The Anatomy of a Tweet Cheatsheet

Twiiter has been redesigned quite a few times, added and removed some features... It's easy to gte lost especially if you are beginner.. So what does one Tweet consist of? Here's a simple cheatsheet that will help you out:

Futher reading:

• Read about hashtags and how they were born (and how to use them)
• How to tag people on Twitter: Official guide
• Tip: How to link to an individual tweet

I hope it will help you or your friends to understand how Twitter works!

Dive Into Twitter with WeFollow & Twtrland

Despite the character limit and the apparent impracticality it causes, Twitter has become a serious platform. These days people use it for job hunting, content marketing, creative discussions, or simply to expand their networks of both private and professional contacts.

You don't have to be a power user to recognize the value of an efficient search function – something that Twitter admittedly lacks. Since Google and Twitter broke off their relationship in 2011 and discontinued Google Realtime Search (which showed all public tweets in Google results), Twitter users have been forced to use the default Twitter search. Of course, it works – but the results are not always satisfactory, even when you use the advanced search option. Luckily, there are many web services providing a solution, and today we'll look at two very powerful tools with a new approach to Twitter search.

Their names? WeFollow and Twtrland.

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Introducing @YTNBlog on Twitter

I recently have created a new Twitter account because I have an idea that I think is pretty cool. Us geeks have so many different sources of tech news that it becomes overwhelming. We go and read some articles on one site, but then have to go to so many other sites to get all the news of the day. What if all the articles were in one place? I know you may be thinking that you could use an RSS reader, but lets face it, those are not as convenient as they should be and are not nearly as accessible as, lets say, a Twitter account.

 The new Twitter account I have created and that I run has a basic algorithm, it tweets out the most popular articles from sites like Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, TekSocial and TechNeverSleeps.com. This makes all the info and news you want to see in one place that is easy, convenient and organized, your Twitter feed.

The account is @YTNBlog and once you follow it, you will be receiving many articles that are tweeted by this account. Got any suggestions for other sites that you want tweeted? Just at-reply the twitter account. As the owner of the account, I am asking that you consider following @YTNBlog. If you are a geek like me and the many other people on this site, you wont regret following @YTNBlog. Thank you!

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MetroTwit - the best Twitter Client for Windows?

While I am waiting upon my new Mac mini to arrive along with my new display, keyboard and mouse, I have had an empty desk so I decided that I would dig out my old Dell Optiplex GX620 USFF Pentium 4 machine to use for some basic Windows tasks.

Now - I have been suprised by the sheer speed of this machine so I have been using it on a daily basis as my primary (and only) desktop, but as I was used to OS X, I had no choice but to use the default Twitter web application as there is no "Twitter for Windows" application.

I have never really been a fan of TweetDeck (before and after Twitter took over) so I decided to hop onto Google, and do my research.

While stuck in a Google search loop, I finally found MetroTwit. It looked amazing, and so I hit the download button on the MetroTwit website.

Once installed, you will be greeted with a Metro UI-themed window - as expected. What can I say? It looks amazing, and is very quick when posting/loading tweets. The application lets you change the UI style and background colors. The default scheme is black text on white with blue highlights, but I like the white on black with blue highlights...if you understand what I mean.

The application boasts many user-customizable settings as well as pop-up notifications.

The only real con I could say is the minimum window width. I prefer the single column Twitter clients like Twitter for Mac which maintain a thin profile. This is why I don't like TweetDeck. While it does have width limitation, you can still manage columns so it doesn't take up all of your screen.

I can't recommend this application any more. It's quick, completely free, looks amazing, and so customizable.

Try it out at www.metrotwit.com.

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Apple iPad 3 Announcement Date Revealed

Finally, after 1 Year of waiting, we now know the iPad 3 announcement date, which is March 7th. In this video, I go over some details and what I would like to see on the iPad 3. I am so freaking excited! 

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