This video about a “social media expert” by zetainteractive on YouTube is pretty funny. I’ve provided a transcription below. The service used to create the video, xtranormal, is even more impressive. It’s a web site that allows the user to create video from text. Very ingenious. I’ve attempted to create a similar video about web accessibility which I’ll post later.
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Transcription
Man1: Acme corporation is finally getting into the social media game.
Man2: Have you thought about how you’re going to engage with individuals and provide value to the community?
Man 1: Hell not. We’re just going to build a bunch of fancy social media web assets and then spend a bunch of money on a big media push. We’re going to be rich.
Man2: What’s social about that?
Man 1: Nothing. But it’s going to look super cool, and we’ll have the mainstream media tell everybody that Acme is now engaged in social media. It’s going to be sweet.
Man2: You’re an idiot. No wonder your Twitter account got suspended.
Here’s a list of some fun, interesting, and (sometimes) valuable web sites and applications that provide extra services for your Twitter acount.
Web Sites & Applications
- Accessible Twitter (my app)
- “Web 2.0″ has created even further concern with web accessibility. Twitter web site that is accessible for individuals with any type of disability or limited technology.
- Tweet Stats
- Lots of statistical information on your account and Twitter ‘user agents’.
- TweetValue
- How much is your Twitter profile worth?
- Tweet Burner
- Shorten, track, and share links.
- Twitter Grader
- Get a ranking of your account.
- WordPress to Twitter
- The WP-to-Twitter plugin posts a Twitter status update from your blog using the Cli.gs URL shortening service to provide a link back to your post from Twitter.
- Free Twitter Designer
- Design your page.
- My First Tweet
- ‘Nuff said.
- Twitterberry
- Twitter application for the BlackBerry.
- Twitter’s mobile site
- ‘Nuff said.
Articles
Here’s a good list of article about Twitter and tips on how to use it.
Addendum (March 30 and May 20)
Found more interesting ones:
- TwitPwr
- Short URLs for Twitter with Analytics and user profile pages.
- Twooting
- Daily podcast about Twitter.
- twt.fm
- Share music.
- twitvidio
- The easiest way to share videos on Twitter.
- e-Penis
- Always wanted to know how big your Twitter e-Penis is?
- TweetBrain
- Applies Twitter’s immense collective intelligence for Questions and Answers
Like many folks, I very much enjoy Twitter, the mini-blogging sensation. I recently went over 1,000 tweets! You can find me at @dennisl.
One issue with the site is that Twitter is not web accessible. I’ve recently been resolving this problem by writing a new web application Accessible Twitter. It’s currently in Alpha status, so some functionality still needs adding/improving, but it’s mostly complete. You can learn more about me and the project here: Five Questions With Dennis Lembrée – Creator of Accessible Twitter.
My personal project this year, TimeTracker, is now complete and available for purchase. It’s a a web application to track one’s time with clients. I developed it for a friend’s employer, Music to Grow On, in order for music therapists to track hours with their clients. Of course, other professionals such as psychologists, teachers, and consultants, could make good use of the application.
Manage session time with clients with the TimeTracker. Manage session time with clients; track and report hours.
In TimeTracker, the professional may enter session information, run reports on his sessions, and view his client information. An administrator may edit user and client information, assign clients, modify all session data, and run detailed reports. In addition to tracking session dates and times, the scope of the project expanded to record driving miles, and to mark sessions as an assessment or a quarterly evaluation. You can read the list of features here.
Addendum, March 2009
TimeTracker has been rebranded as My Client Time.
http://myclienttime.com/
The company I’m working for in California (Redwood City, Bay area) is looking for a web developer/coder with skills similar to mine: XHTML, CSS, DOM scripting, AJAX (preferably Hijax), and web accessibility. We’re getting a web application up to speed with web standards and web accessibility and there’s a lot of work! It may be contract to start, but I’m sure it pays well.
If you are skilled in the areas listed above, and you are interested, please send me a message at dlembree at g mail dot com. Serious inquiries only. You must have at least a few years experience.
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