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		<title>OutTwit: Post  your Outlook Tasks to Twitter and receive reminders</title>
		<link>http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/12/09/outtwit-post-your-outlook-tasks-to-twitter-and-receive-reminders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OutTwit&#8217;s latest release (#39) is packed with a number of powerful features &#8211; For example: Ability to save sent tweets, Keyboard shortcuts for posting tweets, Ability to filter incoming tweets based on Tweet type (FriendTimeline,@replies,Direct messages) to name a few.
In addition to all of that, one feature that I find particularly useful.. is the ability [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OutTwit&#8217;s <a href="http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit/">latest release (#39)</a> is packed with a number of powerful features &#8211; For example: Ability to save sent tweets, Keyboard shortcuts for posting tweets, Ability to filter incoming tweets based on Tweet type (FriendTimeline,@replies,Direct messages) to name a few.</p>
<p>In addition to all of that, one feature that I find particularly useful.. is the ability to Tweet my Outlook Tasks and Appointments.<br />
OutTwit makes this almost painfully simple.<br />
Follow these steps:</p>
<p>1. Go to your Tasks folder, select a Task.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/tasks1.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>2. Select &#8220;Retweet&#8221; from OutTwit drop down menu.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/tasks2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>3. Change the tweet text if you&#8217;d like, and hit <strong>Update</strong>.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/tasks3.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>That&#8217;s all.<br />
Along the same lines, you can Tweet your Appointments, Email messages.</p>
<p><strong>How to receive reminders via Twitter</strong><br />
If you would like to get more fancy, follow these steps to receive reminders for your Outlook tasks, as Direct Messages in Twitter.</p>
<p>In order to do this, you&#8217;ll have to add <a href="http://twitter.com/rtm">rtm</a> as your friend on Twitter. After completing the <a href="http://rmilk.com/twitter">setup</a>, follow these steps.</p>
<p>1. Pick a task from your Tasks folder.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/rtm1.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>2. Invoke Retweet command from OutTwit drop down menu.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/tasks2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>3. Prepend the tweet text with  &#8220;d rtm&#8221; and specify the reminder interval as needed. For example:</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/rtm2.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Twitter will send you a reminder for your Outlook Task item, as Direct message, at the specified time.</p>
<p>You can find more RTM commands <a href="http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/twitter/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>How to filter tweets from your Twitter stream, using OutTwit</title>
		<link>http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/11/15/how-to-filter-tweets-from-your-twitter-stream-using-outtwit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post, we have seen one way to stay on the top of tweets from a specific set of people.
Let&#8217;s look at another way to achieve the same results, using Outlook&#8217;s Search Folders feature.
You can create a new &#8220;Search Folder&#8221; in Outlook and set it to display only tweets from particular senders, or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the <a href="http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/11/15/create-your-own-twitter-group-with-outtwit">previous post</a>, we have seen one way to stay on the top of tweets from a specific set of people.<br />
Let&#8217;s look at another way to achieve the same results, using <strong>Outlook&#8217;s Search Folders </strong>feature.</p>
<p>You can create a new &#8220;Search Folder&#8221; in Outlook and set it to display only tweets from particular senders, or only tweets that contain a particular word, or match any other criteria supported by Outlook filters. </p>
<p><strong>Follow these steps:</strong></p>
<p>1. Install <a href="http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit/">OutTwit </a>if you haven&#8217;t already. Complete the basic set up.<br />
Open Outlook. Go to the mail box containing your tweets.</p>
<p>2. Go to &#8220;<em>File->New->Search folde</em>r&#8221; in Outlook.<br />
Outlook displays a  &#8220;New Search Folder&#8221; window.</p>
<p>3. In that window, under &#8220;<em>Select a Search Folder</em>&#8220;, choose &#8220;<em>Create a custom Search Folde</em>r&#8221;.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/NewSearch.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>4. Next, click on the &#8220;<em>Choose</em>&#8221; button in that window.<br />
Outlook opens a &#8220;<em>Custom Search Folder</em>&#8221; window.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/customsearch1.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>5. Give a name to your Search folder. I am calling it &#8220;<em>MyTwitterSearch</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>6. Click on the &#8220;<em>Criteria</em>&#8221; button to specify search terms.<br />
In this example, i&#8217;d like to search for all the tweets that contain the words &#8220;mashable&#8221; or &#8220;Lifehacker&#8221; in them. </p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/SearchCriteria.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>7. Click on <em>OK </em>and return to the &#8220;<em>Custom Search Folder</em>&#8221; window.</p>
<p>8. Click on &#8220;<em>Browse</em>&#8221; and select OutTwit&#8217;s Twitter folder. (This is the folder you&#8217;ve configured in OutTwit).</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/SearchSettings.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Click on OK.</p>
<p>9. Your search folder is ready!  Go to <em>Mailbox->SearchFolders->MyTweetsSearch.</em><br />
You can now have a look at all tweets that contain the words &#8220;mashable&#8221; or &#8220;Lifehacker&#8221; in them.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/SearchResults.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>This is just one example. You can play around with Outlook&#8217;s Search Folder options and tune it according to your needs.</p>
<p>Combine Outlook&#8217;s Search Folders functionality with OutTwit and  <strong> boost up Twitter&#8217;s Signal-to-Noise ratio <img src='http://kiranp.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong> </p>
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		<title>Create your own Twitter Group with OutTwit</title>
		<link>http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/11/15/create-your-own-twitter-group-with-outtwit/</link>
		<comments>http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/11/15/create-your-own-twitter-group-with-outtwit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter could be overwhelming, when you follow a lot of people.
Often times, you might find yourself in a deluge of tweets and it is very easy to miss tweets from your closest friends, or other sources of interest.
OutTwit offers a very simple way that lets you quickly check what your sources of interest are tweeting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://twitter.com/home">Twitter</a> could be overwhelming, when you follow a lot of people.<br />
Often times, you might find yourself in a deluge of tweets and it is very easy to miss tweets from your closest friends, or other sources of interest.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit/">OutTwit </a>offers a very simple way that lets you quickly check what your sources of interest are tweeting about.</p>
<p><strong>Follow these steps to create your own Twitter group:</strong></p>
<p>1. Install <a href="http://www.techhit.com/OutTwit/">OutTwit </a>if you haven&#8217;t already. Complete the basic set up.</p>
<p>2. Click on OutTwit drop down menu in Outlook toolbar. Select &#8220;Search/Track Keywords&#8221;.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/searchMenu.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>3. Click on &#8220;New&#8221;<br />
<img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/manageSearchesNew.jpg " alt="" /></p>
<p>4. In the &#8220;Search for&#8221; text box, add the Twitter ids you are interested in, to the group.<br />
For example: &#8220;from:Lifehacker OR from:mashable&#8221;</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/editSearch.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>5. Click on &#8220;Select Folder&#8221; and assign an Outlook folder for your group.  I&#8217;m calling it &#8220;MyGroup&#8221;.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/editSearchFolder.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>6. Click on Save and return to the &#8220;Manage Searches&#8221; window, and hit &#8220;Close&#8221;</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/manageSearches.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>That&#8217;s it&#8230;  MyGroup is ready.</p>
<p>Open My Group folder in Outlook and check out tweets from people in your group.</p>
<p><img src="http://kiranp.com/images/ots/MyGroup.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>By creating your own Twitter Group in Outloook, you can filter out signal from noise. You no longer have to dig through a pile of tweets searching for tweets from your friends.</p>
<p>There are tons of other possibilities with OutTwit+Twitter Search integration.<br />
Check out <a href="http://search.twitter.com/operators">this page</a> for supported search operators.</p>
<p>The beauty of OutTwit lies in its seamless integration with Outlook, which you probably have open all the time anyway. So, that&#8217;s one less application on your desktop.</p>
<p>Make use of the Search/Track feature in OutTwit and<strong> boost up Twitter&#8217;s Signal-to-Noise ratio.</strong> </p>
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		<title>Twitter Squatting</title>
		<link>http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/11/08/twitter-squatting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the ultimate signs of twitter&#8217;s success &#038; popularity!
Domain name investment is a mature industry now with every word in the English dictionary long since reserved by some entrepreneur/squatter. Now Twitter has created a new supply of valuable &#8220;names&#8221;: Twitter IDs. They take the form of twitter.com/stiennon for instance. Have you signed up for your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps the ultimate signs of twitter&#8217;s success &#038; popularity!</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Domain name investment is a mature industry now with every word in the English dictionary long since reserved by some entrepreneur/squatter. Now Twitter has created a new supply of valuable &#8220;names&#8221;: Twitter IDs. They take the form of twitter.com/stiennon for instance. Have you signed up for your free Twitter ID? Do you own your surname? Company name? Brand identity? </em><br />
<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/153272/twitter_squatting.html">Read on..</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://twittinsecrets.com/">100 World&#8217;s Greatest Twitter Tips &#038; Twitter Secrets The Ultimate &#8220;Twitter How To&#8221; Guide</a>
</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Flock 2 is here</title>
		<link>http://kiranp.com/blog/2008/10/15/flock-2-is-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DownloadSquad&#8217;s take on Flock2.
Flock 2 is here, continues to underwhelm &#8211; Download Squad 
It isn&#8217;t too bad. I have discontinued using Flock a few days after its initial release, it was memory hungry. Flock2 seems to do a better job, and i like some of the new social features, media streams, webmail checker etc.
Omnibar would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DownloadSquad&#8217;s take on Flock2.<br />
<a href="http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/10/15/flock-2-is-here-continues-to-underwhelm/">Flock 2 is here, continues to underwhelm &#8211; Download Squad </a></p>
<p>It isn&#8217;t too bad. I have discontinued using Flock a few days after its initial release, it was memory hungry. Flock2 seems to do a better job, and i like some of the new social features, media streams, webmail checker etc.<br />
Omnibar would be a good addition.<br />
Overall.. Thumbsup!</p>
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