Taking notes with Twitter using Twitternotes

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Taking notes with Twitter using Twitternotes

by Chris Gilmer Oct 11th 2007

You wouldn't normally think to take notes using a social application as Twitter, but it is possible.

Twitternotes is an online application that uses the Twitter API to basically, take notes. This tool is a little more complicated than scratching something down in a notebook, using Outlook Notes, or one of the many other online note tools but if you have Twitter open throughout the day, this might come in handy.

Users log into the system using their Twitter account information, and add TwitterNotes as a follower. Notes can be added to your account privately or open for all users to see using special characters and combinations in your Twitter entry. Notes can then be picked up when logged into your TwitterNotes account, which is a bit frustrating because it would be nice to be able to simply check these notes out in Twitter itself under Direct Messages. Nonetheless, it's just another way to try and stay organized and on top of your to-dos.

Tags: chat, notes, productivity, todo, twitter, web2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kingkool68 said 10:03AM on 10-12-2007

My favorite note taking system involves sending txt messages to my e-mail account. Using T-Mobile if you send a text to 500 with an e-mail address in the body of the txt it will e-mail that text to you. In order to save a few characters I set up an e-mail alias called 'Note' and sent up a contact in my phone called 'Notes' so I can quickly send a message to using 'note' instead of my full e-mail.

It's great to have everything in gmail where I can search and tag messages. No more worrying about filing.

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