WinCustomize on Twitter

Yet another service to track...

Friday, March 28, 2008 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Ok, we're late to the party, and just yesterday I myself was asking what the heck the point was of Twitter, but this morning, WinCustomize joined the Twitter craze that's sweeping the web.

A sort of hybrid between blogging and Instant Messaging, Twitter focuses on brief and to-the-point messages that are broadcast to anyone who wants to read them.  Forming a social network of followers and followees, you can find yourself engaged in conversation with people you otherwise would never have cause or occasion to chat.

It's free and easy to use.  You can either post and read updates via Twitter.com, or you can download any of a number of desktop-based twitter clients (Twhirl is my client of choice at the moment).

Here are a few Twitter accounts you might like to "follow":

Are you on Twitter?  Toss your twitter link in the comments below so others can "follow" you!

ZubaZ
Reply #1 Friday, March 28, 2008 11:15 AM
http://twitter.com/zubaz

-sigh-
DoctorNick made me do it.  He threatened to date one of my daughters if I didn't join.
Follow me to boredom. 
qrush
Reply #2 Friday, March 28, 2008 10:23 AM
He threatened to date one of my daughters if I didn't join.


I'm glad my threats are worth more than CerebroJD's.   
RPGFX
Reply #3 Friday, March 28, 2008 11:36 AM
WTF is Twitter? This is the first I've heard of it...
qrush
Reply #4 Friday, March 28, 2008 11:47 AM
RPGFX, I suggest you check this video, Twitter in Plain English.

Also I've written a blog post about Why I Love Twitter.
Quentin94
Reply #5 Friday, March 28, 2008 12:48 PM
skybright
Reply #6 Friday, March 28, 2008 1:59 PM
http://twitter.com/skybright
killajosh
Reply #7 Friday, March 28, 2008 3:26 PM
ugh. Just another way for people to communicate while losing their social skills...... no thanks. I'll stick with meeting at the local watering hole on Friday and Saturday night. If I have something to say that can't wait, I'll send a text message through my cellphone (thank goodness for unlimited texting).....
DragonKid
Reply #8 Friday, March 28, 2008 3:44 PM
KenzieDamage
Reply #9 Friday, March 28, 2008 3:48 PM
Philly0381
Reply #10 Friday, March 28, 2008 4:56 PM
Okay, it's the "Old Stick in the Mud" here, but just how many of these social networking sites does everyone belong to? My goodness is all you time so structure, isn't there free time to just...........well you know............breath.         
HAPTORK
Reply #11 Friday, March 28, 2008 5:03 PM
Ok I will join if someone will give me link of profiles of some cool girls.
ZubaZ
Reply #12 Friday, March 28, 2008 5:07 PM
Ok I will join if someone will give me link of profiles of some cool girls

ZubaZ hears the sounds of crickets chirping
Bebi Bulma
Reply #13 Friday, March 28, 2008 5:35 PM
Okay, it's the "Old Stick in the Mud" here, but just how many of these social networking sites does everyone belong to? My goodness is all you time so structure, isn't there free time to just...........well you know............breath.

Ok I will join if someone will give me link of profiles of some cool girls.

I belong to none....muhahahahah!

Heh Zoomba you're using your custom smiley-avatar on twitter.
PoSmedley
Reply #14 Friday, March 28, 2008 5:54 PM
Ok I will join if someone will give me link of profiles of some cool girls.
I think skinhit likes to wear gingham. http://twitter.com/PoSmedley
qrush
Reply #15 Friday, March 28, 2008 6:25 PM
BebiBulma, I think it's high time you reached out to at least ONE! Hell, I'd consider the Stardock network of sites a social networks, so you can't count yourself out at all.
RPGFX
Reply #16 Friday, March 28, 2008 8:42 PM
A sort of hybrid between blogging and Instant Messaging
sooo.... like a forum? Like someone said above... how many of these things are they gonna come up with... :/ I'm all for keeping in touch via the web, but how many different places to we need to do it? It's all getting a bit stupid.
PoSmedley
Reply #17 Friday, March 28, 2008 10:16 PM
The Twitter apps are plentiful. From desktop widgets, to some cool stuff on-line. I just found this. It's pretty sweet. A Twitter Screensaver. Entirely configurable, both for Flickr and Twitter. Click the settings button from within the screen saver user interface to configure it. This runs ONLY on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. If you are on XP or Server, you'll need to download the .NET Framework You ca get it here... WWW Link ...and it's free.
Island Dog
Reply #18 Saturday, March 29, 2008 9:08 AM
Heh Zoomba you're using your custom smiley-avatar on twitter.


Hey, where is mine? 


inception8
Reply #19 Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:29 PM
Sounds cool. Funny about the "do we need another social networking site". Sure we do and why not. More choices the better, makes life interesting. It's amazing how many of these ideas spring out of California though and most of them do.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #20 Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:40 PM

Hey, where is mine?

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