Degutis Insights

Back in July when Twitter encountered (created?) a problem that in some cases decimated people’s followers, I suggested that third parties need to take steps to cover Twitter’s arse.  Today I became aware of Tweetake which will backup your Twitter account to an Excel file.  As it explains on the Tweetake website: “The brainchild of [...]

One of the great features of Twitter is that you can access and post it in various ways: from the website, from a dedicated client on Mac or PC, from a cell phone via SMS or mobile app, etc.  Maybe someday we’ll see digital cameras with built-in Twitter access.  With all of these different access [...]

With Twitter continuing to be so unreliable, I think third party applications such as Twhirl, TweetDeck,  Twitterrific and possibly FriendFeed(?), just to name a few, need to add the option to keep a local copy of messages and your Following and Followers list. TweetDeck is already ahead of the game as it keep messages in [...]

I started using Twinkle, an iPhone app, on Thursday night (July 17th) and wrote this post about it. Here are my impressions and what I’ve learned about it after using it for few days.
Twinkle has it’s own network which it uses for its Nearby service. The Nearby service, also a section in the app, [...]

The other day Robert Scoble had a Qik video in which he interviewed on of the developers of Twinkle (web link, iTune link) a Twitter client for the iPhone. Yes, yet another Twitter client and yes for the iPhone. Twinkle caught my eye because it’s location-aware.
Unlike Twitterrific and Twittelator which can add a link to [...]

I don’t generally block people that follow me on Twitter, as long as they are individuals and not accounts set up for social causes (I’ll choose my causes, thank you). For the last week, I’ve been blocking between 1-3 followers per day, all spammers. Having just read the VentureBeat post ‘Twitter gets its sexy back. [...]

We all have a difficult time getting back into the swing of things at work after a three-day holiday weekend. It looks like Twitter is just one of us as witnessed when you click on the Older link:

Is it tired after the long weekend? Or does it have a fear of getting old?
-Al

Twitter can be addicting. It can also be very frustrating when it is down. Some people have suggested that Twitter charge for the service and use those funds to provide a more reliable “Pro” service. So, the question is “What is Twitter worth to you?”