Sunday, March 29, 2009

Tweetdeck

Finally installed Tweetdeck, an application that aims to evolve the existing functionality of Twitter by breaking down Twitter feeds into more manageable bite sized pieces. Although I've only used Tweetdeck for a week or two, my feelings about it, at this early stage, are rather lukewarm. Tweetdeck, with its fancy lists and constant updates, is probably terrific for folks who tweet continually throughout the day or have thousands of followers and have trouble keeping track of it all. However, for those who tweet occasionally -- meaning a few times a day -- to a few hundred followers, Tweetdeck doesn't seem like all that. Am I missing something?

1 comment:

jeff zbar said...

I've not yet installed Tweetdeck. And like you, I can see some inherent benefits, including being able to parse out those whose tweets I like - but who seem to suffer tweet-arrhea, or conversely, are drowned out by others who suffer the ailment (My Tweetto: No more than a dozen tweets a day). I wonder what I'm missing because some of my tweeps out there have some killer ideas and tips. But it's yet another app to bloat my registry and clutter my tray. For me, I'll stick with Twitter and Tweetlater - cloud-driven apps that serve my purpose and more easily managed...