I have my Twitter account registered a few months back, but it’s only now that I started using it quite frequent. At that time, I’m not a big fan of any socializing tool, but 2008 has changed me a lot. With Web 2.0 wave growing stronger, I couldn’t afford to just let them slip through my finger anymore.

Ok, my interest on Twitter is back after reading Lorella’s post (one of my favourite bloggers) about Twitter. And my interest keeps getting stronger when I read an article about Twitter, which was the hot thing last year at SXSW, and again becomes another hot thing  this year. There must me something very special about it!! Ahh, but poor me, early comer but late user of Twitter.

Why is Twitter HAWT? There are a lot of reasons I believe. But in my humble opinion, there is no better answer rather than the ability to post, distribute and share the short message with mass audience in real time basis. Yeah, darn fast!!

Twitter for WordPress

There are bunches of Twitter related tools out there, (wtips has a long list of twitter tools for various usage), but I’d rather get used to it step by step starting with my blog. I choose Alex King plugin which appears on top of the Google SERP for keyword ‘twitter plugin’. As you can see, I put my twitter on top of my left sidebar for a better view.

My twitter indexed by Google

Apparently, Google has indexed my Twitter update that I had put on my left sidebar with the link pointed to homepage. Is this considered duplicate??

How to update twitter 

There are many ways to update Twitter. You can for sure update it from its homepage, Twitter.com. I suppose I can update my Twitter from WP-admin menu, but it seems not working. So I leave that first until I have time to figure out what’s wrong with the setting. 

Alternatively I use Google Talk. Just add twitter@twitter.com to your contact list, and shoot off an IM to it, which subsequently updates my twitter. But the new post won’t shows up on Blogjer.com’s left sidebar automatically,  I have to login into my WP-Admin to update it manually. This is 1 area that this plugin is lacking with (perhaps Alex has his own reason not to have this feature for the sake of performance). In my opinion, if it has this feature, this is simply the best Twitter plugin for WordPress

Twitter and Google talk banned in my office

Unfortunately Gmail, Google Talk and Twitter is inaccessible (filtered by firewall) in my office environment. So I couldn’t update and view Twitter frequently (the WordPress plugin unable to do so as well).

Update Twitter by email

This is how TwitterMail.com come in handly. With simple registration, you’ll get 1 unique email address. Send an e-mail to your TwitterMail address which will update your Twitter. The body of the message will be published in your Twitter Profile. Leave the subject-line empty for the normal message. TwitterMail is more than updating Twitter. Read the their cool features.

Twitter on mobile

I’ve tested few application before settled down with Cellity and Abiro Jitter, though Cellity has slight edge with more functionality. For a note, I’m using Sony Ericsson PE990i and WIFI as a method of connecting to Internet, please check your phone compatibility before installation. From the test from my mobile phone, my Twitter updated almost immediately. If I could get hold of my friend’s blackberry for testing, I hope I can provide more info what is the best Twitter client on Blackberry later

Twitter on Firefox.

It wasn’t complete guide without talking what you can do with Twitter from Firefox. I manage to test 2 add-on only which I feel best suit to beginner like me. I use Twitterbar to update Twitter from Firefox address bar. Spatielview has detail along with the screen shot how to install and use this Firefox addon.

And to view my Twitter on Firefox browser, I install Tweetbar which can be viewed an Firefox sidebar. Unfortunately, this 2 plugin doesn’t work in restricted internet environment such as my office though :~)

Follow my Twitter  

As I mentioned earlier, I started using Twitter few months back, but I abandon it up until recently. I don’t even know that I have 5 folks follows my Twitter. Having said that, feel free to follow my twitter. There is nothing special following me, but you can be the first to know if there is new post from this blog and from my other blog that I’ll integrate into my Twitter account in near future. 

Drop your Twitter link too in comment section, so I can sneak what you’re doing. You follow me, I follow you.