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9780470529690

Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470529690

  • ISBN10:

    0470529695

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-05-01
  • Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

This book targets the millions of users getting into Twitter to connect to friends, family, and interest groups, or follow the conversation and find out what's happening beyond their doorstep. Coverage on how to establish a Twitter account, tweet from mobile devices, and how to add Twitter to a blog is approached in a user-friendly manner so anyone can apply the tips and techniques found in this book. Social networking is expanding and becoming more and more integrated into people's daily lives; this book explores all the features of Twitter so that readers can join the conversation and discover what the entire buzz is really about.

Author Biography

Paul McFedries is a technical writer who has been authoring computer books since 1991. He has more than 60 books to his credit, which together have sold more than three million copies worldwide. His current titles include the Wiley books MySpace Visual Quick Tips, Internet Simplified, iPhone 3G Portable Genius, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Macs, and Teach Yourself VISUALLY Windows Vista. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy, a Web site devoted to new words and phrases (see www.wordspy.com). Paul lives in Toronto with his wonderful wife, Karen, and their silly dog, Gypsy. Please visit Paul’s personal Web site at www.mcfedries.com, or follow him on Twitter using his Twitter accounts @paulmcf, @wordspy, and @citizencoin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
How Do I Get Started with Twitter?
Setting Up Your Very Own Twitter Account
Signing In to Your Twitter Account
Viewing Twitter's Current Status
Changing Your Twitter Password
Resetting Your Twitter Password
Deleting Your Twitter Account
What Can I Do to Customize My Twitter Profile?
Filling In Your Profile Details
Setting Your Twitter Picture
Applying a Theme to Your Profile
Selecting a Background Image
Using a solid color background
Selecting a custom background image
Background photo challenges
Using a background image to tell people more about yourself
Overcoming background problems with tiling images
Choosing Your Profile's Colors
Stopping Twitter from Sending New Follower Messages
How Do I Send Twitter Updates?
Sending an Update
Sending an update using the Twitter site
Tips for managing the 140-character limit
Typing non-standard characters in Twitter
Notes on tweet etiquette
Adding hashtags to create a tweet topic
Working with Your Updates
Deleting an update
Adding an update to your favorites
Making your updates private
Downloading All Your Updates
Working with Replies and Direct Messages Sent to You
Viewing replies sent to you
Viewing direct messages sent to you
Getting an e-mail when you receive a direct message
How Do I Follow Other Twitter Users?
Finding People
Finding people with Twitter accounts
Finding someone on another network
Inviting someone to join Twitter
Tracking FollowFriday recommendations
Following People
Following someone on Twitter
Following Twitter's suggested users
Following a person's updates via RSS
Following people who follow you
Following someone who is following you
Automatically following someone who follows you
Downloading your friends' tweets
Stopping following someone on Twitter
Replying, Retweeting, and Direct Messaging
Replying to an update
Retweeting an update
Sending a direct message to someone
Configuring direct message e-mails
Configuring your reply settings
Working with the People You Follow
Checking out a person's updates
Nudging a tweeter
Blocking a tweeter
Working with Twitter Bots
Receiving a reminder message
Querying the Internet Movie Database
Getting a map
Translating text into another language
Getting a weather forecast
Returning Amazon data
Keeping up with the bots
Can I Use Twitter on My Mobile Phone?
Understanding Twitter's Mobile Phone Feature
Considering text message fees
Non-SMS Twitter alternatives
Twitter's phone numbers
Activating Your Mobile Phone
Sending an Update from Your Mobile Phone
Sending an update from your mobile phone as text
Sending an update using Twitter's mobile Web site
Sending an update from your mobile phone as e-mail
Configuring Twitter to nudge you for updates
Sending a reply from your mobile phone
Sending a direct message from your mobile phone
Protecting your updates with a PIN number
Following Twitterers on Your Mobile Phone
Following a person from your mobile phone
Receiving a person's updates on your mobile phone
Nudging a person from your mobile phone
Marking an update as a favorite from your mobile phone
Retrieving a profile on your mobile phone
Stopping a person's updates on your mobile phone
Receiving only direct messages on your mobile phone
Stopping all updates on your mobile phone
Sending a Twitter invitation from your mobile phone
Getting your Twitter stats on your mobile phone
A Summary of Twitter's Text Commands
Tools for Managing Twitter from Your Mobile Phone
Mobile phone applications for Twitter
TwitterBerry
TinyTwitter
Twitterific
Twittelator Pro
More mobile phone applications
Mobile phone Web sites for Twitter
Dabr
Hahlo
PocketTweets
More mobile phone sites for Twitter
How Do I Find Stuff in Twitter?
Running a Basic Search
Searching with the new Twitter interface
Searching with the old Twitter interface
Realtime search results
Performing Advanced Searches
Performing an advanced word search
Searching for tweets that include a phrase
Searching for tweets that include multiple words
Searching for tweets that include one word or another
Searching for tweets that exclude a word
Running an advanced people search
Searching for tweets from a person
Searching for replies to a person
Searching for tweets that mention a person
Filtering tweets by hashtag
Searching for tweets by location
Finding tweets by date
Locating tweets that contain links
Adding Twitter Search to Your Web Browser
Adding Twitter Search to Internet Explorer
Adding Twitter Search to Firefox
Working with Search Results
Marking a search result as a favorite
Using a feed to monitor search results
Sending your search results as a tweet
Translating a search result to English
Twitter Search Engines and Tools
Tweet Scan
Twitterfall
TweetGrid
Monitter
TweetBeep
Twemes
AskTwitR
BackTweets
TweetVolume
Where Can I Display My Twitter Feed?
Adding Twitter Bling to Your Web Site
Adding a Twitter link to your Web site
Creating a text link
Creating a Twitter badge link
Displaying a badge that shows your total followers
Adding a "Tweet This" link to your Web site
Adding the Twitter Application to Your Facebook Profile
Inserting the Twitter Flash Widget on Your MySpace Page
Displaying Your Twitter Updates on Your Blogger Site
Including Your Tweets on Your TypePad Blog
Adding the Twitter widget automatically
Adding the Twitter widget by hand
Adding a Twitter Widget to Your Site
Adding Twitter's Flash widget to your site
Adding Twitter's HTML widget to your site
How Can I Take Twitter to the Next Level?
Twittering on the Desktop: Twitter Clients
Raising your Twitter game with TweetDeck
Getting started with TweetDeck
Configuring the TweetDeck window
Filtering tweets
Monitoring a search
Creating a TweetDeck group
Controlling Twitter with twhirl
Giving twhirl a whirl
Setting up your Twitter accounts
Working with tweets
Posting a tweet
Navigating twhirl
Twittering on the Web: Twitter Web Sites
iTweet
Tweetree
Tweetvisor
Working with Twitter Gadgets and Widgets
Adding a Twitter gadget to your Windows Sidebar or desktop
Adding a Twitter widget to your Mac dashboard
Adding a Twitter gadget to your iGoogle page
Displaying tweets in Firefox
What Tools Can I Use to Extend Twitter?
Shortening URLs
Sharing Photos, Videos, and Music
Sharing photos
Using TwitPic
Other photo sharing services
Sharing videos
Sharing music
Posting to Multiple Social Networks
Getting started with Ping.fm
Getting your Ping.fm application key
Configuring twhirl to use Ping.fm
Posting with Ping.fm
More Twitter Tools to Play With
Scheduling tweets
Following Twitter trends
Tracking total tweets
Tracking tweets by location
Getting your Twitter account ranking
Displaying your latest tweet on a photo
Tweeting events to your Google calendar
Using LinkedIn to track tweets about your company
Send your blog feed to Twitter
Glossary.
Index.
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