Archive for the ‘Twitter’ Category



Twitter buys Tweetie

Friday, April 9th, 2010

I'm thrilled for Loren, I really am. Tweetie 2 for the iPhone is one of my favorite pieces of software ever. But the awkwardness of this text gave me pause: Careful analysis of the Twitter user experience in the iTunes AppStore revealed massive room for improvement. People are looking for an ...

Your Dog Wants a Twitter Account

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Who didn't see this coming? Puppy Tweets is a plastic tag with a sound and motion sensor that you attach to your pet's dog collar and connect its USB receiver to your computer. Then you create a Twitter account for your dog and enjoy updates all day from Sparky or whatever ...

Kiwi

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Slick new Twitter client. (Via Patrick Burleson)

Weekend Mode and Pseudo-Follow

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Brent Simmons throws his Twitter client feature request out into the ether for some enterprising developer to grab onto. My personal dream feature is something like fake follow — where the other person sees you as a follower but you don't actually see their posts in your timeline — but with ...

Twitter Feeds

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

If you're the type of person who enjoys Twitter feeds and loves Better Elevation, you'll be excited to know that there's a Better Elevation Twitter feed. It's mostly used for pushing out headlines, RSS-style, but I'm considering injecting some personality. Of course, there's always my own personal Twitter feed to ...

Ignite Denver 3

Friday, April 24th, 2009

John Wilker is back at it, and once again Coathangr will be sponsoring. If you don't know, Ignite is a get-together with a bunch of local tech folks where the thought leaders and social media experts can get onstage for five minutes and use up to twenty slides to explain their ...

Tweetie Mac

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Finally.

Please Explain Twitter Spam

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Jason Kincaid at TechCrunch notes that Twitter is killing off the (hidden) auto-follow feature.  This is just barely news, since getting it turned on required contacting Twitter support.  This quote grabbed my attention: This is probably a good move on Twitter’s part, as I’ve always found the practice to be pretty ...

Twitter Integration

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

coathangr now supports pushing your posts over to your Twitter account.  Everything-shared and photos-only are the key options, with the ability to decide whether your replies should be sent over, too.

A Poor Man’s Email

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

From PCWorld, Eric Schmidt on Twitter: Schmidt praised Twitter as another way to communicate online, but he also called the service "a poor man's e-mail" and wondered whether it will remain a standalone service or become a feature of e-mail systems. Spoken like someone who has no idea what Twitter is or ...

Twitter Spam

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Rands says: Every couple of weeks, a meme stressing about “an increase in Twitter spam” wanders the Internet. Each time I see this meme appear, I turn away from my keyboard and bang my head against my desk three times. Twitter spam. Really? Are you even paying attention? I’ll say it again, ...

• Regarding RT

Friday, January 30th, 2009

As with most things, I blame Alex King.  His post about re-tweeting wasn't the first such condemnation of the practice, but it did inspire similar feelings in those close to him, culminating in today's launch of Retweeters Anonymous by Gordon Brander. From Alex's rant: You can get your favorites (or someone elses) in a JSON ...

U Still Can’t Touch This

Monday, January 12th, 2009

According to Wikipedia, tomorrow marks 19 years of MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This.  Curious, I asked the man himself: @MCHammer: Tomorrow will be 19 years. Can we touch this yet? Amazingly, he responded: @dwiskus Not Yet !!! There you have it.  Please continue to refrain from touching this until further notice.

Schadenfreudder

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Alex King, on Twitter's downtime: I don’t want Twitter to become a responsibility; I like having a casual relationship with it. I read tweets when I want to, and ignore things I’ve missed most of the time. I’ve already got people asking me if I get their replies or direct messages ...

Favorites

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Corey Gilmore, via Twitter: Tried to kill two birds with one stone by using the cat to pet the dog. It was a failure, but not as bad as one would expect.