Beyond the post Oprah-on-Twitter hype, the majority of folks I know and chat with on a regular basis are tweeting business as usual. So while Ashton, CNN, and Oprah were getting headlines and new Mac Twitter app was being chatted about in my Twitter stream. Tweetie for Mac is a desktop app brought to you [...]
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Mac Twitter Apps Showdown: TweetDeck, Nambu, Tweetie for Mac
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Twitter hits the mainstream and a crossroads: Time for an open server
So an actor named Ashton gets a million followers and a talk show host named Oprah joins Twitter and the world rejoices. Twitter has hit that magic point of becoming mainstream. Of course, there isn’t universal cheering, but that is to be expected. I’m sure the academic community was aghast when AOL users could send [...]
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Where does Twitter fit into your communication stream?
Hi, I’m Tris and I’m addicted to Twitter… I think it’s the fact that the messages are short and the flow of information is so fast that I just enjoy it. Rapid-fire, simultaneous discussions with tons of people at once (yeah “tons” isn’t terribly exact, I know). Twitter fills a niche between email and IM. [...]
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TweetDeck hits 0.20, becomes more useful, and almost my dashboard
Over the weekend we got word that version 0.20 of TweetDeck was nearly done and being sent to early testers (Iain, pls can I be an early tester for the next round) and planned for updating today (ish). True to form TweetDeck told me that an update was ready for me and I quickly said [...]
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I would have sent a tweet, but didn’t have time so I blogged
Always a nice start to a post when you can start off with a homage to Mark Twain. His quote (roughly) “I would have written a shorter letter, but I didn’t have time” is exactly how I feel about Twitter vs. Blogging. I don’t think Mark Evans would agree with me though: Blog posts are [...]
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