo - they’re obviously shooting for an ad market, but I think this tool could prove useful for a much wider audience.

Twittertise - Allows advanced scheduling of Tweets. Also measures click-through rate of included URL’s!

Photo Tools

We all know TwitPic, so I’m not even gonna go there. Instead, check out Portwiture. While not a replacement for TwitPic, it does an interesting job of associating your latest tweet with relevant photos from Flickr. More of an entertainment/art project than a “tool” per se, but…

Portwiture - Grabs flickr photos that are relevant to your latest tweet

Search Tools

While everyone’s buzzing about the changes to the built-in search funtion, but I’m pretty psyched on Monitter lately. Search for a relevant term and Monitter will return an embeddable Twitter stream of search results that looks like this:

Monitter - an embeddable search return form (the only embeddable one I’ve noticed)

Topic Trends

There’s a pile of apps all designed to capture the latest trending topics on Twitter. Most seem on par with one another, but Twitterfall is the one that seems to be getting a lot of chatter lately…

Twitterfall - waterfall-like view of latest Twitter trends

Statistics

Twitalyzer is the most interesting of the stats packages in my eyes. Instead of just listing your frequency of tweets, etc., Twitalyzer characterizes your “Influence, Signal, Generosity, Velocity, & Clout”.

Twitalyzer - interesting stats package that’s social media oriented

I’m not gonna characterize the variety of Twitter Clients available. Everyone seems to have their own preference as to which is best, based on their OS, phone, etc. So have at it on that arguement!

Not too long ago, I started bookmarking Twitter-related stuffs as I came across them. Then the “big Twitter wave” hit, and I’ve been adding 3-4 listings per day over the last couple of weeks. I figured it was about time to share everything I’ve come up with so far. I’ll continue adding to it as I find more. If you know of something I’ve missed, PLEASE call it out in comments so I can get it added to the list!

If you’re into it, please feel free to tweet/retweet the list and gimme a follow/shout @AmongMany. I’ve also cross-posted on BrandsAmongMany. And, since this list is about 285 items, it’s a little tough to crawl through. So I’ve culled it down to the 15 apps (by category) that I think you should look at in a separate post.

Looking for the list? It’s after the jump…

Ad Networks

FeaturedUsers - “FeaturedUsers is a Twitter application ad network. If you’re a Twitter user, it’s a great way to get more followers and support your favorite Twitter apps. If you’re a Twitter app developer, it’s a simple way to start monetizing your application.”

Be A Magpie - Our customers sign up and create campaigns which consist of magpie-tweets (i.e. ads). Twitterers allow us to post magpie tweets among their tweets and for them to get paid for it.

TwtQpon - Generate coupons that can be distributed via Twitter

adCause - cause-based advertising via Twitter

TwitAd - another Twitter advertising network

What’s Your Tweet Worth - partner site to TwitAd; supposedly determines how much you could make via Twitad

Badges & Widgets

TwitterSalt – Show your latest tweets with a simple cut and paste line of code

TweetRoll - Show your how many followers you have and who they are

SayTweet - Create a Twitter widget that integrates a photo of your choice

Twitterati Badge - Create a javascript badge of your Twitter feed (as it appears to you, so it includes tweets from those you follow)

Twitter Widgets - The official site for Twitter Widgets, straight from the horse’s mouth

TwitterCard - generates a 125×125px badge to display your latest tweets

Twitter My Site - Custom follow icon generator

SigPad - generate dynamic email signatures that show your tweets (or flickr photos, etc.)

TwitSig - Creates a widget displaying your latest tweet

TwitIMG - shows your latest tweet

Twitter Sticker - another Twitter widget creator

Twitter Ribbon - Create a corner ribbon ad for your twitter page

TweetSnap - another widget creator

Diet & Exercise

TweetWhatYouEat - Food Diary & calorie tracker

FoodFeed - Food Diary - just for fun

Entertainment

Twenglish - Translate your normal, gramatically correct english into “Twitter speak”

TwtCard - send a greeting card (no login required)

TwtVite - event management service via Twitter

Tweeght - Post and vote on quotes via Twitter

Twypos - collects tweets containing Typos

TwittyPop - Lists the hottest Tweeps

Twit or Fit - “Hot or Not” for Twitter

ouTwit Me - some sort of quiz game…Can anyone explain?

TwtPets - “Hot or Not” for pets of Tweeps.

Whose Tweet? - Quizzes you on which of your friends tweeted a phrase

Twash - A vote-able database of awesome Tweets

The Twitter Tag Project - Like Facebook pokes, but for Twitter

Unicode Symbol Map - Icons that can be cut and pasted into your tweets

GamerDNA - Share your gaming habits with your followers

Twrivia - tweets a daily trivia item

DreamTweet - Anonymously post your dreams to Twitter

TweetDreams - Not so anonymously shows a feed of tweets mentioning dreams

Pornstar Tweet - A Twitter stream specific to tweeting pornstars

Celebrity Tweet - A Twitter stream specific to tweeting celebs

Twootball - Football related tweets

innterTwitter - zen moments, brought to you by via Twitter

TweetWants - Wants that people have tweeted

TweetFAILS - A collection of tweets featuring “FAIL”

Twoogie M.D. - Doogie-style interface for Twitter

Twitter Magnets - Mashup of Twitter and fridge magnets

LOLwrus - tweets + flickr photos = roll your own LOLcatz

Swotter - A book posted to Twitter, 1 line a day

Thatswh.at - shows tweets that were subsequently replied to with the statement “That’s what she said”

MyTweet16 - see any Twitter user’s first 16 tweets

Tweetvalue - supposedly determines the value (in $) of your Twitter account

Groups

ConnectTweet - Collect related tweets into a single account

Tweetizen - Collects Tweets by topic

Twitter Groups - directory of Twitter groups

Top Follow Friday - Twitter directory for #FollowFriday reccomendations

Follow Friday Statistics - Another #FollowFriday directory

TweetWorks - View tweets by topic group or threaded discussion view

TweetParty - group your followers and send DM’s to groups

Social: Twitter for Events & Groups - create an event username and all guests can tweet to that account from their own username

TwitterPacks - find new people in these groups by topic, location, etc.

ThinkClimbing - Directory of tweeting climbers

TweetChat - allows you to focus on a specific hashtag group by limiting your stream view to just that top

TwtMarket - post what you need or what you’ve got - Craigslist meets Twitter

Tracking Twitter - list of brands, media tweeps, celebs, & TV tweep on Twitter

Social Brand Index - list of brands on Twitter

Follower Management

Tweeter Tags - Tag your profile with relevant interests/keywords and search for others to follow via tags

Twitter2FF - syncs your Twitter and FriendFeed contacts

MrTweet - Finds relevant people for you to follow and shows who follows you that you don’t follow in return

New Follow Notify - Auto-DM’s your new follows a questionaire (probably not a good idea…)

DoesFollow - very simply: “Does ____ follow ____?”

Friend or Follow - Who are you following that’s not following you back? Who’s following you that you’re not following back? Find out!

Twitoria - Twitoria finds your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time so you can give them the boot!

Qwitter - Sends an email letting you know when someone quits following you, and after what tweet (many, including myself, have had trouble with Qwitter lately…)

TwitterLess - Lets you know when someone stops following you; also graphs your follower trends over time

Twalala - filter tweets out of your stream by keywords and phrases or mute individuals who get a bit too chatty

My Cleaner - Helps clean out people you follow who’ve been inactive for quite a while

Twitter Karma - bulk management of followers and those you follow

UnTweeps - bulk management of tweeps who haven’t posted in 30, 60, or 90 days

Tweet-Rank - shows which tweets you gained or lost followers on

TweetEffect - shows which tweets you gained or lost followers on (Seems suspect IMO)

TweepDiff - compares the followers of two tweeps

Follow Cost - “How annoying will it be to follow _____ on Twitter?”

Who Follows Whom? - A grammatically correct checker for up to 5 Tweeps at a time

TwtrFrnd - Find what followers two tweeps have in common

TweetSum - Vet recent followers via a drag & drop system

Mr. Milestone - notifies you every 100 followers reached (100, 200, etc.)

Twubble - find new followers based on your current friends

Who Should I Follow? - another follower reccomendation service based on your current friends

Tweetfind - Find people to follow based on a keyword search

Twellow - find people to follow by keyword

Twitnest - Interesting visualization of your followers and theirs

Twittersnooze - unfollow and then automatically refollow your tweeps for a present period of time

Tweepler - Follow/Ignore new followers

TweeterGetter - pyramid scheme for getting Twitter followers

Twimailer - sends a beefed up email regarding new followers

Twollow - auto-follow tweeps who’s tweets include a keyword of your choice

I Follow Back - pyramid-scheme-ish system for gaining followers (you sign up and agree to follow at least 90% of those who follow you)

Hummingbird - auto-follow tool that costs $200

TweetBurn - find people to follow based on the topic they’re talking about

Tweeple Twak - in private beta right now

Ranking Systems

ReTweetRank - a system for ranking based on retweets

FavTwits - Find out who you’ve been talking to on Twitter

TwitTangle - customizes your timeline based on your ranking and tags of those you follow

TweetActive - find out how active you and your friends are on Twitter

Twitter Score - Evaluates your Twitter Popularity

Tweeterate - Rank/rate tweets from your tweeps

Tweetwasters - estimates the amount of time you’ve spent on Twitter and ranks you against other tweeps

Twitter Grader - one of the better ranking systems out there; also offers people you should follow

PlusPlusBot - aka TwitterKarma; difficult to understand, but apparently it works

ReTweetist - see your ReTweet rank

ReTweetability Index - another ReTweet ranking system

Happy Tweets - ranks the happyness quotient of tweeps’ tweets

Location-based Services

Chirp City - breaks down tweets by geographic areas

Twitter Weather - Weather forecasts via Twitter

Twellowhood - find people to follow by geography

TweetMapper - Map your Tweets

TwitterSPY - Tweets by location

Twuzzer - Find tweets from your neck of the woods

SadakMap + Twitter - another location-based Tweet app

GeoTwitter - A simplistic Twitter + Google Maps mashup

Atlas - Twitter and MS Virtual Earth mashup

TwitterVision - another Twitter/map mashup; nice looking

TwitterMap - yet another

Personal Finance

TweetWhatYouSpend - finance management tool for Twitter (if you want to put all your expenditures online…

Xpen$er - tracks your spending via any mobile input mechanism (including Twitter)

TipJoy - Send $ to tweeps via Twitter

StockTwits - sharing stock/finance info via Twitter

Productivity & Sharing

twAnswers - crowd-sourced answers to questions from the crowd

TwitHelp - crowd-sourced help from the community

Please ReTweet - adds a small retweet link to your tweets

Twe2 - allows receipt of Tweets via SMS in Europe (among others)

Twitter2Mail - monitors search.twitter.com and sends @replies directly to you via email

TweeTube - Easy sharing of Youtube vids via Twitter

Acamin - file sharing via Twitter (files up to 15MB)

TweetCube - file sharing via Twitter

Postica - Create and send sticky notes via Twitter

Twiggit - lets your Twitter followers know what articles you’ve Dugg (Digged?)

TrackThis - Package tracking via Twitter

LinkBun.ch - Like TinyURL, but for multiple URL’s at once

QuoteURL - group tweets from different people into a single page and share that page via permalink

Twitter Pigeon - Ask a question via Twitter and compile the answers into a single page

TwttrStrm - Another ask a question, compile the answers app

MessageDance - Like a portable Facebook Wall

TweetScan - scans Tweets for keywords and emails you the results periodically

Twilert - email notification of tweets containing keywords of your choice

TweetBeep - keyword notification

TweetReplies - your @replies delivered to your email

RetweetMe - schedule reminders to hit you via Twitter

Twishlistter - create and share a wishlist via Twitter

TwtWlst - Create a gift registry/wishlist via Twitter

Tweetmas - holiday wishlist powered by Twitter

21Tweets - Helps you form a new habit over the course of 21 days

TrackDailyGoals - Goal management via Twitter

TweetMyLink - Share and find links via Twitter

Tweet O’Clock - Find the best time to tweet someone

Twit2Do - Manage a to-do list via Twitter

TwTask - another Twitter to-do list app

Twitrans - Translate statements to another language with the help of a real person!

TwtPoll - Send polls via Twitter

StrawPoll - Twitter polling

PollDaddy - another polling service

Twitwall - blog-like companion to your Twitter account

Fuel Frog - track your gas mileage and fuel consumption

TwittURL’s - Tracks the most tweeted links

Twonvo - Threaded view of your Twitter conversations

Twitter Gallery - Easy to install Twitter backgrounds

TwitBacks - free Twitter backgrounds

fav.tweets - all of any Twitter user’s favorited tweets

TweetRemote - lets you decide what tweets get reposted to your blog and insures that they look good when that happens.

CheapTweets - deals, coupons, bargains, and sales via Twitter

TwTip - compiles tips shared on Twitter

Twickie - archive comment strings from Twitter

TikiTwit - Syncs Twitter with your iChat status

Twitfave - see which of your tweets have been faved and by whom

TweetBurner - clickthrough tracking for your Twitter URL’s

Posting Tools

Twerbose - allows users to post long tweets and then links to them in twitter

Twittinesis - pushes your tweets to your blog

Twoxit - put a form on your site for anyone to tweet from

Twickly - lets you create a set of pre-recorded tweets for quick posting

TweetLater - allows follower vetting for multiple accounts as well as scheduling auto-tweets and auto-DM’s

Twonvert - Converts long-form tweets into 140 characters

140it - Condense long tweets down to 140 characters

Twitzer - plugin/hack that allows for longform Tweets

2Tweet - Tweet multiple photos and vids via email

PingVine - posts an Atom or RSS feed to your Twitter stream

Twittertise - Allows advanced scheduling of Tweets. Also measures click-through rate of included URL’s!

Tweetly - auto-posts Twitter updates when you post a new Wordpress entry

LoudTwitter - posts your daily tweets to your blog

TwitterMail - Send tweets via email

EmailTwitter - Send and receive tweets via email

SecretTweet - Anonymous tweeting; like PostSecret on Twitter

Vacatweet - Twitter auto-responder for when you’re on vacay via @reply or DM

Followize - web-based app for posting and reading tweets

HootSuite - manage multiple Twitter accounts from one dashboard

Tweet3 - manage multiple Twitter accounts

TweetVisor - web-based Twitter dashboard

TwitExplorer - web-based Twitter dashboard

FutureTweets - schedule tweets to occur in the future (including recurring tweets)

twtTRIP - tweet your travel plans

Post Like A Pirate - name pretty much says it all

Twappi - Finds someone who needs cheering up for you to tweet at

TwitterLights - highlight interesting bits from the web and tweet them from there

Twiddict - posting system that will hold tweets if Twitter is down and post when it comes back up

TweeTree - posting dashboard that allows nested view of conversations

Tweader - allows nested views of Twitter convos

PleaseRT Me - adds an auto-RT link to the end of your posts

EasyTweets - another Twitter dashboard

Music

Twt.fm - Tweet songs directly in your Twitter Stream

Song.ly - Music sharing via Twitter

Photo Tools

MobyPicture - allows sharing of photos/videos from your mobile to Twitter (and other networks)

TwitPic - Post photos to Twitter (primarily for mobile use)

SnapTweet - share flickr photos on Twitter

PicPostr - Photo sharing on Twitter from your mobile (via email)

Portwiture - Grabs flickr photos that are relevant to your latest tweet

VisualTwitter - “What are you doing?” answered in photos only

Search Tools

Search.Twitter.com - The one, the only, the official Twitter Search

FreeSearch - Hunt people down across the web and get the results via Twitter

Green Tweets - Green Tweets uses semantic language analysis to identify tweets pertaining to green issues from the public Twitter stream.

TweetJobSearch - Find job listings on Twitter

Tweetag - browse Twitter based on a keyword search

TweepSearch - find people

Spy - up-to-the-minute search tool

Twithority - search Twitter by tweeps’ authority ratings

Twitority - search Twitter by tweeps’ authority ratings

TweetGrid - allows you to create a grid view of search returns

Monitter - an embeddable search return form (the only embeddable one I’ve noticed)

Cloud.li - Really interesting search that allows you to exclude terms

Topic Trends

Top News Trends - Cross references Google Trends with Twitter for late-breaking news info

PicoBuzz - Tracks the latest trends in the public timeline

Twispot - Tracks popular topics on Twitter

Popular Tweets - shows the 10 most popular Twitter topics based on hash tags

Twist - graphic visualization of trending topics

ReTweet Radar - looks specifically at ReTweet trends

Tweet Cloud - tag cloud visualizer of popular topics

Twitterfall - waterfall-like view of latest Twitter trends

Vlaag - another tag cloud style trend tracker

Twopular - trends over the last hours/days/weeks/months

Twitscoop - another tag cloud tracker

ReTwitd - tallies the most retweeted links by time period

Statistics

Tweetstats - great visualization of your Twitter habits

Twitter Analyzer - another stats app

Twitter Venn - compare Twitter search terms in a Venn Diagram

My Twitter Weighs a Ton - see your most popular Twitter terms

Twitalyzer - interesting stats package that’s social media oriented

Twitter Thoughts - visualization mashup for topics

TwitterCounter - graphic representation of your followers over time

Twitter Backup Tools

Tweetake - backup your tweets

TwitterSafe - backup your tweets again

Twitter Desktop Clients

Twhirl

TweetDeck

Twitterific

Destroy Twitter

Tweetr

Snitter

Spaz

Mobile Clients

Primarily Windows Mobile:
ceTwit

Twitter Answers

GPS Twit

Quakk

TwitToday

Pocketwit

Twitter2Go

Primarily iPhone:
Tweetie

Twitterrific

Twittleator

Hahlo

iTwtr

PocketTweets

TwitterFon

Primarily for the G1:

Twidroid

Twitli

TwitterDroid

Primarily for Blackberry:

Blackbird

TinyTwitter

TwitterBerry

For other phones:

Titxr

MoTwit

JibJib

jTwitter

Psychzzz

Twim

Firefox Tools

FriendBar

TwitterLine

Twitter StatusBar

Twitter Toolbar

TwitBin

TwitKit

TwitterBar

TwitterFox

Not too long ago, I started bookmarking Twitter-related stuffs as I came across them. Then the “big Twitter wave” hit, and I’ve been adding 3-4 listings per day over the last couple of weeks. I figured it was about time to share everything I’ve come up with so far. I’ll continue adding to it as I find more. If you know of something I’ve missed, PLEASE call it out in comments so I can get it added to the list!

If you’re into it, please feel free to tweet/retweet the list and gimme a follow/shout @AmongMany. I’ve also cross-posted on ThingsAmongMany. And, since this list is about 285 items, it’s a little tough to crawl through. So I’ve culled it down to the 15 apps (by category) that I think you should look at in a separate post.

Looking for the list? It’s after the jump…

Ad Networks

FeaturedUsers - “FeaturedUsers is a Twitter application ad network. If you’re a Twitter user, it’s a great way to get more followers and support your favorite Twitter apps. If you’re a Twitter app developer, it’s a simple way to start monetizing your application.”

Be A Magpie - Our customers sign up and create campaigns which consist of magpie-tweets (i.e. ads). Twitterers allow us to post magpie tweets among their tweets and for them to get paid for it.

TwtQpon - Generate coupons that can be distributed via Twitter

adCause - cause-based advertising via Twitter

TwitAd - another Twitter advertising network

What’s Your Tweet Worth - partner site to TwitAd; supposedly determines how much you could make via Twitad

Badges & Widgets

TwitterSalt – Show your latest tweets with a simple cut and paste line of code

TweetRoll - Show your how many followers you have and who they are

SayTweet - Create a Twitter widget that integrates a photo of your choice

Twitterati Badge - Create a javascript badge of your Twitter feed (as it appears to you, so it includes tweets from those you follow)

Twitter Widgets - The official site for Twitter Widgets, straight from the horse’s mouth

TwitterCard - generates a 125×125px badge to display your latest tweets

Twitter My Site - Custom follow icon generator

SigPad - generate dynamic email signatures that show your tweets (or flickr photos, etc.)

TwitSig - Creates a widget displaying your latest tweet

TwitIMG - shows your latest tweet

Twitter Sticker - another Twitter widget creator

Twitter Ribbon - Create a corner ribbon ad for your twitter page

TweetSnap - another widget creator

Diet & Exercise

TweetWhatYouEat - Food Diary & calorie tracker

FoodFeed - Food Diary - just for fun

Entertainment

Twenglish - Translate your normal, gramatically correct english into “Twitter speak”

TwtCard - send a greeting card (no login required)

TwtVite - event management service via Twitter

Tweeght - Post and vote on quotes via Twitter

Twypos - collects tweets containing Typos

TwittyPop - Lists the hottest Tweeps

Twit or Fit - “Hot or Not” for Twitter

ouTwit Me - some sort of quiz game…Can anyone explain?

TwtPets - “Hot or Not” for pets of Tweeps.

Whose Tweet? - Quizzes you on which of your friends tweeted a phrase

Twash - A vote-able database of awesome Tweets

The Twitter Tag Project - Like Facebook pokes, but for Twitter

Unicode Symbol Map - Icons that can be cut and pasted into your tweets

GamerDNA - Share your gaming habits with your followers

Twrivia - tweets a daily trivia item

DreamTweet - Anonymously post your dreams to Twitter

TweetDreams - Not so anonymously shows a feed of tweets mentioning dreams

Pornstar Tweet - A Twitter stream specific to tweeting pornstars

Celebrity Tweet - A Twitter stream specific to tweeting celebs

Twootball - Football related tweets

innterTwitter - zen moments, brought to you by via Twitter

TweetWants - Wants that people have tweeted

TweetFAILS - A collection of tweets featuring “FAIL”

Twoogie M.D. - Doogie-style interface for Twitter

Twitter Magnets - Mashup of Twitter and fridge magnets

LOLwrus - tweets + flickr photos = roll your own LOLcatz

Swotter - A book posted to Twitter, 1 line a day

Thatswh.at - shows tweets that were subsequently replied to with the statement “That’s what she said”

MyTweet16 - see any Twitter user’s first 16 tweets

Tweetvalue - supposedly determines the value (in $) of your Twitter account

Groups

ConnectTweet - Collect related tweets into a single account

Tweetizen - Collects Tweets by topic

Twitter Groups - directory of Twitter groups

Top Follow Friday - Twitter directory for #FollowFriday reccomendations

Follow Friday Statistics - Another #FollowFriday directory

TweetWorks - View tweets by topic group or threaded discussion view

TweetParty - group your followers and send DM’s to groups

Social: Twitter for Events & Groups - create an event username and all guests can tweet to that account from their own username

TwitterPacks - find new people in these groups by topic, location, etc.

ThinkClimbing - Directory of tweeting climbers

TweetChat - allows you to focus on a specific hashtag group by limiting your stream view to just that top

TwtMarket - post what you need or what you’ve got - Craigslist meets Twitter

Tracking Twitter - list of brands, media tweeps, celebs, & TV tweep on Twitter

Social Brand Index - list of brands on Twitter

Follower Management

Tweeter Tags - Tag your profile with relevant interests/keywords and search for others to follow via tags

Twitter2FF - syncs your Twitter and FriendFeed contacts

MrTweet - Finds relevant people for you to follow and shows who follows you that you don’t follow in return

New Follow Notify - Auto-DM’s your new follows a questionaire (probably not a good idea…)

DoesFollow - very simply: “Does ____ follow ____?”

Friend or Follow - Who are you following that’s not following you back? Who’s following you that you’re not following back? Find out!

Twitoria - Twitoria finds your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time so you can give them the boot!

Qwitter - Sends an email letting you know when someone quits following you, and after what tweet (many, including myself, have had trouble with Qwitter lately…)

TwitterLess - Lets you know when someone stops following you; also graphs your follower trends over time

Twalala - filter tweets out of your stream by keywords and phrases or mute individuals who get a bit too chatty

My Cleaner - Helps clean out people you follow who’ve been inactive for quite a while

Twitter Karma - bulk management of followers and those you follow

UnTweeps - bulk management of tweeps who haven’t posted in 30, 60, or 90 days

Tweet-Rank - shows which tweets you gained or lost followers on

TweetEffect - shows which tweets you gained or lost followers on (Seems suspect IMO)

TweepDiff - compares the followers of two tweeps

Follow Cost - “How annoying will it be to follow _____ on Twitter?”

Who Follows Whom? - A grammatically correct checker for up to 5 Tweeps at a time

TwtrFrnd - Find what followers two tweeps have in common

TweetSum - Vet recent followers via a drag & drop system

Mr. Milestone - notifies you every 100 followers reached (100, 200, etc.)

Twubble - find new followers based on your current friends

Who Should I Follow? - another follower reccomendation service based on your current friends

Tweetfind - Find people to follow based on a keyword search

Twellow - find people to follow by keyword

Twitnest - Interesting visualization of your followers and theirs

Twittersnooze - unfollow and then automatically refollow your tweeps for a present period of time

Tweepler - Follow/Ignore new followers

TweeterGetter - pyramid scheme for getting Twitter followers

Twimailer - sends a beefed up email regarding new followers

Twollow - auto-follow tweeps who’s tweets include a keyword of your choice

I Follow Back - pyramid-scheme-ish system for gaining followers (you sign up and agree to follow at least 90% of those who follow you)

Hummingbird - auto-follow tool that costs $200

TweetBurn - find people to follow based on the topic they’re talking about

Tweeple Twak - in private beta right now

Ranking Systems

ReTweetRank - a system for ranking based on retweets

FavTwits - Find out who you’ve been talking to on Twitter

TwitTangle - customizes your timeline based on your ranking and tags of those you follow

TweetActive - find out how active you and your friends are on Twitter

Twitter Score - Evaluates your Twitter Popularity

Tweeterate - Rank/rate tweets from your tweeps

Tweetwasters - estimates the amount of time you’ve spent on Twitter and ranks you against other tweeps

Twitter Grader - one of the better ranking systems out there; also offers people you should follow

PlusPlusBot - aka TwitterKarma; difficult to understand, but apparently it works

ReTweetist - see your ReTweet rank

ReTweetability Index - another ReTweet ranking system

Happy Tweets - ranks the happyness quotient of tweeps’ tweets

Location-based Services

Chirp City - breaks down tweets by geographic areas

Twitter Weather - Weather forecasts via Twitter

Twellowhood - find people to follow by geography

TweetMapper - Map your Tweets

TwitterSPY - Tweets by location

Twuzzer - Find tweets from your neck of the woods

SadakMap + Twitter - another location-based Tweet app

GeoTwitter - A simplistic Twitter + Google Maps mashup

Atlas - Twitter and MS Virtual Earth mashup

TwitterVision - another Twitter/map mashup; nice looking

TwitterMap - yet another

Personal Finance

TweetWhatYouSpend - finance management tool for Twitter (if you want to put all your expenditures online…

Xpen$er - tracks your spending via any mobile input mechanism (including Twitter)

TipJoy - Send $ to tweeps via Twitter

StockTwits - sharing stock/finance info via Twitter

Productivity & Sharing

twAnswers - crowd-sourced answers to questions from the crowd

TwitHelp - crowd-sourced help from the community

Please ReTweet - adds a small retweet link to your tweets

Twe2 - allows receipt of Tweets via SMS in Europe (among others)

Twitter2Mail - monitors search.twitter.com and sends @replies directly to you via email

TweeTube - Easy sharing of Youtube vids via Twitter

Acamin - file sharing via Twitter (files up to 15MB)

TweetCube - file sharing via Twitter

Postica - Create and send sticky notes via Twitter

Twiggit - lets your Twitter followers know what articles you’ve Dugg (Digged?)

TrackThis - Package tracking via Twitter

LinkBun.ch - Like TinyURL, but for multiple URL’s at once

QuoteURL - group tweets from different people into a single page and share that page via permalink

Twitter Pigeon - Ask a question via Twitter and compile the answers into a single page

TwttrStrm - Another ask a question, compile the answers app

MessageDance - Like a portable Facebook Wall

TweetScan - scans Tweets for keywords and emails you the results periodically

Twilert - email notification of tweets containing keywords of your choice

TweetBeep - keyword notification

TweetReplies - your @replies delivered to your email

RetweetMe - schedule reminders to hit you via Twitter

Twishlistter - create and share a wishlist via Twitter

TwtWlst - Create a gift registry/wishlist via Twitter

Tweetmas - holiday wishlist powered by Twitter

21Tweets - Helps you form a new habit over the course of 21 days

TrackDailyGoals - Goal management via Twitter

TweetMyLink - Share and find links via Twitter

Tweet O’Clock - Find the best time to tweet someone

Twit2Do - Manage a to-do list via Twitter

TwTask - another Twitter to-do list app

Twitrans - Translate statements to another language with the help of a real person!

TwtPoll - Send polls via Twitter

StrawPoll - Twitter polling

PollDaddy - another polling service

Twitwall - blog-like companion to your Twitter account

Fuel Frog - track your gas mileage and fuel consumption

TwittURL’s - Tracks the most tweeted links

Twonvo - Threaded view of your Twitter conversations

Twitter Gallery - Easy to install Twitter backgrounds

TwitBacks - free Twitter backgrounds

fav.tweets - all of any Twitter user’s favorited tweets

TweetRemote - lets you decide what tweets get reposted to your blog and insures that they look good when that happens.

CheapTweets - deals, coupons, bargains, and sales via Twitter

TwTip - compiles tips shared on Twitter

Twickie - archive comment strings from Twitter

TikiTwit - Syncs Twitter with your iChat status

Twitfave - see which of your tweets have been faved and by whom

TweetBurner - clickthrough tracking for your Twitter URL’s

Posting Tools

Twerbose - allows users to post long tweets and then links to them in twitter

Twittinesis - pushes your tweets to your blog

Twoxit - put a form on your site for anyone to tweet from

Twickly - lets you create a set of pre-recorded tweets for quick posting

TweetLater - allows follower vetting for multiple accounts as well as scheduling auto-tweets and auto-DM’s

Twonvert - Converts long-form tweets into 140 characters

140it - Condense long tweets down to 140 characters

Twitzer - plugin/hack that allows for longform Tweets

2Tweet - Tweet multiple photos and vids via email

PingVine - posts an Atom or RSS feed to your Twitter stream

Twittertise - Allows advanced scheduling of Tweets. Also measures click-through rate of included URL’s!

Tweetly - auto-posts Twitter updates when you post a new Wordpress entry

LoudTwitter - posts your daily tweets to your blog

TwitterMail - Send tweets via email

EmailTwitter - Send and receive tweets via email

SecretTweet - Anonymous tweeting; like PostSecret on Twitter

Vacatweet - Twitter auto-responder for when you’re on vacay via @reply or DM

Followize - web-based app for posting and reading tweets

HootSuite - manage multiple Twitter accounts from one dashboard

Tweet3 - manage multiple Twitter accounts

TweetVisor - web-based Twitter dashboard

TwitExplorer - web-based Twitter dashboard

FutureTweets - schedule tweets to occur in the future (including recurring tweets)

twtTRIP - tweet your travel plans

Post Like A Pirate - name pretty much says it all

Twappi - Finds someone who needs cheering up for you to tweet at

TwitterLights - highlight interesting bits from the web and tweet them from there

Twiddict - posting system that will hold tweets if Twitter is down and post when it comes back up

TweeTree - posting dashboard that allows nested view of conversations

Tweader - allows nested views of Twitter convos

PleaseRT Me - adds an auto-RT link to the end of your posts

EasyTweets - another Twitter dashboard

Music

Twt.fm - Tweet songs directly in your Twitter Stream

Song.ly - Music sharing via Twitter

Photo Tools

MobyPicture - allows sharing of photos/videos from your mobile to Twitter (and other networks)

TwitPic - Post photos to Twitter (primarily for mobile use)

SnapTweet - share flickr photos on Twitter

PicPostr - Photo sharing on Twitter from your mobile (via email)

Portwiture - Grabs flickr photos that are relevant to your latest tweet

VisualTwitter - “What are you doing?” answered in photos only

Search Tools

Search.Twitter.com - The one, the only, the official Twitter Search

FreeSearch - Hunt people down across the web and get the results via Twitter

Green Tweets - Green Tweets uses semantic language analysis to identify tweets pertaining to green issues from the public Twitter stream.

TweetJobSearch - Find job listings on Twitter

Tweetag - browse Twitter based on a keyword search

TweepSearch - find people

Spy - up-to-the-minute search tool

Twithority - search Twitter by tweeps’ authority ratings

Twitority - search Twitter by tweeps’ authority ratings

TweetGrid - allows you to create a grid view of search returns

Monitter - an embeddable search return form (the only embeddable one I’ve noticed)

Cloud.li - Really interesting search that allows you to exclude terms

Topic Trends

Top News Trends - Cross references Google Trends with Twitter for late-breaking news info

PicoBuzz - Tracks the latest trends in the public timeline

Twispot - Tracks popular topics on Twitter

Popular Tweets - shows the 10 most popular Twitter topics based on hash tags

Twist - graphic visualization of trending topics

ReTweet Radar - looks specifically at ReTweet trends

Tweet Cloud - tag cloud visualizer of popular topics

Twitterfall - waterfall-like view of latest Twitter trends

Vlaag - another tag cloud style trend tracker

Twopular - trends over the last hours/days/weeks/months

Twitscoop - another tag cloud tracker

ReTwitd - tallies the most retweeted links by time period

Statistics

Tweetstats - great visualization of your Twitter habits

Twitter Analyzer - another stats app

Twitter Venn - compare Twitter search terms in a Venn Diagram

My Twitter Weighs a Ton - see your most popular Twitter terms

Twitalyzer - interesting stats package that’s social media oriented

Twitter Thoughts - visualization mashup for topics

TwitterCounter - graphic representation of your followers over time

Twitter Backup Tools

Tweetake - backup your tweets

TwitterSafe - backup your tweets again

Twitter Desktop Clients

Twhirl

TweetDeck

Twitterific

Destroy Twitter

Tweetr

Snitter

Spaz

Mobile Clients

Primarily Windows Mobile:
ceTwit

Twitter Answers

GPS Twit

Quakk

TwitToday

Pocketwit

Twitter2Go

Primarily iPhone:
Tweetie

Twitterrific

Twittleator

Hahlo

iTwtr

PocketTweets

TwitterFon

Primarily for the G1:

Twidroid

Twitli

TwitterDroid

Primarily for Blackberry:

Blackbird

TinyTwitter

TwitterBerry

For other phones:

Titxr

MoTwit

JibJib

jTwitter

Psychzzz

Twim

Firefox Tools

FriendBar

TwitterLine

Twitter StatusBar

Twitter Toolbar

TwitBin

TwitKit

TwitterBar

TwitterFox

The other day I wrote up TwiToShirt.com, a service that lets you submit any tweet and have it printed on your choice of tees (or other items) – sidebar, it looks like they’ve redesigned the site since that post. Today, however, on a quick jaunt through Racked.com, I noticed their discussion of a significantly more awesome Tweet-on-shirt setup.

Created by Squidder, this new take integrates the new tech-trend of augmented reality. By printing a unique bar code on the shirt, a Twitterer’s latest Tweet can be displayed via any device that can read the code (a mobile device or computer with camera being the most obvious). Check it out here:

PaperTweet3d: Augmented Reality T-shirts from squidder on Vimeo.

There’s been a TON of talk in the past week or so about how Twitter has hit the mainstream. The celebs are flooding in (and some are even using Twitpic). And further proof (like an onslaught of celebrity tweets wasn’t enough) is the “put that on a t-shirt” sites grabbing onto the “Twitter phenomenon”.

Have a favorite tweet that you want to wear all the time? Swing on over to TWItoShirt. Enter the URL of your desired tweet and off you go. Prices start at $17 for your basic tweet-on-white combo and go up from there based on the color you choose. Or, for a few bucks less, you can slap that tweet on a coaster to push around your table – a few different coasters with a variety of tweets might prove interesting?

A tribute to the show that launched NPH into early stardom, Twoogie takes your tweets and converts them to a Doogie-style interface, complete with theme song. Add your Twitter name to the Twoogie URL and it’ll display your latest tweet. Or go to Twoogie.com and you can type up a fresh tweet directly from the interface.

Need I say more? All right, I’ll top it off with the admission that I prefer NPH as Barney in How I Met Your Mother. If you’re not into this show already, get over to CBS or Hulu to check it out. It’s hi-larious!