Just like in real life, your online social life will expand to fit any amount of time you give it. Twitter is the most notorious for this “productivity drain” - that’s why talented programmers have taken it upon themselves to create new ways to make managing your online social life even easier. Here are seven of the most popular software applications you can use to effortlessly keep up with Twitter (and other popular networks) even when you can’t be constantly connected.

1. Twitterberry - If you have a Blackberry, you can use the free Twitterberry application to post directly to Twitter. You don’t even need to use SMS as Twitterberry accesses and posts tweets directly over the network. One potential downside is that posting and gathering tweets can be slower than what you’re used to. Twitter itself limits tweet requests to about 70 per hour and Twitterberry accesses them even less frequently than that, according to their FAQ.