Tag Archives: Twitter

Twitterrific’s Brilliant Method For Muting

Thursday, February 28 9:28 am

Iconfactory broke out Twitterrific 5.1 last week and made a video showing off it’s new features. One of these new features is the ability to “Muffle”, which is twist on the “mute” feature that many other clients have. When I … Continue reading →

Giving Twitterrific for iPhone A Chance

Wednesday, February 13 9:06 am

Tweetbot for iPhone has been my Twitter app of choice for almost two years now. It does pretty much everything I look for in a Twitter client, and the fact that it syncs timeline location and mute filters across different … Continue reading →

2012 Newsies Awards

Tuesday, February 5 8:55 am

Just as I did last year, I felt that I should do the obligatory “end of the year” post. I have always had an issue with “Best of [year]” posts because while it makes sense for things like movies and … Continue reading →

Hopes for App.net♣
Tuesday, September 25 10:22 am - brettterpstra.com

Brett Terpstra: App​.net is attracting the developers that Twitter built its micro-blogging empire on. The developers whose initial excitement and continued support made it a household name and part of the tech vocabulary1. I hope that such a foundation is … Continue reading →

Remapping Tweetbot Open Link Shortcut

Monday, September 24 10:45 am

I love keyboard navigation. I try to use it whenever possible. In Tweetbot for Mac I almost always use the arrow keys to navigate. In Twitterific, when you clicked the right arrow key it would open the links in the … Continue reading →

App.net Probably Won’t Succeed

Thursday, September 13 11:21 am

Marco Arment on app.net: First, $50 per year is far too much, even for people who pay for things. Twitter probably couldn’t sell a lot of paid subscriptions at that rate. But the bigger problem is that I just don’t … Continue reading →

How Many People Use Twitter’s Own Apps?♣
Friday, August 3 9:46 am - benjaminmayo.co.uk

Couldn’t quote this without giving away the answer, but it was interesting. I am not sure if I am surprised or not. (via Daring Fireball)

The History of the Twitter @reply♣
Thursday, July 19 9:44 am - anarchogeek.com

Great history of the @reply on Twitter. If you started using Twitter after like 2008, you probably don’t know some of the history, including the fact that the @reply didn’t exist from the beginning and wasn’t officially adopted by Twitter … Continue reading →

Twitter Has Become Essential♣
Wednesday, July 18 9:58 am - marco.org

Marco Arment: I use a Mac client all the time, for almost all of my Twitter use. Without a great Mac client, I’d use Twitter about as often as I use Instagram: in occasional bursts on my phone when I’m … Continue reading →

Twitter Is Not RSS♣
Monday, June 25 10:41 am - macdrifter.com

Gabe from MacDrifter: But Twitter is a flowing river. I am not on Twitter all day so I miss the clever banter and people complaining about Twitter. RSS is time-shifted. RSS is targeted and bounded by my subscriptions. This is … Continue reading →