Difficulties with Twitter apps
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Sebastian
I liked Twitter best when it came through the IM-interface, namely when the updates ran into my GTalk/Adium. Not only was the “track” function quite useful, but the app never crashed. Unlike the apps I now use. Through my Quicksilver I actually get a pretty good read on which application I use how often. Twhirl […]
Computer/twitter problem: Twhirl on a Mac with an extra monitor
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Sebastian
Here is the low-down:I use a MacBook with OS 10.4. At work I plug-in an extra monitor, set so that the dock is located on the extra monitor. When my GTalk interface does not deliver any twitter messages (like since Friday) I usually launch twhirl. Since I work on the big screen I usually keep […]
Scribefire with great updates
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Sebastian
My favorite blog editor Scribefire just received an update this week, some great fixes and new features. 1. URL auto-copy When you add a link Scribefire automatically suggests the URL from the present browser-window. Not perfect, better would have been the URL I just copied with apple+c, but a start. 2. The configuration has moved […]
The ultimate iPod repair hack: dust off your broken 3Gs
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Sebastian
So, you have an old iPod in the drawer which stopped working for some reason you cannot figure out? You get the folder symbol or nothing? You exchanged the battery but still it will not play your music dependently, just play silence after a couple of minutes or forwarding one track thumbs you through the […]
Twitter, Facebook, or else?
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Sebastian
There used to be a time when I was on Facebook a lot. I joined groups, created groups and looked at my people’s stream several times a day. It turns out though, I no longer doing that. Of the 20+ groups I am in I only track happenings in 5, opening them up manually. I […]
Password-protected feeds in Google Reader
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Sebastian
Well, maybe I was living under a rock, but it took Steve Rubel‘s recent post on turning Gmail into a social network hub to find out how to work password-protected feeds in Google Reader. I tried to put my Twitter/replies feed into Feedburner and voila, the system told me how to work a protected feed. […]