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Twitter’s Killer App

October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0

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I just bookmarked (aka Instapaper-ed) a really interesting New Yorker article about the U.S. presidential election that someone posted on Twitter.

If I hadn’t seen it on Twitter, I never would have heard about it, let alone read it.

Being able to access this kind of information is, by far, the biggest reason I like Twitter.

Getting access to interesting stories, trends, blog posts and ideas is Twitter’s killer app.

People who provide these 140-character gems on a regular basis are worth following.

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4 Responses to “Twitter’s Killer App”

  1. Joseph Thornley Says:

    Mark, You are SO right about the value of Twitter. I followed your link on Twitter to this article. And then I followed your link to Instapaper - only to realize I’d tried it some months back. However, then I didn’t get it. Tonight, it was precisely the kind of app I am looking for (to use with Safari on my G2 iPod Touch.) So, a journey of discovery that started with Twitter, ran through your blog and took me back to a forgotten app.

    Priceless.


  2. " » Your favourite WordPress plug-ins?" from Pro PR Says:

    [...] As I look back at this post and the wealth of pointers people provided to me via Twitter, I realize that how lucky I am to have built up a community on Twitter of other people who share my interest. Mark Evans is SO right when he calls this “Twitter’s killer app.” [...]


  3. Instapaper should be ReadBag | StayGoLinks Says:

    [...] publications. Thanks for visiting!Instapaper only came on my radar screen this morning when I read a post from Mark Evans, a blogger worth watching, who was extolling its virtues. As the FAQ says: Instapaper facilitates [...]


  4. newmediaMike Says:

    When I’m on Twitter I think I spend half of my time following the interesting links the people I follow put up.


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