It seems that everyone is biting off the tipping point popularity of Twitter and making programs using their API. Twitter has become a must-have in the social media world, and has really taken off lately. Just in the past few days it seems the list of tools and applications has grown significantly, and it's not just programs to make tweeting easier. Take a look at some of these cool Twitter integrations.

TwitterGrader
http://twitter.grader.com/

TwitterGrader is pretty new, and really cool. The concept is simple - you drop your twitter username into the box and it gives you a grade. The first thing I thought of is, "How do they come up with the grade?" The website explains that the grade is calculated using the following criteria:Check it out, its fun to see what your grade is (I'm actually new to Twitter at this point so I only got a 51%, but that will improve over time) and what other people's scores are too. It's also a great way to find new, interesting people to follow as well. Check it out!

TwitterVision
http://twittervision.com/

TwitterVision is a real-time view at where tweets are coming from around the globe. It's cool to see the map move around all over the place and is another cool way to find people to follow since you're seeing a random view of public tweets. It's also really easy to just sit there and watch, so try not to waste half your day staring this!

Qwitter
http://useqwitter.com/

Qwitter is another new app that sends you an email when someone un-follows you. It also tells you the most recent tweet you posted before they stopped following. It's neat to track when people stop following you and what might have caused it, but it shouldn't stop you from posting what you like to. If you're using Twitter as a marketing tool to build a network of like-minded people, it can help you properly target the people that you want to market to. It's a really cool idea, and it's easy to turn off if you want. Best part is, it's totally free!

Summize
www.summize.com
http://search.twitter.com

Remember before Summize got bought by Twitter? This was one of the original Twitter tools, and now is the twitter search tool at search.twitter.com.

If you're interested, here's a couple links about their buyout.

Twitter Buys Summize. Confirmed. (Summize Blog)
http://blog.summize.com/2008/07/twitter-buys-su.html

Twitter Buys Summize For About $15M: Gets Search - And Maybe A Business Model (AlleyInsider)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/7/twitter-buys-summize-for-about-15m-stock-and-cash

$15 Million! This must be the precedence for the motivation for everyone to make these tools. I wonder if Twitter is in the market to buy new technologies that use their system?

Twitterholic
http://twitterholic.com/

Twitterholic is a site that ranks users a few times per day on a long list (top 100) based on their followers, friends and updates. This one's been around for a while, an d doesn't do much but is a great way to find the most popular (and often most interesting) users to follow.

Quotably
http://quotably.com/

Quotably gives you a different view of twitter feeds based on conversations. It's a cool aggregate view, for example, here's a conversation view from leolaporte:

Rather than having to read the whole feed to see all of the responses to Leo having the whole day off, it aggregates them into organized boxes, collecting all of the @ replies for a particular tweet. Very cool!

That's my list.

There are a ton more, especially for mobile use, desktop tweeting and browser ad-ons that help quickly tweet as well. There's a great list put together by Mashable here: Twitter Toolbox.

Whats your favorite? Post a comment!

Thanks,

Anthony Latona

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