For the first time in many months, I’m seeing limits on how often I can get an app to update.

Twitter knows this.. as reported on Wired:

Twitter announced in June that it was halving the number of API calls for third-party applications from 350 to 175 an hour, and on Tuesday, third-party software makers like TweetDeck reported that the limit had fallen even further — to 75. That means that anyone following lots of people online, or who subscribes to someone as prolific as Roger Ebert (oddly, a Twitter master) can’t reload the stream of messages.

It’s all for the good of the overtaxed service, according to Twitter’s Carolyn Penner.

The reality is that we are facing record traffic, and changes like this make us better equipped to handle it and increase stability and reliability. By controlling the rate of traffic, we’re limiting the number of requests per client for all clients, including Twitter for iPhone and m.twitter.com. What is being limited are read requests — for example, requests for profiles or user timelines. We are not limiting the number of Tweets sent. So, Tweets still go through. Read More

I tweet as often and stay connected to Twitter with multiple devices all day long.. and so far, the only issue I’ve seen is phone apps not behaving quite right under heavy use… but here’s what I have done when up against API limits before:

1. Use web based apps.. Many of the big apps now take the “fire hose” (all tweets) and then let you access from multiple machines or whatever you need on their terms.
2. Limit how many lists you have open. Every search can use up API calls. Shutting down a few till you need them will help.
3. Don’t run apps on more than one machine at a time. Sorry, your phone counts as a machine

When all else fails, go to the web site.. it’s going to be up, fast and complete most of the time and does not use API calls. My preference is to check in a few times a day on Twitter. I can’t tell you how many times this has got me information that an app can’t, and it’s always faster (at least for what it does)

What’s your experience? Have you noticed any of the half-speed problems. Share your experiences, comments and suggestions for faster Twitter here.

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Twitter @Anywhere launched this week to allow any web site to use Twitter connections, tweets from your site and much of the functionality of Twitter right on your page.

@Anywhere will let you add more Twitter services to your page just by pasting in a simple bit of code. Users that tweet from your site bring more readers, users that interact without leaving your site stay longer, read more and feel more attached to your brand.

At the Chirpy developers conference, Twitter reveled that most of the tweet and traffic on Twitter are from 3rd parties and they are focused on developing easier ways to for the general public to use Twitter.

Other recent reports show that the majority of people signing up for Twitter hardly ever use the social media platform. There’s lot of way Twitter can grow even faster than just adding hundreds of thousands of new users each day.

One of the best ideas is allowing Twitter use @anywhere.

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I’m sure there will be some discussion on whether tweets you can smell are a good thing to hope for in the future… but one smell I always like to find is fresh baked goods

Until Twittaroma arrives, the next best thing is BakerTweet

As we research how the socialization of local, location aware apps and Twitter with geotags is affecting local business, @24k and I have found many interesting uses.

What would you like to see to allow your favorite business to tweet more? (comment below)

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Twitter’s announcement of @anywhere signal where they are headed. Out to take over the web. Already on our phones, computers and in our hearts.. how much more Twitter do we want.

Quite a bit, actually. The majority of Twitter users are not using Twitter much, and the majority of web sites and computer users haven’t even adopted Twitter. (Seems unfathomable, but there are many who still say “I just don’t get it”

Some good information out on that today. @Mashable has 5 Twitter Trends to Follow and  Twitter itself is advertising this conference for developers

Now, I just need to find a way to monetize my Elizabeth Potts Weinstein is Annoying page (follow @ElizabethPW and you’ll see she is not)

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Tonight on the Profitable Social Media show we address how geotags on Twitter, GPS in your phone, and a myriad of software apps coming out this year will revolutionize the way local businesses interact with customers.

@24k will be our special guest. You may recognize Chris as a past guest. He’s been very active in the Las Vegas scene and one of the most connected people here.

We’ll be talking about many of the ways that marketing is changing through local access and

location aware apps.

Other guest will be stopping by to share their views on video sharing for small business, and local community networks.

Have You Been Getting Local?

Share your best tips, success stories, and plans for adding location aware or localized marketing to your business. Comments and questions below will be reviewed and addressed  during tonight’s show.

Listen to the show here

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The Twitter.com API (Application Programming Interface) as allow thousands of applications to interact with Twitter and helped to propel Twitter’s rapid growth.

Now Twitter Support for Open Source will allow programmers even more hooks into Twitter for faster development and new features.

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Here’s a guest post via video from @mpdotcom

A fine example of expanding existing relationships, Travis talks about his blog posts, explains why he thinks HootSuite is a smart move, reviews a book tweeps will love and encourages more interaction.

What to you think of his style?

Did you jump over to his blog and subscribe?

Want to see more like this for cool tweeps?

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The twoddler application is basically a Fisher Price Activity Center enhanced with pictures of family members and friends, and an Arduino board inside. All activities are captured by sensors connected to the Arduino board and are processed in two different ways: 

• activities are translated into Twitter messages and posted on the toddler’s personal Twitter account
• activities are send to another Activity Center and will generate effects (e.g. colored lights that blink) on your friends activity center.

Not ready for Christmas though.. read about the research here

Twoddler: Twittering Toddlers from Bart Swennen on Vimeo.

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You can’t hide when your friends have this app:

I’m looking for apps that will locate tweeps without the iPhone. Post a comment if you have a link.

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