If you’ve read this blog for a while, you might recall I have been looking for a Twitter client to replace Nambu, which stopped developing their software. I tried out Seesmic, HootSuite, and TweetDeck. I tried out the native Twitter client. None of them did everything I wanted. Most of them did some of the…
I am growing increasingly frustrated with my Twitter client, but I can’t find one I like better. Here is what I need: Mac compatibility. A color scheme that isn’t too dark or too bright (both versions of the Tweetdeck theme are out as a result). An unread messages count. Really I need this. It’s a…
I am having trouble finding a Twitter client that does everything I want. I want my Twitter client to be able to help me navigate messages I’ve missed since I last logged in. Nambu makes that really easy. When I open Nambu, I see the last 200 messages in my stream, but my lists contain…
I wanted to let everyone know that I will be hosting a discussion about integrating technology into the English curriculum on #engchat this Monday, August 30, from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. EDT. For those of you who are unfamiliar with #engchat, it’s a regular forum on Twitter for English teachers to talk about various…
If you’re looking to try out some tools to make teaching, sharing, discussing ideas, and planning easier, you might want to check out some of these tools. Twitter I you want to ask a quick question or have a conversation, there’s nothing as efficient as Twitter. It’s also a quick way to get the word…
My student Josh is one of the the developers of a new social networking service called Moodify.me . As Josh describes it, “It’s a site similar to Twitter but is based around peoples’ moods.” It integrates well with Twitter and Facebook, enabling you to update your mood and send the update as a status update….
If you have a blog and have already chosen a platform (if need help with this, click here or here), this post might just make some aspects of your blog richer for you and your readers. Apture Apture works with any publishing platform, and it’s easy to install. It allows you to make your site…
Most readers of this blog probably know that in Internet parlance, a troll is a person, usually partly or completely anonymous, who posts off-topic and usually really vicious or mean comments. Karl Fisch tweeted yesterday about the depressing nature of the comments left on a recent Huffington Post article about his influential “Did You Know?”…
When you update as seldom as I have lately, it seems posts are destined to become a mishmash of assorted thoughts as I catch everyone up. First, as you can see from the sidebar, I am supporting NCTE’s National Day on Writing. I am not sure exactly what I and my students will do, but…
I was cleaning house on Twitter today, and as I made some decisions, some thoughts occurred to me. Reasons I might not follow back: You follow so many people that you can’t possibly be keeping track of all your conversations unless all you do is read Twitter. You don’t share valuable information or links. You’re…
