Jackie Danicki

Almost every shop, from pharmacies/chemists to electronics stores and so many in between, now carries at least a limited range of iPod accessories. As a longtime member of the anything-but-iPod crowd (my iRiver is great, thanks), there is nothing more frustrating than coming upon a rack of shiny, pretty things and discovering that they have no use for me whatsoever.

There are almost 7000 listings for iPod+cozy on etsy.com alone.

Twitter has similarly spawned a collection of services - exclusively created and distributed by users - over the last several months. For example, I’m loving Twitter search engine Summize, which beats former Twitter search contenders Tweetscan and Terraminds by a country mile. (God only knows what PPC on there could yield the Summize gang - it should be loads). Twhirl, while promising at first, has become totally unusable for me and many others in the last several weeks, so I’m on the lookout for a reliable, PC-compatible desktop client for Twitter. (As more than one power user has said to me in conversation recently, there is just something about watching your Twitter feed via the web interface that can’t be beat. However, the big sell on a desktop client is the audio notification when someone has sent me a reply or direct message.)

The latest Twitter peripheral service is Tweetlists, which aggregates links from public Twitter feeds and serves them up in real time. It’s the brainchild of British serial entrepreneur, technologist and all around great guy Scott Rutherford. (I had the pleasure of spending some time with Scott last month in San Francisco and have since been keeping an eye on his output.) I find some of the most interesting stuff via my Twitter friends’ posted links, so I’m keen to explore Tweetlists in the coming days.

What are your favorite services that enhance Twitter, make it easier to use, or help you to get the most value from all those tweets?

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