I Heart Twitter
Today, the folks at Twitter have rolled out a couple of new features. I've previously written about it. It's an insanely useful tool that has gotten a bit better.
First, now it is possible to sign up without having a mobile phone. This allows you to "kick the tires" and try out Twitter without having to "commit" so to speak. The second feature, which is more insanely useful, is you can send/receive updates via any Jabber-enabled IM client sending to twitter@twitter.com. You also receive the Twitter updates via IM as well.
The only problem I see with the IM/SMS feature right now is that if you are on via IM, then you won't get SMS notifications. I usually leave my IM client on all the time, so that wouldn't work too well for me. I'd like to see a bit more control over that, personally.
I still have to wonder how they are going to monetize this service, though.
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Comment by Anonymous
Notifications
Thanks for the love! We’re working on making the IM/SMS failover experience better, but in the meantime you can set where you’d like to receive messages by sending “on” from the device you want the messages sent to.
You can send updates and direct messages from any device, regardless of whether or not it’s set to receive messages.
Any suggestions for further improvement are gladly welcomed!