March 2010
1 post
Twit Menulet gets native re-tweets and global...
The Twit Menulet Twitter client for Mac was released today in version 7.2. The new version includes support for “native” re-tweets. And it now has global hotkeys that give you instant access to Twitter from anywhere in the MacOS. And it adds bylines, timestamps, autonavigation, stability enhancements, etc., etc! I can’t *tell* you how pleased we are with this release. Try...
February 2010
2 posts
Native retweets
Today, @blondediva asked why people don’t use native retweets. This might not be obvious to a non-programmer, who hasn’t used the Twitter API. To those of use who use the API, it is crystal-clear: people don’t use native retweets because many clients don’t show them. Many clients don’t show them because the native retweets are in their own, separate timeline.
Each...
This ap is great...but of course I won't pay for...
Just caught another one of those posts on Twitter, this one about Echofon, saying, “I love this ap. I wouldn’t pay for it, though (or any Twitter client).”
I find this statement strange, and not a little annoying. The most charitable interpretation is that this person just doesn’t use Twitter that much and really doesn’t need a client. In which case, OK. The...
January 2010
1 post
Blogging about Mac Twitter clients (and other...
There are so many outlets for blogging energy these days—that it is difficult to know how to balance them!