I just noticed the new look for Twitter on the iPhone and apparently (sometimes) you get this new look on the web as well.
I’m not sure when they are beginning to roll it out universally but it’s a nice change to the boring look that’s been there for a long, long time. Apparently my friend @alliswell is sporting the new look:
Ah. Small incremental changes are a welcome sight after you get used to things for so long. Does the new look radically enhance one’s experience on Twitter? Not really. Does it make a difference? Sure it does.
The Super-SImple Twitter Widget Creator Thingamajiggy
Now here’s a nice improvement that makes sense – the new Twitter Widget Configurator!
Now that’s pretty nice.
I’ve put it on my sidebar and I think it may provide a little bit more direct engagement with my readers and those that might encounter the blog first time. I hope the title of the widget “Ask Me Anything!” will be intuitive and obvious, although nothing is guaranteed on the web.
It’s the small things that count.
The widget creator Thingamajiggy is such a great tool. I wonder why it took so long to roll that out?
I wonder if there might be a little of the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” mentality in some of these successful online companies.
Pretty cool widget for sure!
The widget is cool!
I have been using Hootsuite for two years now. Since I have 4 main lists that I follow no other app has served me as well for Twitter.
silly tentblogger! you have to go to your design settings on twitter (https://twitter.com/settings/design) , and upload a “header” image and you will be 90% as cool as me
dude. i’m an idiot.
Lol. And I thought I was slow with this social media stuff.
. I have provided a tutorial for making your twitter cover with PowerPoint if you need a starting place.
http://www.cornerstoneconfessions.com/2012/09/make-g-facebook-or-twitter-photo-cover.html
As always thanks for your tips and candidness.
I really love the widget! Very sexy!
Sweet! Thanks for the tip. Am gonna have to try this out.
Yeup, the rolled out the new Twitter profile headers a couple weeks ago. Love it!
I hadn’t looked into the widget-thingamagiggy… nice!
I created my own widget and pasted the code in a text widget box. All I get on my sidebar is: “Tweets by @jonmanna” and no widget.
What am i missing?
hmm… not sure. check the code?
I have had the same problem. I could fix it by adding all the website names in the Domain-Box on the Widgets Konfigurator Site. For example: http://www.example.com AND example.com. It works great for me, hope for you too.
It took me a while to figure this out but I did. Check the line that says:
{js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
I fixed by adding http: like this:
{js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Hope it helps!
Dude – this made my day!!! Thanks again!