Comments (9)Yo Tweeps! Check Headup on Twitter…
Added by mike | February 23rd, 2009 | 13:02Categories: Associative browsing features update
Last night our trusty development team released the new version of Headup with a feature I’ve been waiting for from the moment I came on board here:
Headup on Twitter
So here’s the news in a nutshell:
The new Headup identifies Twitter users, making it point’n'click simple to discover a wealth of info about your twitter friends.
Here’s what I got for @scobleizer (aka Mr. Robert Scoble):
This is the summary view of the data Headup was able to discover about Robert Scoble - note the information is personalized and reflects my social circle
How did I make this work?
Step 1 – Get Headup
To get access to all this semantically discovered content you first need to have Headup installed on your machine. Go to http://Headup.com and click the big “Get Headup” button. Headup will install pretty much like any other Firefox addon.
Step 2 – Personalize Headup for Twitter
If you haven’t already done so in the installation process your next step is personalizing Headup and connecting it to your Twitter account.
Click the yellow headup icon in the lower right corner of your browser and select “Settings”:
The Headup Menu - On your status bar
Headup will display the “Personalize Headup” panel:
Personalize Headup
Click the Twitter icon and enter the details for your Twitter account. No need to worry about your privacy – Headup has no record of your details and all your information is stored only on your local computer.
Connect Headup to your Twitter account
When you’re done connecting Headup to your services click the “Thank’s, I’m done” button.
I'm done personalizing!
Step 3 – Check it out on Twitter
That’s it, You’re good to go!
Visit Twitter and check out the Headup underlines that now appear under peoples’ user-names. To access Headup discoveries for a Twitter user hover over their underlined name and click the Headup icon that appears above it:
Click the Headup icon that appears when you hover over underlined names
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February 27th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Cool extension! We place mark 5 for headup! Go for new features, guys!
March 21st, 2009 at 5:30 am
[...] Headup is a semantic desktop app that boosts and connects the social Web experience. When applied to Twitter, it places a Headup underline/icon next to user names, which when clicked, allows you to dive deeper into their online profile. Headup scours the Web and prepares an instant directory of social profiles and links to their persona and other online activity. Download Headup here. [...]
April 1st, 2009 at 10:49 am
[...] Yo Tweeps! Check Headup on Twitter… [...]
April 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
[...] User-generated-content heavy segments like social networking, music and photo sharing sites are some of the first places where it’s already possible to enjoy genuine Semantic Web experiences. In fact our own Headup has already been complimented by blogging heavyweights Robert Scoble and Jeff Pulver for its Twitter boosting capabilities. [...]
April 24th, 2009 at 8:02 am
[...] User-generated-content heavy segments like social networking, music and photo sharing sites are some of the first places where it’s already possible to enjoy genuine Semantic Web experiences. In fact our own Headup has already been complimented by blogging heavyweights Robert Scoble and Jeff Pulver for its Twitter boosting capabilities. [...]
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