Over the last few months I’ve been using Twitter a lot more to get updates from people and fill others in on stuff I’m working on. The best possible thing I think Twitter did was open up the API for others to integrate it. Here are a few things that have made my life easier because they use Twitter.
- woot: woot.com is a website that offers you a deal a day. By following it on Twitter I don’t have to worry about checking the site daily- I’ll get the update as soon as the post it. Since following woot, I got an 8GB USB Drive for $20 (!) and a pretty sweet pen set for $5.
- amazonmp3: A few weeks ago, I wrote about how great Amazon Mp3 is. By following it on Twitter, you can get their Daily Deals, which can save you a ton of money on great music. I’ve gotten Patton Oswalt, Dragonforce, and Rod Stewart for $2.99, just to name a few.
- cnnbrk: Follow cnnbrk, get breaking news to your phone. I find their updates just right, where Fox News’s twitter service updates way too much.
- rtm: My favorite tasks application Remember The Milk has Twitter integration that allows you to tweet tasks to RTM and get reminder tweets.
- twanslate: twanslate allows you to send a language and a phrase you want translated into that language. How cool is that?
Twitter has literally hundreds of other websites integrating it, other apps to use it, and plenty of hacks if you’re creative. It helps you stay updated and stay productive- wherever you are. So what do you use Twitter for?
Stephen
September 22nd, 2008/12:43 PM
I’ve been following News.com’s Hadron collider feed to stay up-to-date on big events.
Wesabe, a great, online money tool, twitters recent blog posts, but also allows you to direct message their twitter account for cash transactions.
Joe Casabona
September 24th, 2008/7:22 AM
Nice! I follow the LHC feed too. I was using for Wesabe for a bit. Maybe now that I know about the twitter integration I’ll get back into it…