I haven’t crafted a drawing or written much fiction lately. Instead, I’ve been working on another creative endeavor: Minific. Minific physically is nothing more than a pretty front-end for the Twitter tweme #minific. Conceptually, it’s much more. It’s a store house for bursts of creative insight. A repository for a flash of fiction. An ever-changing, […]
One more reason to like Twitter more than Pownce
The way FriendFeed handles Pownce entries. I caught a tweet in FriendFeed that Jeremy Brooks cross-posted to Pownce. Note that there is a URL in the tweet. In the Twitter tweet, the text is plain, and the link is clickable. In the Pownce post, the entire text is clickable, but links back to the Pownce […]
Because someone asked…
No, as much as I enjoy it, Twitter most definitely does NOT constitute “writing.” On a related note: as I ramp up my creative practices, I really need to slow down that particular practice. No offense to my fellow Twitterers, but it is irresponsibly siphoning away time that is better spent on more productive efforts.
The Des Moines Register is checking out the future (or at the very least, the very recent past)
I’ve been hooking up with lots of local Twitter-ers lately (pretty much all of them can be found here), one of which was the Twitter account for the Des Moines Register. I unfollowed this account when, after just an hour or so, it became apparent that it is nothing more than an automated bot distributing […]
Using Twhirl – so far, so good
So, I’ve moved from TwitterFox back to an Adobe AIR app for my Twittering. This time, it isn’t Snitter – I’m now using Twhirl. So far the experience is pleasant. The interface is easy to use and understand, and it runs fast and doesn’t eat up too many CPU cycles (more of an effect of […]
Okay, so the Twitter habit is hard to break
I guess that Twitter can still be useful in some areas. For instance, without Twitter, I wouldn’t have known that Chris Pirillo and his wife are planning to make an appearance in Des Moines at the beginning of May. I also might have missed this wonderful tweet from R Stevens: Trader Joe, I like the […]
Twittering away
This comic from Hugh MacLeod has been making the rounds since yesterday. It’s very telling because it accurately portrays the movement of communication amongst techies on the internet away from blogging and towards the Twitter microblogging microcosm. I’ve seen it myself. If you look back at my archives for February and March, and especially April, […]
Twitterfox
This complaint is going to be in regards to Twitterfox, a Twitter integration tool that is a Firefox extension – but it can apply to any of the number of Twitter tools out there. I installed the tool yesterday and immediately fell in love. My biggest problem with keeping up with Twitter conversations is that […]
Flock doesn’t get Twitter
Overall, I like Flock. It’s a good browser, and so far, it’s been better to me than Firefox 2. The media bar is an amazing concept that was implemented very well. And the media uploading function works great. Flock is smooth and reliable, and I’m loving the experience, even without most of my add-ons. But […]
Just say no to Twitter Pro
Dave Winer and Robert Scoble really have come up with a doozy of an idea. Essentially, Scoble says he would pay $10 a month for a Twitter that removes the 140 character limit. What do you call Twitter without the character limit? A blog. The bubble is truly about to burst.