My Favorite Twitter Tools: TwitWall
I planned on wrapping up “Twitter Week” last Friday, but I found a new tool that I really like: TwitWall. Consider today’s post a bonus Twitter tool. I know, I know: it’s just one more social media site created to suck the remaining minutes of fresh air out of my day. But before you pan TwitWall as a useless Twitter knock-off, take a look at this from KillerStartups.com:
It is not inaccurate to describe TwitWall as a kind of younger brother to Twitter, a fact that is underlined by the way its creator defines its uses: “When its too long to tweet, but to short to blog.”
This Twitter companion is the brainchild of a Mr. Micahel E. Carluen, a Twitter enthusiast who looked for a way of posting audio and video files with the practicality and reach of Twitter.
As a result, the provided tool has been put together with ease of use and versatility in mind. TwitWall enables anybody to embed videos and widgets as well as upload photographs and other files while enjoying the social approach as popularized by Twitter.
TwitWall is very easy to use; all it takes is logging in using an existing Twitter user ID to get started. There are no fees of any kind, and in the event you don’t have a Twitter ID you can get one by following the featured link.
Twitteraholics, if you’re not buying it yet, here are a few more selling points from TwitWall FAQ Log:
It’s an easy-to-use random-thought blogging content companion for Twitter.
If you’re signed up for Twitter, you’re already signed up for TwitWall.
The original intent of TwitWall is to provide a ‘space’ for Tweeps/Tweeples who understand tweeting, but do not (i.e. have a or want to) blog. Unlike blogging which are composed formal writings (essays), tweeting are random thoughts. Often however, random thoughts exceed 140 characters, or may not even be just text.
If you are a blogger, occasionally you may have thoughts that may not generally fit the general theme of your blog content. To that, you may want to post those thoughts on your TwitWall as an alternative to your formal blog.
Every newly added TwitWall entry posts a status update on the user’s Twitter timeline.
Comments made by the readers of the entry post an in-reply status on Twitter.
TwitWall inherits most of the user’s Twitter design preferences (background graphic and color schemes).
It’s free.
Now, I’m not sure what I’m going to use TwitWall for yet, but I’m guessing I’ll at least give it a try for pictures, podcasts, embedded videos, and those “in between posts” — too long for Twitter, but not quite blog-worthy. We’ll see where it goes from there.
