Twitteando!

Say it out loud. Twitteando! I just really like the sound of that. Another fan of Twitterrific, the little API application that works with Twitter.

Is Twitter The Future?

Ian Curry at Frog Design calls Twitter the Missing Messenger. Always on the lookout for something that will simultaneously support his desire to stay in touch and not be distracted, Ian finds "These light exchanges typify the kind of communication that arises among people who are saturated with other forms of communication." He's also a Twitterrific fan. We're energized by this thoughtful post. What a great way to start the week!

Defamer Brings Twitter to the Oscars

The folks who run Defamer are going to the Oscars on Sunday and they're going to be using Twitter to update who wins what and other details while they rub elbows with the stars. Text FOLLOW DEFAMER to 40404 and you'll get bonus info-tainment on your mobile while you watch the show. Even if you don't watch the Oscars, you'll know who wins what first. Here's the Defamer profile on Twitter.

Twittering for Virtual Teams

Web Worker Daily: "Twitter can deepen virtual relationships in a way that email and IM doesn’t."

No Email, Twitter!

Jeff Barr on Twitter: "I’ll officially declare here that you should be able to get my attention via Twitter and that I consider it a valid form of business communication."

It's Alive

Steve Garfield on Twitter: "There is a living and breathing community here. It's not static. It's alive!"

Amazing Mashup

I'm not sure exactly what this project by Gregory Chatonsky is but it's blowing my mind. Video, photos, ambient music, and giant sliding Twitter updates all mushed together into some kind of never-ending, trance-inducing, experimental documentary film thingy. Wow.

Anil Dash on Twitter

Consider Twitter: "The sign of success in social software is when your community does something you didn't expect." Anil likes Twitter. And I like his idea of just updating emoticons ;-).

Twitter+Wordpress

Twitter Wordpress Sidebar Widget: "I created the Twitter sidebar widget for Wordpress because I wanted something more customisable than the badges issued by Twitter. If you know your way around CSS you can style it yourself, otherwise it will keep the default styling of lists in your sidebar. It requires the Widgets plugin from Automattic." Neat!

Pulver-ized

Jeff Pulver: "From my perspective, Twitter at times does contribute to the social sculpture of the internet."

Productivity via Twitter

"It’s easy, fun and versatile. How do we use it for good and not wasteful evil?" Lifehack.org has some suggestions for how to use Twitter Productively.

Twitter Updates

We sent an email out today but in case you're not a subscriber, here's a quick roundup of the news we sent out.

• We're finalists in the SXSW Web Awards. Vote for us!
• Usernames are now more prominent than real names. Learn why.
• Text WHOIS BIZ to 40404 and get my one line bio. (Try any username)
  
• Direct Message email alerts keep you in touch. Turn them off?
• Email alerts when you get new friends can now be turned off.
• Jason Goldman joins Obvious as Director of Product Strategy (W00t!)
  
• Mike Pennie, writer/producer for My Name Is Earl is Twittering.

Testing Testing 123

Getting the blog onto the fancy new serverz.