My Twitter-Fu is Better Than Yours
April 26, 2008
Twitter has become part of my daily routine here at bwana.world, and I’ve found that while there are many interesting people on it, I don’t want to know everything about them. There are plenty of people who love to use Twitter to follow everyone that follows them. While I understand some of their reasoning, I don’t agree with taking in all that personal data from others as it is my belief that it can affect you. As with most technologies I use on the web, there must be some sort of filter or sanity. It’s true with FriendFeed, and it’s true with Twitter.
I want to share with you my technique for using Twitter. I don’t expect everyone who reads this to agree with it, but I do hope you find some bit of knowledge you didn’t already know. The technique I use is simple: Separate personal twitter from the overall noise. In order to do this, I use two programs: twhirl and Adium. One is an Adobe Air client, the other is a Google talk interface to Twitter.
This video demonstrates and explains more:
So why use two programs instead of one? It’s easy. I’d rather use twhirl’s interface for creating and responding, but Adium barely gets touched. I only touch Adium when I click on a link or I add/remove a tracking term. It’s not as bad as it seems, but the reward is great. I get to sift through a LOT of noise, and have plenty of meaningful discussions, find new links, find new people, and do it all with a pleasant interface and a global filter. That’s it in a nutshell.
So what do you think? How do you use Twitter? Please leave a text or video comment as I’m open to new ideas.


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