Fri 7 Jan 2011 319 notes | Posted by rocketpilot
I’m astounded that there hasn’t been a peep from Gruber about the problems and inconsistencies in the Mac App Store application, and those of the apps sold on it. My first experience with the Mac App Store was a purchase of the new Twitter app, of which Gruber had this to say:
Read it.
Wed 14 Apr 2010 3 notes | Posted by rocketpilot
Ebert is not amused.
There are deep tensions between freely available content creation tools, the need to those tools’ providers to afford to provide them, the users’ freedom to create with these tools. I think Ebert’s right to feel unhappy about the way these tensions are being resolved in Twitter. Clearly Twitter’s creators need income to keep going. And clearly the vast majority of their users wouldn’t pay for it directly. On the other hand, users are right to feel exploited when their words are used as bait. It’s just not how advertising is meant to work. Content creators and service providers should be compensated.
Sat 10 Apr 2010 171 notes | Posted by rocketpilot
Once upon a time I wanted a better Twitter app for my iPhone, so I wrote one. My goal was to make something simple, beautiful, and intuitive. It’s been a wild ride since 1.0, and over the last year and a half Tweetie has gone from a no-name app from a little known software company to an app hailed…
Tweetie 2 for Mac: Dead like a badly rehashed Monty Python sketch or just resting?
Trying to remember the last time an indie developer getting bought out actually resulted in a better product for their fans.
Tue 9 Feb 2010 | Posted by rocketpilot
Twitter-style status updates in Gmail.
DO NOT WANT.
Thu 12 Nov 2009 | Posted by rocketpilot
Rather than sounding the death knell of broadcasting, social media may actually be broadcasting’s new backchannel.
You might be wondering where I’ve been for the past four months. Counting my cash on a beach surrounded by bikini-clad women?
Naah. Actually, I’ve been in my batcave slaving away on something really, really cool. It’s Tweetie 2. And it’s coming - first for iPhone, then for Mac.
I’ve gone back to Twitterific since its 2.0 version was released, but Tweetie 2.0 sounds like it’s going to be amazing. Follow the link for more information.
Nick Caldwell is a professional web designer and unprofessional writer who thinks far too much about aesthetics, the contemporary sociopolitical condition, video games, Doctor Who, and spaceships. This is his Tumblelog.
