TweetDeck Answers
This will be a post in which I update things about TweetDeck tonight (July 1, 2009). I understand it’s not a common practice to keep updating one post but this first one is just a graphical demo for my friend Laura. 
I will take questions from Twitter and compile them into this post. Mmhmm. Live blogging.
Managing Your Tweets in TweetDeck
Buttons from left to right:
- Move Column Left
- Show What is Popular in This Column
- Filter This Column
- Mark All As Seen
- Clear Seen Tweets
- Clear All
- Move Column Right
When you mark a Tweet as “seen” (or hit mark all as seen as I have before), your Tweets change from this:
To this:
(The slight variation being the little white dot disappears.)
Syncing Your TweetDeck Between Two Computers
Great question from Bob in Kingston. (The question being the header above.)
This is done inside of the Settings panel of TweetDeck but before I show you how to do this – let me caution you on something. It’s not perfect. While it does sync your two accounts, the “marked as read” and “seen” Tweets don’t always reflect across multiple computers. Even with this method. And, you still need to setup your column preferences on each computer.
1. Login to Tweet Deck and click on “Settings”
2. Click on Sync (the last tab on this window).
Ideally, this is *supposed* to work – this is why TweetDeck has the sync option but I’ve found that it doesn’t always connect to the server thus not creating a perfect replica of what you have in both accounts.
3. Login to your other TweetDeck account and do the same process.
Other questions? Tweet me! @ErinBlaskie
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Three Ways to Use Tweetdeck to Improve Your Twitter Experience
Recently, Tweetdeck announced an upgrade and this made a lot of people very, very happy. The reason? Tweetdeck used to experience some bugs and Adobe Air did not make that any easier. Now, Tweetdeck is back with an improved interface and a fabulous new iPhone app.
However, some people are still perplexed at why one should use Tweetdeck over just going straight to a browser, accessing it via a mobile device or using something over Tweetdeck.
Here are three ways to use Tweetdeck to improve your Twitter experience:
- Categorize Your Twitter Followers
Tweetdeck has these things called “groups” and you can setup as many of them as you want. Once setup, you have the ability to then list them in columns for easy access and so you can see them at all times. Some of the columns I recommend include: clients, team, favorites, tech tips, etc. Categorize
the things that are most important so you can converse with your rock stars in a much easier way.
- Use Tweetdeck to Clear Replies You’ve Seen
Do you ever find your @ replies just get to be overwhelming? If so, use Tweetdeck to “mark them as read” so that you know you’ve either seen it or actioned it and you can now move on. The worst thing about the browser interface is that you can often forget if you’ve replied or not and then spend a lot of time going back into your history. Tweetdeck eliminates that.
- Setup Notifications to Play When Tweets Come In Directed at You
Now, some people may find this distracting but as more and more people use Twitter as their primary means of communication, you can use Tweetdeck to be notified immediately as to when someone mentions your name or messages you directly. This will help you stay on the top of your game without being too distracted by e-mail and telephone.
These are just three ways that you can use Tweetdeck to improve your Twitter experience. It helps with automation, ease of use and helps to keep that conversation going.
If you use Tweetdeck, what are some of the ways that you find it helps your usage of Twitter the most?
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