Notifo: a notifications inbox
Twitter’s great. It’s of particular use for me at work for short messages instead of emails for answering quick questions or getting time-sensitive information.
But here’s the problem:
- I want to find out immediately if someone sends me a message on Twitter.
- Twitter has turned off the ability to receive @ replies by SMS (you can only get DMs that way)
- Sometimes I confuse DMs with SMS which can be, er, sub-optimal.
That’s why Notifo is great. I’ve signed up and receive free notifications on my iPhone when someone sends me an @ message or DM on Twitter. Clicking on the notification takes me to the Twitter iPhone app, so no confusion with SMS!
There is a way to get Notifo to push any type of RSS feed to you, but it’s not straightforward unless the site’s using something like the WP-Notifo WordPress plugin. Let’s hope they sort that straight away.
If you’re looking for a site to test Notifo with, try this one! Click on ‘Subscribe’ in the left menu bar and then enter your username in the box. Every time I publish a post you should be instantly notified of it via Notifo.
Let me know how you get on! 😀
