On Twitter

April 26, 2009

Today, there’s hardly any soul active enough on the internet who hasn’t come across the word ‘twitter‘. If not having an account, they have surely heard about twitter from their friends, colleagues or random people on Omegle.

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The best part about twitter is that the core idea of the system has been kept as simple as possible by the founders. Thus, the users are free to understand the system in their own unique way and adapt & use it the way they wish to. Today, there are millions of people registered on twitter, but if you notice carefully, every user has his own style of using the service. There are tons of ‘Marketing and SEO Gurus‘ on twitter, many who will start following you when you mention their favorite keyword. Of course, there are the other users like graphic designers, college-going folks, web and software developers and pretty much every kind of office worker.

Over the years that twitter has gain a larger momentum, we have seen many trends being developed on twitter and how it has evolved to either adapt to, or overcome them. twitter and the service is so large, that many of these things are ignored or overlooked most of the times. I’ve been contemplating to write about a number of things I’ve noticed on twitter for a long while now. WIth this post, I’ll try to put forth a few.

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Five Apps That Made My 2008 Worth It…

The Smoking Apples team decided to make a list of the five apps for iPhone and Mac that we discovered in 2008 or those that really made a difference in our lives. Here’s my list

As the year 2008 nears its end, the Smoking Apples team decided to go back and take a quick look at the apps that made a difference. While Milind has already listed out his choice of five apps that he discovered in 2008, here’s a list of the five apps that are definitely worth a mention. In this profession, you come across a ton of applications that you probably didn’t even know they existed. It’s only when you try them out, you realize what you’ve been missing all this while.

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