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Hello Twitter-ers,
There's been a bunch of forward motion at Twitter HQ in two weeks.
We've done significant work on our infrastructure to make things
better, we've built some new features, and we're adding new ways
to interact with Twitter. We'd love to have you come by and check
things out! http://twitter.com
Support for @Replies
We noticed a whole bunch of Twitter-ers adopting a new way to
communicate specifically to individuals in a public way by adding
an @ symbol before a username like this: "@biz thinking I'll get a
soy latte too!" To make this experience a bit better, we added a
few features to support this behavior.
- The Replies Tab will display an archive of @replies
- @Replies are followed by an 'in reply to' link for context
- @username automatically links the username to the profile
Facebook Application
Last week, Facebook.com released a new applications platform and
invited other companies to create cool apps that can be used
inside Facebook. Twitter was among the first to create such an
application. So, if you're a Facebook user and you like Twitterin',
then please consider downloading the Twitter Facebook application:
http://apps.facebook.com/twitter
MTV Movie Awards
This Sunday Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer, and Jason Woliner
from the sketch comedy Human Giant will all be twittering during
the pre-party, red carpet, and ceremony of the MTV Movie Awards.
If you want to watch along or just get the scoop from behind the
scenes, text FOLLOW HUMANGIANT to 40404. We've set something up so
you'll get updates from each of the guys before, during, and after
the awards. The MTV Movie Awards are live Sunday June 3 at 8PM/7C.
Should be fun, check out Human Giant: http://tinyurl.com/ytqzbd
Netvibes Module
Netvibes is a very popular personalized start page you can use to
assemble your favorite web stuff in one customizable spot.
Yesterday, the nice folks over at Netvibes included Twitter in
their default set of ready-made modules. Head over to Netvibes.com
and click the Twitter link in the lower left-side column -- in
about three seconds you'll be receiving and sending Twitters on
your new start page. Or, click here: http://tinyurl.com/ys8pq4
Mobile Tips
Just as you would text FOLLOW HUMANGIANT to 40404, you can do with
any Twitter user. If you text FOLLOW BIZ to 40404, you'll start
getting my updates. Likewise, you can LEAVE BIZ when you're sick
of me. There's more hints on our Lingo Page. Keep in mind that
40404 is the US shortcode so it's different for the rest of the
world. To set up your mobile to work with Twitter and find out
what your country's specific code is, visit the Phone & IM page.
Lingo Page: http://twitter.com/help/lingo
Phone & IM: http://twitter.com/devices
What Are People Twittering About?
There are lots and lots of great projects built using the Twitter
API. This week, we were having lots of fun with something called
TweetVolume. It's just an easy way to see what words or phrases
are showing up on Twitter and how often. For example, 3,800 folks
have twittered about being sad and 13,000 people have twittered
about being happy. Clearly, Twitter users are happy people. Is
that because they drink coffee (14,200) about three times more
than tea (4,610)? Who knows. Try it out: http://tweetvolume.com.
We're Hiring!
Twitter is looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer and a Senior
Engineer. If you or anyone you know is interested in helping us
make Twitter awesome, please have a look at our jobs page:
http://twitter.com/help/jobs. The jobs are full time in our lovely
San Francisco office. We have a little building all to ourself
that opens up to South Park -- a secret little patch of green right
in the city with a great burrito shop and a short walk to the bay.
It's really quite nice even if I do say so myself.
Happy Twittering!
Biz Stone and the Twitter Team
http://twitter.com/biz
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