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Twitter - via applicaitions

Posted by Chris under Adobe, Air, Technology, Twitter, Uncategorized

In the beginning there was a web browser and Twitter.com But very very quickly as Twitter picked up steam and users there were many other tools for Twitter. These include applications to post to twitter, to read your tweets or even search across twitter.

And my no means is this list fully comprehensive, it’s growing by the week but it’ll give you a start whether you’re an old hand at twitter or a newbie. I personally don’t use twitter.com (the website interface) that much, preferring instead to use a couple of app’s, depending on what platform I’m on. That said I do use the site to follow others, grab individual tweets (e.g.for blog posts) or to update my photo or design.

Applications:
More then comprehensive lists can be found here, here, and here

But to make it easy here are the Applications that I really like. First for computer platform. Now keep in mind I’m on Mac and while I also live in Parallels I’m predominantly working on the Mac, so this is Mac centric (so there).

Twhirl – This was my first go to when I moved away from just using the browser. Built on Adobe Air and now in version 0.8.4, Twhirl is cross platform running on Windows (2000/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX. Twhirl also connects to multiple Twitter, identi.ca, Friendfeed and seesmic accounts, so it’s a bit of all you can eat, which is great.

Two other handy features are the ability to post images to TwitPic, although I tend to do this more on my phone then from my computer, but I do use the built in ability to shorten long URLs (using snurl, twurl or is.gd)
Oh and Twhirl is free

Twitteriffic – I think this is a bit Tomato/Tomato (hear the long “a”) between Twhirl and Twitteriffic but I have friends who swear by it. It also supports multiple Twitter accounts and all of the other things that I mentioned about Twhirl . I think personally it just comes down to which UI you like best.

I should note that I used the paid iPhone version of Twitterifficand love it
Twitteriffic is free with ads or $14.95 for the ad free version.

TweetDeck – My newest Twitter App and the one I’m using the most is TweetDeck which is also built on Adobe Air. I feel like this app is for the graduated, perhaps I dare say sophisticated user of Twitter.

The key thing about TweetDeck is that it “enables users to split their main feed (All Tweets) into topic or group specific columns allowing a broader overview of tweets.” Meaning I have multiple columns (think feeds) based on the kind of tweets, starting with an All Tweets, @ replies and then d (direct) replies.

Next up is a column of key people I follow who’s tweets appear in there, making it easy to see what @russu, @armano, @simplybrad or the various Mad Men characters are up to.

So for now TweetDeck is getting the lions share of my Twittering (at least on the computer).

Hope this helps your tweet stream!

help I’ve lost my window

Posted by Chris under Adobe, Technology, Twitter

Recently my Twitter client Twhirl, has developed the annoying habit of not being multi-monitor friendly. By this I mean if I have Twhirl running as I switch screen resolution/size and monitor configuration it can go from not appearing at all.

As in the application is running but the app window is no where to be found. What’s a person to do.

Well over at simplehelp.net they explain how easy this is to fix.

The crux of it is:

Right-click (ctrl-click for single mouse-button folks) - or click and hold down the button for a few seconds, the twhirl icon in your Dock. When the menu appears, select Resize windows.

For more detail check out simplehelp.net and thanks guys, my Twhirl is back!

Tap Tap Revenge and iPint - iPhone fun

Posted by Chris under Advertising, Apple, Mobile, Social Networking, Technology, iPhone

Tap Tap Revenge, a Guitar Hero-like game for the iPhone where the user taps colored dots in time with the beat of a song, is surging up the iPhone App Store rankings despite having launched a few days after most of the original apps.

It’s like Hansel of Zoolander, “so hot” and in the two player mode it’s beyond mildly addictive.

Oh did I mention it’s now the #1 unpaid app on iTunes

Also worth a check out iPint, from beer maker Carling, it’s a fun game and since we’re in the biz it’s worth a look for a nice unobtrusive form of advertising. And when you “win” each level you share a pint, yep your screen fills up and as you tip the phone (remember the accelorometer) the beer is drained. A great great example of a fun game, built from the brand connection and taking full advantage of the iPhone features.

Don’t have an iPhone well watch their video here and you’ll get the picture

What’s on my iPhone

Posted by Chris under Apple, Mobile, Technology, iPhone

Here’s the latest list of what’s rolling on my iPhone.

Remote, v1.0
Pandora Radio, v1.0
Google Mobile App, v0.1.337
Light, v1
Local Picks by TripAdvisor
Facebook, v1.0
WeatherBug, v1.0,
Pownce, v0.01
AOL Radio, v1.0
NYTimes, v1.01
Jott for iPhone, v1.01
Evernote, v1.0
Yelp, v1.0
WHERE, v1.0
Tap Tap Revenge, v1.0
iPint, v1.0
Tips, v1.0
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D, v0.7.4
NetNewsWire, v1.0
Evernote
Loopt, v1.0
AIM, v1.0
SmugShot, v1.0.0
ShoZu – Share. Blog. Connect., v4.1.18
Twitterrific Premium, v1.0

What am I missing out on, any reccomendations?