I’ve been fascinated by the use of Twitter and being able to witness news and event trending in real-time. There are so many examples out there every minute of every day, but this one was near to my heart. The Tour of California (a bike race) is taking place at the moment in, well, California. Stage One just finished about an hour ago as of this writing and Fransisco Mancebo took the win. I wondered if there was any Twittering regarding the race and I wasn’t disappointed. I’ve included a shot of Mancebo’s win a little after crossing the line. You can definitely see the upward trend as the stage was concluding. I can’t get enough of this!
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Feb
15 2009
15 2009
Tour of California on Twitscoop
Hey look, a post! Twitter is good, and cycling is good. I write about their sweet tryst below.
Jan
18 2009
18 2009
AppLove #1: Twhirl over Twitterific
Applications for the Mac are one of the main reasons I made the switch. From their interface, functionality, and their interaction with OSX they kick the code out of the PC. But as with everything, even my favorites have room for perfection.
Since I love giving my opinion to anyone unfortunate enough to listen (or read) I’m going to review some of my favorite and most used apps on my Mac. I also want to add some suggestions that I think would make them perfect. This is the first in the series of AppLove.
Recently my Twitter battle heated up as I wanted to do more than announce that I was coding, as usual. I also have two other accounts, one of them about to kick start into overdrive (I’ll explain later). I’ve been using Twitterific (free version) for the longest time and have loved it, but it doesn’t do multiple accounts on the same screen without switching accounts. Twhirl does handle multiple accounts though. I heard good things in the Twitterverse so I’ve made the switch.
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Jan
9 2009
9 2009
2008 Best Ever iPhone Apps Announced
Yay lists! Yay apps! Yay iPhone! Plus why I’ve gone iPhone zen and which productivity app won out, making me think I’m being productive…
I’m a sucker for lists. This is no different. 148Apps just recently released the results of their 2008 Best App Ever Awards for the iPhone. Lots of great applications on these lists, some of them I’m already using.
Unfortunately I’ve been slacking on the app front when it comes to my phone. I guess that’s a byproduct of hacking the shit out of it and stuffing everything under the sun into it. I’ve sorta gone zen with my choices now, sticking with things that truly help. By far my most used app is Things. I tried OmniFocus and while Things isn’t perfect for me, it did more things I wanted it to than OF.
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