Twitter For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4

Using Twitter Wherever You Think Best

In This Chapter

Getting with the Twitter program

Considering third-party interfaces

Using Twitter everywhere

Twitter is a great tool for providing friends, family, and followers updates on what’s going on in your life. But as you’ve probably noticed, life occurs in a lot of places, not just on the computer. Don’t worry, though, because Twitter’s got you covered. The folks at Twitter have designed their application so that you can use it in multiple ways and in multiple places.

Some Twitter users prefer not to access the service through a browser window, need a few more organizational options than the webpage affords, or just want to share Twitter on an external website or blog. If you want to get the most out of Twitter, you need to figure out how you prefer to access the service. Some people use the Twitter website, the Twitter mobile application, or any number of third-party services built with Twitter’s application programming interface (API). You can use widgets, gadgets, browser plug-ins, and a huge array of other ways to interact with Twitter at your convenience and on your terms.

In this chapter, we go over all the ways that ...