Use Twitter at the Office -- Even If It's Blocked
Oh, those pesky corporate firewalls, always blocking time-wasting mission-critical sites like Twitter. How are you supposed to push out the tweets and see who's up to what if your browser won't let you sign in?
Digital Inspiration lists about a dozen ways to use Twitter during office hours -- even if the rules prohibit it. (Hey, we're not saying you should break them, only that the option is available if you need or want to.) Here's a snippet:
There's another option that will come handy if the twitter.com website itself has been blocked by your office firewall. You can use Twitter indirectly through third-party sites like Brizzly or Dabr.I can second the praise for Brizzly, which also affords access to Facebook. I also echo the authors recommendations for services like SpreadTweet and TwInbox, both of which we've covered before (see below).These sites offer a fresh interface to your Twitter account with all the regular features (retweets, @replies, etc.) but the more interesting part is that they will work even if Twitter domain is inaccessible from your office computer. You can track up to 5 accounts with Brizzly.
Have you found a better way to connect to Twitter even though your IT overlords say no? Or are you playing by the rules?
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