All The Twitter Tools And Apps

Well, maybe not all of them, but there are 60 twitter tools here for you to get your teeth stuck into.

AlertThingy - Adobe Air desktop client for twitter, friendfeed and flickr.

Autopostr - lets your twitter friends automatically know you posted a new photo on flickr, by adding a # to your photo title.

Brabblr - mashup that sends and receives messages to all your friends and many microtools at the same time.

Commuter feed - mashup service that lets you post reports on traffic and transit delays in your local area using Twitter.

Celly - add fun to your tweets.

Cellity - twitter on your mobile.

CeTwit - a windows mobile twitter client.

Crowdstatus - very early alpha, allowing you to organize friends into groups.

Digsby - Digsby looks quite interesting. It is a multiprotocol IM client with email notifications and support for social networking tools, including twitter.

Ego Twitter’in - Shizzolate your tweets - from Snoop Dog’s people. Yeah, I had no idea either until I checked it out.

Fring - mobile phone tools and service, with twitter support.

GetMobio - twitter on your mobile.

GroupTweet - allows private group messages via twitter.

Gtwitter - linux gnome twitter client.

Hahlo - twitter on the iPhone.

Itweet - twitter application for the iPhone.

Jargong - mobile client that adds support for instant messaging and twitter, among others.

Jitter - java mobile twitter client.

Jott - converts voice into text for email and messaging.

Jtwitter - mobile java twitter client.

Madtwitter - Windows twitter client inspired by Twitterrific.

MoTwit - twitter client for the Palm OS.

NatsuLion - Mac OS X twitter client.

Pockettweets - a web based twitter client for the iPhone.

Sandy - setup reminders and receive them via tweets.

Snaptweet - send your latest Flickr photos to twitter.

Snitter - Adobe Air application for twitter.

Summize - real time tweet search engine.

Tiny Twitter - allows you to send tweets from your mobile without getting dinged all the time via friends updates.

Twapper - mashup of 30Boxes and twitter.

Tweetbar - update twitter from your Firefox sidebar.

Tweetburner - tracks the clicks on links posted to twitter.

TweetClouds - makes a tweet cloud from a twitter stream.

Tweetmeme - highlights popular memes on twitter.

Tweet-r - Mac OS X twitter client.

Tweetstats - provides statistical information about your tweeting.

TweetShirts - puts tweets on t-shirts.

TweetSpeak - lets you listen to tweets.

TweetWheel - find out which of your twitter friends know each other.

Twessenger - updates Live Messenger with your latest tweets.

Tweeterboard - lists the top 100 twitterers based on tweets and reputation.

Twiddeo - is twitter plus video.

Twimbler - a tumbog updated via twitter.

Twistori - tweet visualization.

TwittEarth - mashup that shows live tweets from all over the world on a 3-D globe as they happen, good for a bit of fun.

Twitterbar - Firefox plugin that allows sending tweets from the address bar.

TwitterBlacklist - list of known twitter spammers.

Twitterbox - a twitter client for Second Life.

Twitterfone - allows you to send messages to twitter using voice.

Twitterlicious - Windows twitter client.

Twitteroo - Windows twitter client with url shortening, clickable links and tweets.

Twibble - twitter client for Java enabled smartphones that can make use of built-in GPS to add location to tweets.

Twhirl - one of the best Adobe Air dekstop clients for twitter.

Twitter Fan Wiki - a list of twitter news services.

TwitterFeed - checks your blog feed and posts any new items to your twitter account.

TwitterLocal - generates an RSS or XML feed to filter out tweets around a certain geographical area.

Twitterrific - Mac OS X commercial twitter client.

Twittertools - WordPress plugin by Alex King.

Twittervision - mashup of twitter and Google showing the latest tweets and the location of the poster.

Twitttwoo - WordPress plugin displays and updates tweets from sidebar.

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They Had Me Over A Barrel

Not long after this though, the site was taken down again, for the same reason and this time they would not put it back up without upgrading to a VPS. With no access to my site to even transfer it to a different host, I was left with three alternatives, fight it, walk away, or upgrade.

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Not good at all. This time the only solution was to go to a dedicated server, which the host was pushing for very strongly. The problem with this, was, that with this host, the entry level dedicated server costs $200 per month. Now, based on my past experience, with this particular host, I was not felling particularly enthusiastic about shelling over more money to them. Enter Eric, the CEO of Top Hosting Center.

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