Twitter’s API allows for information to be sent to your Twitter account without ever logging in. This is handy when using other status update type sites that you would also like posted on twitter. Here are a few examples of the more popular sites being used.
BrightKite is a location-based version of Twitter that supports images uploads. It’s a great way to find out who’s tweeting nearby. You can set up BrightKite so that it will send links to your BrightKite posts in real time. One thing you might want to change in your setting is to only update your Twitter when making a status update or image. The default sends an update to Twitter every time you update your location which can get repetitive.
If you get bored with posting your text and image updates, why not move on to video. 12Seconds.tv is the video equivalent of Twitter with a great community. There are even third party applications that display 12 seconds videos found in the Twitter stream.
Ping.fm lets you post everywhere. There was a point in time where I used this to update all of my status services at the same time; Plurk, identica, Twitter.
TwitterFeed is an easy way to Tweet your newest blog posts without having to remember how to be personal. Don’t get me wrong, I think this is a great service, but it is definitely abused. If you do decide to hook up your blog, remember, people are looking to connect to YOU … not your blog.
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