Twizzle
A desktop app for Twitter DM & tweeting from the menu bar
I was wasting too much time on Twitter whenever I wanted to send a message or a tweet, so I made Twizzle. It's a standalone messenger app for Twitter DMs, but you can also send tweets from the menu bar.
My absolutely favorite thing in the world is people who say they don’t have a Twitter addiction and are spending more than 5 hours on Twitter. It’s like smoking 7 packs of cigarettes a day and saying DON’T WORRY, I’M FINE, I CAN QUIT ANYTIME.
But, take away someone’s phone for a few hours and you’ll see a crazy addict begging you to refresh the timeline one last time.
Let’s see the definition of addiction:
The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity. Yup, that describes it perfectly. And just like any other addiction, there are steps that you can take.
I wrote about it here:
https://medium.com/@kitze/killing-my-social-media-addiction-df91122c2322
Now I realized that people are really struggling with this problem, and I want to help everyone. So I made the app completely free and available on all platforms: Linux, Windows, macOS. It doesn’t have any ads, tracking, or similar bullshit. It’s basically a modified version of the mobile twitter website. Actually, I also open-sourced it so you can check out the source and contribute here.
I have to properly explain why I made this app.
I still rely on Twitter for work. All of my promotions are happening there. My audience, friends, and contacts are invaluable. From time to time I need to send a tweet or a message. Usually, these messages are related to work.
I wanted to do all of this without getting distracted by everything else on twitter.com, so I made Twizzle. It allows me to send and receive direct messages, and send a tweet from the menu bar. So after having a dumb thought I can just click the compose icon in the menu bar, send the tweet, and move on with my work instead of checking the replies and notifications.