The Trend for More Interaction Leads to Cool New Apps

The more technology we adopt that separates us from others, the more we yearn to connect with others.   Just walk into any Starbucks or WiFi hot spot and you will see a good number of people sitting alone with their laptop, blackberry or iPhone and connecting with who-knows-how-many people in cyber space.   Then there are those that are chatting with a group – then quickly use a PDA to connect with someone else and even bring them into the conversation.  In so many ways we are physically less connected – yet in so many more ways, we are virtually and digitally more connected – and still wanting more. Humans are social animals so it’s not surprise that we keep coming up with cool new ways to connect.  So, I thought I’d start a list of some I’ve noticed and encourage YOU to share how YOU connect virtually with any of your communities. TweetChat is an application that I just recently discovered.  It’s a simple way to follow a conversation event and contrubute to the conversation.  Just loging to TweetChat with your twitter ID and password.  In the field on top, just enter the “room” you want to enter.  For example, on Monday morning at 11:30 am you would got to http://tweetchat.com/  and enter #DIYMKT in the space above.  Then TweetChat will show you all the conversations with that hashtag. TweetGrid: This is another cool application you’ll love if you’re trying to manage multiple conversations during your Turbo Tweet session.  The best feature is the ability to see everything at once and update from multiple accounts. I’d encourage you to try these out and join a few tweetchats about topics that you are interested in. It’s truly the cool new way to use Twitter in a more focused practical way.  You’ll be able to network, get resources, share your expertise (promote your product or service) as well as get real insight into how other people in your community do what they do.