UPDATED: TwitDoc – First Impressions

UPDATE: The creators of TwitDoc (surprisingly, I must say, given the readership of this blog!) took the time to read my little review and respond to most of the problems I’ve raised here. From the outset I’d like to thank them for listening to my ramblings about the site, it’s always good to see people taking on board criticism and working on it (ahem, #fixreplies, Twitter.)

The header images have been fixed (on the main page – the actual document view has been overlooked so far, but I’m guessing that’s an accident, so a heads up here :-) ) and the menu is much easier to see. The Flash form is still there, but I’ve been told that it too might be on its way out, or at least a viable HTML alternative will be added. These are all good changes, and thank you TwitDoc for implementing them!

I uploaded a document to the service, and it is a great service. Another example of the power of Twitter apps, and the fact that 140 characters can really be stretched to contain a lot – a whole document, book or presentation in this case.

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On the advice of @geehall1 (via his blog) , I decided to check out a new third-party Twitter service, TwitDoc.

Basically it’s a service that allows you to upload documents of various formats and share them on Twitter. In theory. But I haven’t used it yet. I didn’t get far enough without feeling compelled to write a blog post about my first impressions. So here’s a list for your viewing pleasure: Continue reading…