Posts Tagged Twitter

Google, Google, Buzz Buzz Buzz

Congratulations all 150 million Gmail users – you’ve just joined a social network. This is purely anecdotal, but most people I have come across this week are not all that thrilled with Buzz. The feeling is pretty much, “Great, another social network to follow.”

I too am a bit skeptical, though I understand what Google is trying to do. Its bread and butter is indexing the Internet and getting everyone online through using Google services. The social networking explosion has, for better or worse, left a bunch of the web out of Google’s clutches.

Personally Google’s index-the-universe aspirations make me a bit queasy, but I am a heavy user of their services and generally happy with the experience. And Google does tend to listen to user feedback pretty closely – Buzz was already tweaked recently to account for some privacy concerns. But by making Buzz a permanent part of Gmail, Google is showing it has pretty heavy aspirations for this service and hooking in new users.

I’ll follow the Buzz for now, but I am hopeful there is a way to turn it off in the future if the buzzing gets too loud.

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TweetDeck arrives on iPhone

One of my favorite Twitter apps just launched an iPhone version. TweetDeck, though still in Beta, brings some order to the disorganized chaos of trying to follow people on Twitter. Its unique column view allows you to filter tweets by categories you establish. There is also Facebook integration (not yet on the iPhone version) so you can post to and read messages. I’m looking forward to toying around with this app. I’ll post an update when a review goes  live on AppCraver.

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John McCain, Twitter Addict

Remember the John McCain who supposedly didn’t read e-mail or use a computer? Well, suddenly he is Twittering away on his BlackBerry from the Senate floor. Yes, THAT John McCain. The one that then-candidate Obama and the media chided for being “out of touch” with technology. It was always an unfair accusation, given how much of the presidency revolves around decision-making and issues as opposed to what model of BlackBerry one uses.

McCain’s tweets are rather intersting. Sometimes it is about what news show he will appear on. Today it was, “steve nash hurt? amare too! what now for the suns!”

You can follow him on Twitter here.

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