Some companies have blocked twitter thinking that it’s another facebook. For people who have an iPhone, this is not a problem. But for those who don’t have a mobile access to twitter, and if company has blocked access to “twitter.com”, you think you are out of luck.
Even plugins like TwitterFox or Twitter Clients like TweetDeck doesn’t work as they also have to cross your company’s firewall. Yet not out of luck. Fortunately, there is a work around, that your company can never prevent.
Welcome to the world of Web Apps. Though a variety of web apps are out there, my favourite one is Seesmic. Login to Seesmic and authenticate using oAuth. You may have to access a *.twitter.com URL. Note that this has to be done only once. Either do it by tethering or do it when you carry your laptop home.
Once you are authenticated, Seesmic can act like your web based twitter client. But wait…! What if your office blocks access to Seesmic? There is yet another work around. Thanks to bit.ly!
How to Tweet from Bit.ly
link your twitter account with bit.ly by clicking the Advanced options. Again this is required only once. After linking, you can tweet directly from bit.ly. There is one catch however. You can only post tweets but cannot view it. If you know any other way, do post them in comments.
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Mugunth
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