Circulation

Through following some folks on Twitter, I noted that quite a few were using and positively tweeting about TweetDeck. I decided to take a look. I downloaded it, tried it out and must say really like it.

TweetDeck is an Adobe Air desktop application. It is another way to improve the functionality of Twitter several ways:

• Allows the user to break down twitter feeds into columns
• Followers can be grouped together and separated by columns. (I tried it out by creating a “libraries” column, a “librarians” column, and then a column for all my other friends. This is nice because I can keep the different subjects/interests grouped together, thus making it easier to find who/what I’m looking for.
• Among the same vein, users can be filtered by username, tweet text, time frame
  
• It has a nice search function to search within your followers or all Twitter users
  
• The default columns created are the three original: all tweets, replies and direct messages
• Easily resizable (want one column, full screen, etc)
• It auto updates
  

TweetDeck also has a Twitter account (@TweetDeck), so if you want to stay on top of news, updates, upgrades, you can follow them. They are seeking feedback via Twitter, email, its blog or its website.

A nice review of TweetDeck can be found at Darren Rowse’s TwiTip blog. (Great blog for more information on Twitter. It’s also a great place to get ideas on how you can use it in libraries, for yourself, your brand, etc).