Twitter Tools

Here's a list of Web sites that render more useful the streams of information generated by Twitter's users. Some you may know about; others are more obscure. But if you're a Twitter user who has yet to explore the world built around Twitter, you owe itself to check these out.

• Hashtags -- Track tags designated by a # in Twitter.
• Loud Twitter -- Post Twitter updates to a blog.
• Politweets -- Tracking political discussion on Twitter.
• Quotably -- Threads Twitter conversations, with varying results.
• Summize -- Yet another Twitter search engine. Also uses topics trending up.
• Terraminds -- Another Twitter search engine.
• Track This -- Track packages using Twitter.
• Tweetburner -- Track links you share on Twitter.
• Tweeterboard -- Find Twitter's most influential users.
• Tweet Scan -- Search Twitter using keywords.
• TweetStats -- Want to know just how addicted you are to Twitter? Graph your usage!
• TweetWire.com -- See links submitted to Twitter organized by category: Election 2008, tech, sports, celebrity.
• Twist -- Graph and compare usage of keywords and topics in Twitter.
• Twistori -- What Twitter users are loving, wishing for, feeling, hating and believing, right now.
• TwitLinks -- Links submitted to Twitter by a select list of tech luminaries.
• TwitPic -- Because a picture is worth more than 140 characters.
• Twitslikeme -- Find other Twitter users who may share your interests.
• TwittEarth -- Live Twitter updates shown on a spinning 3D globe. Very similar to Twittervision 3D.
• TwitterBuzz -- Popular links on Twitter.
• Twitter Census -- Ask a question, use this to tally the results.
• Twitterfeed -- Send an RSS feed to Twitter. Great for alerting friends to blog posts.
• Twitter Guide -- Not a tool, but a nice Twitter explainer and etiquette guide.
• Twitterholic -- Find out who has the most followers, friends or updates.
• Twitter Local -- Find local Twitter users. There's also an Adobe AIR application you can run on your desktop.
• Twitter Quotient -- Rates your Twitter activity.
• TwitterSnooze! -- Temporarily unfollow someone, then re-follow them at an assigned time. WARNING: Saves your Twitter name and password to its servers until it re-follows.
• Twitterverse -- Common terms being used over a given period of time, arranged in tag-cloud fashion.
• Twittervision -- Map Twitter updates on a map or a 3D globe. There's also a Mac OS screen saver.
• Twubble -- Searches friends of your friends to suggest more people to follow.
• @timer - Send this account a message and it will respond with a reminder at the time you specifiy.