When it comes to Twitter and other text formatted mediums, we’re constantly scanning all that information for specific keywords. We’re reading entire articles less and less due to time constrictions, or short attention spans. Keywords help to quickly figure out whether or not that piece of information is really worth your time. With the recent...
Daniel Crenna, a Microsoft MVP, recently expressed his thoughts on why Twitter clients don’t matter in the long-run. According to Daniel, the focus could shift from clients to applications in the true sense of the word: “unique software that solves a particular need, whether broad or niche.” While I don’t disagree with Daniel on...
Ladies and gentlemen, I am so excited right now because one of my favorite iPhone apps is coming to a desktop near you! Atebits, developer of the popular Tweetie iPhone app, has announced the debut date of Tweetie for Mac a.k.a Bigbird! I’m hoping that it will be coming to Windows really soon, but for...
Today while scanning through Google Reader, I noticed a post by one of my favorite bloggers Sarah Perez. Sarah related how her attempt at getting an exclusive preview of the new FriendFeed redesign was a difficult experience, and a bit disappointing from a FriendFeed enthusiast’s standpoint. It’s a great post that sheds some serious light...
When I think of Twitter, I think of consistent two-way communication. The keywords in the previous sentence were: consistent, two-way, communication. This type of interaction is what led me to my first understanding of what Twitter is. This is what a lot of mainstream users are still struggling with, usually because of who they’re following....
