Reading Time: 2 minBefore I left for Disney, I considered Gowalla and Foursquare to be about the same. They both let you “check in” at various places (restaurants, stores, etc) and both have a bit of a game aspect to them. Foursquare is based on cities and addresses, while Gowalla is based entirely on GPS. While I’m in […]
Reorganizing my lifestream
Reading Time: 2 minLately I’ve had a hard time keeping up with what services cross-post to each other. If I send a status update to Twitter, does it auto-post to Facebook? If I send a picture to Posterous, does it go to Flickr? What about FriendFeed? I had I set up so many different tools that I was […]
The perfect Twitter client?
Reading Time: 3 minRobert Scoble posted a thought-provoking entry today about his quest for the perfect Facebook/Twitter client. I’ve been on a similar quest, so I was hoping he had a great answer. Sadly, he didn’t. I’ve been a TweetDeck user for a while now. I really like it, but I’m always hunting for something better. I’ve become […]
TwitScoop builds app with real-time tag cloud
Reading Time: < 1 minI love the way TwitScoop is integrated into TweetDeck. At any point during the day, I can glance over to my TweetDeck laptop and see what’s hot. It’s great! Now I can do the same from my phone. The app costs $0.99, but seems pretty solid. You can’t tweet from it (a rather glaring omission), […]
Boxcar 2.0 will be a must-have for social media junkies
Reading Time: < 1 minBoxcar 2.0 is now waiting in Apple’s submission queue, and the author expects it to be live sometime between September 3 and September 7. What does boxcar do? For Twitter, it can send you push notifications of anything you want — @replies, direct message, even for all of your tweets if you want (though that’d […]
Wikitude app coming to iPhone soon
Reading Time: < 1 minOne of the hottest category of apps we’ll see in the next year are is likely the Augmented Reality apps. These are programs that allow you to look through your camera, and see the world beyond it with information overlays on it. The possibilities of these kinds of apps are endless. One of the first […]
Twitterfon Update
Reading Time: < 1 minThe new Twitterfon update is out! This new update fixes a few bugs in the search, posting of pictures, and followers page. Twitterfon over all is a great application for setting up your Twitter account on the iPhone. Ability to upload photos AND VIDEOS is awesome. Have tried other apps and the video feature just […]
Twitter Tips for Churches
Reading Time: < 1 minI wrote an article a few days ago for TwiTip, a site full of great Twitter tips. In it, I show how we: Showcase our staff Twitter accounts Post a page with a summary of current staff tweets Show live chat from events Find out who else from your church is on Twitter Tweet live […]
The little things can add up
Reading Time: < 1 minJust thought I’d post a bit about Cool Ray, an Atlanta-based heating & air company. Here’s a quick summary: I found them via Twitter The answered the phone quickly They could come out the same day They arrived on time They did great work They were polite They had fair prices Nothing extraordinary — just […]
How a simple tweet made an HVAC company $700
Reading Time: 2 minI told you a few days ago how I thought Cool Ray Atlanta was doing some interesting things with Twitter. Turns out they were quite brilliant. Last Monday I tweeted that I was “Heading home to meet the plumber to fix a leak. Fun Monday morning…“. It was a local guy I’ve used before. Not […]