How Tweetdeck makes Twitter a GTD-friendly tool
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008. AtDe Correspondent, Ernst-Jan serves as publisher, fostering the expansion of the platform.
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There’s a disadvantage to batching Twitter though
Although I’ve been writing more, thanks to controlling the Twitter-beast, I feel like I’m missing out on a great number of interesting conversations. If I open Twitter at 1pm, it’s too late to participate in an interesting “why blogging sucks”-discussion of 8am. The moment is over. Moreover, I don’t wanna be the guy who only sends stuff.
Tweetdeck to the rescue
But now there’sTweetdeck. The service launched in beta early July, but suffered from Twitter offline time. WhenFrederic Lardinoisfrom ReadWriteWebreviewedthe service, he wrote that with Twitter’s track function still being offline, Tweetdeck wouldn’t be suitable for everyone.
But the grouping feature got me excited (I already begged for it in March). The thing is, thanks to the batching, I noticed that specific people added the most value to discussions, posting interesting links or well thought over replies. What if I would make some sort of A-list? A really exclusive list of people of which I’m sure they post things I want to read right-a-way. I already have an A-list in my RSS reader, so why not on Twitter? Thanks to the handy column feature (see example below), I can take a look at my A-listera and save the other Twitter updates for later.
This is how Twitter became GTD-friendly for me
Ok, let’s use a bullet list to explain the way I Twitter now:
Although the mention of an A-list brings up associations with arrogance and endless lines at fancy clubs, it’s got nothing to do with that. It’s just a way for me to become a better blogger. I’ve shared it with you, so that you can use Twitter as a GTD-friendly tool as well.
ThanksYaronfor the tip!
