Send Private Voice Messages Via Twitter With Pockets

I came across a cool Twitter web app recently and would like to share it with everyone. The app is called Pockets and it's basically visual voicemail for Twitter. The app allows you to record and send private voice messages to anyone on Twitter via an @reply. Below is a screen capture of the main page interface. There's also a video tutorial you can view as well.

So how does Pockets work? When you go the to main page at http://pocketsapp.com, you'll need to sign in via Twitter to get started. Pockets uses OAuth secure sign-in. Once signed in, all you do is simply enter the Twitter ID of the person you want to send your voice message to and click "send voicemail." Pockets will then ask you for your phone number and will call you so you can record your message. That's it. Your message is then delivered via @reply to your recipient with a link to your message. Your recipient can then listen to your message and reply back. Since the messages are associated with your individual Twitter account, your messages remain private. I've tested this app recently and it appears to do what it promises. I invite your comments and feedback regarding your experiences with Pockets.

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UnHub: Simple, Smart Profiles

UnHub.com is a great web tool created by Vinicius Vacanti (@vacanti on Twitter) that provides a personal profile bar containing any and all your web based profiles at a single URL. It also provides a personal link shortener that offers analytics and a link back to your home page.

As you can see from the above screenshot, you simply create entries for all your social media profiles, many are directly supported, and decide which one you want to appear as your home page. You can add any URL to your page's profile bar and assign it the appropriate label. Everything is managed from your own personal link dashboard.

Above is a screenshot of my UnHub profile page. For this example, I have chosen my Twitter profile page to be my "home page." Each time someone goes to your UnHub site, your profile bar appears with your assigned home page. As visitors to your site click on your various links, your profile bar stays at the top of each page and functions as a navigation tool to all your social media profiles.

The other main feature of UnHub is the link shortener. This works like any other URL shortener but functions within your Unhub account to offer analytic information. It even allows you to quickly shorten links directly in the address bar of your browser. All links include your profile bar at the top of each page and stays with that page as it gets passed around. Each time someone clicks on one of your shortened links, the profile bar displays your name as the person who shared the link, source data including the number of "diggs," redirects and bookmarks your link has received to date as well as the original source URL description.

You check out my UnHub profile page at http://unhub.com/martymcpadden

I want to give special thanks to http://unhub.com/nongling who shared this tool with me.

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Trying out BubbleTweet

BubbleTweet is a cool web based video service that allows Twitter users to record, upload and display short video messages, up to 30 seconds in length, on their Twitter profile page. Each video you upload gets it's own URL which you can include in your Twitter bio or tweet as a post. The video is in the shape of a bubble, hence the name, and automatically plays when someone clicks on your specific BubbleTweet URL. If you would like to check out a sample, I've included a link to my first BubbleTweet below.

Marty's BubbleTweet

Give it a try and let your followers see the real you.