Twitter + Phone = Phweet

Via Dina Mehta, I learned about new application called Phweet

Here's the description:

Phweet lets you accept calls with one click from your Twitter page or Twitter clients.  Phweet is a simple service where you don’t need to download or share anything more to talk. The call is contained within a PhweetUrl;  a smart link that calls you.  And you can share who you are talking to in real time without having to reveal or exchange phone numbers or other identities.

New Conversation Paradigm:

Phweet empowers you to adopt a new conversation paradigm where you have complete control. Phweet helps you share who you are talking with and builds new conversations. You choose whether you promote the conversation or keep it strictly private. You can easily Host conference calls on any subject and control who participates. You can request to join other live conversations; and the Host may approve your request.  No need to share or make additional information public (phone numbers, ID’s or other details).

Your conversation is contained in the unique PhweetURL generated for that call. It’s all you need. And you control it.

Dina has been experimenting with Coffee Talk Phweets where you can send an "undirected" phweet and anyone can join for an impromptu conversation.   Last week she hosted a talk on the Future of Social Networks.   So, we have the community in a cloud.

Seems like it might be a good add-in tool for encouraging audience engagement, a twitter best practice.

• What might you use Phweet for?
• What other nifty tools have you discovered that make your Twittering efficient and effective?

Comments

[dina mehta]

Hey Beth ... missed you at the Phweet Cafe - i got the sms notification just a little too late! It's still on - think of it as a persistent IRC voice channel or watercooler. Lots of potential I feel! Here's the link for any of your readers too to come try it out - http://phweet.com/1fqj