TweetDeck: staying connected to everything everyone does all the time.

I use Twitter to post updates Facebook sometimes. However a few months ago, the link between the two stopped working and I had to post separately to both services. Which I hated to do.

I then discovered TweetDeck.  TweetDeck is a FREE app that is essentially a "social networking dashboard" for    Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and Foursqaure.  You can even add multiple accounts (In case you have another twitter account like "@BronxZosoCobra" ).  The main reason I installed it is that it allowed you to simultaneously post to ANY of the services you set up in the app.

The app is built around "columns". Each service gets its own column which generates a long stream of posts/updates/twitters/etc.  Clicking on the post brings you to the full posting with options to re-tweet, comment or other functions (depending on what service your looking at). Swiping left or right, switches columns.

For my phone, the 1st column is a big mashup of everyone I'm friends with on FB and everyone I'm following on Twitter.  They are color coded so you tell where the update came from.  The 2nd column are FB notifications. 3rd are Twitter direct messages and I've set up a 4th column to stream a #hash tag search form Twtter (#browns ... so sue me).

I find this app a lot faster and easier to use than the actual Facebook or Twitter app (I don't use foursqaure). I can catch up on a ton of activity in seconds and quickly write responses or comments.

You can download TweetDeck from Google Market FREE »