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17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe

17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe
I just created a new Twitter account, and it got me to thinking about all the data visualization I've seen for Twitter tweets. I felt like I'd seen a lot, and it turns out there are quite a few. Here they are grouped into four categories - network diagrams, maps, analytics, and abstract. Network Diagrams Twitter is a social network with friends (and strangers) linking up with each other and sharing tweets aplenty. Twitter Browser Twitter Social Network Analysis The ebiquity group did some cluster analysis and managed to group tweets by topic. Twitter Vrienden Twitter in Red I'm not completely sure how to read this one. Twitter Network Maps When you create a Twitter account, you can enter where you are located, so in my case, I put New York. TwiterVision Yeah, it's a Google Maps mashup, but a bit better than what you're used to seeing. TwitterVision3d It's TwitterVision taken to the next dimension. Analytics TweetStat TweetVolume TwitStat TwitterMeter Abstract 24 o'clocks TweetPad

Twitterize Yourself Into an Infographic The new website called Visual.ly announced it went live yesterday. It is billing itself as the place to create beautiful visualizations in minutes and instantly apply the graphics of top designers to create an infographic of your information -- or as they call it, a push-button approach to a visualization creation. Unfortunately, this part is coming soon. However, its Twitterize Yourself visualization lab is open, ready to use, and oh, what fun. Essentially, you plug in your twitter handle, select a few customization options, decide if you want a “solographic” or a “faceoff” with another tweeter, and click to create.

Tinker (beta) 8 Free Tools to Visualize Information on Twitter There’s a lot of noise on Twitter. People use a variety of ways to filter through that noise, from following specific lists, finding like-minded people through third party sites, or using a variety of services and websites to find the information that matters to them on Twitter. Another interesting way to filter through what is being said on Twitter, and better yet, analyse it, is to visualize it. Portwiture Portwiture is definitely one of the more unique visual Twitter apps that you’ll find. Portwiture matches the content of your tweets to photographs that have been uploaded to Flickr. Cloud.li Cloud.li is a Twitter search engine which delivers results as a tag cloud. Realtime results are constantly updated, with words associated with your search term, as well as Twitter usernames that are associated with the search term. Tori’s Eye Tori’s Eye is another unique experiment in visualizing Twitter search results. TweetStats Trendistic TwitterMap 5K Twitter Browser TwitterSheep

Twitter - A Necessity for Educators in 2012 - Texas Principal Twitter A Necessity for Educators in 2012 “Twitter won’t change your life, but it might make your job more fun and a little easier” - NEA What is Twitter? Twitter is an online social networking site which allows users to send and receive messages of up to 140 characters. Why should I join Twitter? Have your students and parents follow you on Twitter where you can post reminders about quizzes/tests, upcoming field trips, websites to check out, reminders about homework, etc.Hold “Twitter Chats” with your students. Key Lingo: Tweet - a tweet is just the way to say you posted something on Twitter. Some great hashtags to follow are #edchat #edtech #ntchat Educators really can’t afford to NOT be on Twitter. Follow us on Twitter! @The3TechNinjas @TechNinjaTodd @TechNinjaStacey

Tweetwasters Top 10 Exciting Things To Do on Twitter Note: First ever GUEST POST on this blog. Authored by Nicky @rocksstar10 and drafted by me @arkarthick (More details about Nicky after the post) So you think Twitter is a waste of time? Image Credit: Geek and Poke If used wisely, correctly, twitter can be a treasure chest of information. 1. There are tons of tools to measure how well you’re doing on Twitter in terms of influence, engagement, impact, trends and more. A) Klout – Measure your social media influence and reputation across the web, specifically on Twitter. B) TweetEffect – Find out which of your Twitter updates made people follow or leave you. C) TweetStats – Graph your Twitter stats including Tweets per hour / per day / per month, Tweet timeline, Tweet density, Reply (@ mentions), Who you retweet most, Tweet cloud etc. D) Retweet Rank – Find your (or any other Twitter user’s) Retweet (RT) rank which is a representative of the number of times you have been retweeted by others recently on twitter. 2. 3. 4. 5. No kidding.

25 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Twitter Twitter may very well be the single most important tool for teachers right now. Considering many are not even using the service, that says a lot about how effective the platform is for learning, engaging, development, and more. In an effort to make sure you are getting the most out of Twitter, we’ve compiled a very lengthy list of tips and tricks. That long list is coming out tomorrow morning but we thought you’d enjoy our hand-picked choices. See Also: 45 Simple Twitter Tips Everyone Should Know About Katie and I went through our list and narrowed it down to the top 25. Follow folks who are interesting to you. Just tweet!

Tweet-Rank 50 Best Twitter Tools & Services / Twitter / Splashnology - Web Design and Web Technology Community Sometimes it’s not that easy to manage your friends and followers on Twitter. So if you want to be in the swim, you’ll have to know many things; e.g. do your followers retweet your tweets, and whether those whom you are following are following you or not. In this post we are glad to offer you the handiest tools that might definitely simplify the process. Archivist Visualizations are graphic representations of the data your archives. Backtweets Twitter analytics to help you understand how people interact with you and your content. Birdherd BirdHerd makes it easy for groups, teams and brands to update a single Twitter account. Buffer Buffer makes your life easier with a smarter way to schedule tweets. Chirpstats Chirpstats.com* is a Twitter follower analytics package built to help you track and learn more about your follower-base. Digitweet Dlvr dlvr.it provides bloggers, publishers and brands a way to instantly syndicate content and expand their reach on the social web and into new channels.

100 Of The Best Twitter Tools For Teachers By Category In 2009, we shared our favorite tools for teachers on Twitter, with 100 resources for managing feeds, finding followers, and tackling classroom groups on the social media site. Since then, many tools have been revamped, replaced, or simply aren’t available anymore. Clearly, an update is in order, so we’re proud to present a new list for 2012, featuring the very best tools available to Twittering teachers today. The Twitalyzer for Tracking Influence and Measuring Success in Twitter Twitalyzer's Data Use and Privacy Policy Twitalyzer makes use of publicly available data in all cases, regardless of source. We rely on public Twitter streams, publicly available data from Klout, PeerIndex, and Rapleaf, and reserve the right to add other data from the public domain from time to time. We do not use direct messages or any other type of private information in any of our processing or reporting.

Les outils Twitter pour votre business | Entreprise 2.0 Cet article a été posté par Kheir Ismael le 27 août 2009 à 12:00 Suite à l’article, « quel usage de Twitter pour votre business? » vous avez certainement pris connaissance des avantages que présente Twitter pour votre business . Outre le fait que l’entreprise reste connectée à ses clients, il est nécessaire également que celle-ci puisse construire une relation ainsi qu’acquérir des clients potentiels ou ayant des affinités avec l’entreprise ( produit, image, style …) Heureusement, des applications tierces vont vous faciliter la vie et vous permettront de « mieux » utiliser Twitter.

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