JudynTX
04-22-2009, 10:17 AM
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http://www.elliottkember.com/spreadtweet.html
On Friday, Oprah Winfrey fumbled her way to her first tweet live on TV, assisted by humble, lovable Twitter CEO Evan Williams. For Internet hipsters, it was the end of an era. For Twitter, it was only the beginning: Oprah’s co-hosts immediately spotted the service’s potential for neighbors to alert each other to escaped convicts and sexual predators on the block.
But mainstream Twitter fans face a hurdle: Can you use it at work without being caught? British Web developer Elliott Kember has solved the problem with Spreadtweet, an easy-to-use Twitter client that looks like a boring Excel spreadsheet.
Not only is it a clever way to dodge the boss, Spreadtweet is actually a clean, efficient way to send and receive tweets. I use it at home, because its text-only, small-font interface fits each tweet onto one fake row of Excel. I can scan dozens of tweets more quickly than I could with more graphics-happy tools like Digsby or TweetDeck.
twitter (http://http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/how-to-hide-your-twitter-habit-from-the-boss/?em)
http://www.elliottkember.com/spreadtweet.html
On Friday, Oprah Winfrey fumbled her way to her first tweet live on TV, assisted by humble, lovable Twitter CEO Evan Williams. For Internet hipsters, it was the end of an era. For Twitter, it was only the beginning: Oprah’s co-hosts immediately spotted the service’s potential for neighbors to alert each other to escaped convicts and sexual predators on the block.
But mainstream Twitter fans face a hurdle: Can you use it at work without being caught? British Web developer Elliott Kember has solved the problem with Spreadtweet, an easy-to-use Twitter client that looks like a boring Excel spreadsheet.
Not only is it a clever way to dodge the boss, Spreadtweet is actually a clean, efficient way to send and receive tweets. I use it at home, because its text-only, small-font interface fits each tweet onto one fake row of Excel. I can scan dozens of tweets more quickly than I could with more graphics-happy tools like Digsby or TweetDeck.
twitter (http://http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/how-to-hide-your-twitter-habit-from-the-boss/?em)