Last week was an exciting week in tech. The 3 bigs, Facebook, Twitter, and Google made some very relevant announcements that will have an affect on us all. The first major announcement was Twitter Lists, which went live to all users on Friday. I agree with Scoble, Twitter Lists are the most significant upgrade to [...]
Categories: Reflections
In spirit of App Wednesday, we’d like to recognize Tweetie 2. We were apprehensive to jump on the bandwagon last week because of all the hype. I wanted to try the app for myself and get used to some of the new idiosyncrasies. After a week of testing, I am convinced this is an app [...]
Categories: Reflections,Updates
Tagged: app wedneday, tweetie 2, twitter
Occasionally people ask me what apps I am using, or what is worth $$$. I have put together a list of some of my favorite apps for those that are interested: New Kids On The Block Tweetie 2.0 – Best Twitter App available – $2.99 Photoshop – Adobe Photoshop for the iPhone – Free GoDaddy [...]
Categories: Reflections
Tagged: apps, cnn, cool, evernote, godaddy, gps, iphone, livestrong, photoshop, redlaser, shazzam, sitorsquat, tpain, twitter, voip, vonage
News started breaking last week that Twitter have 50MM committed in the recent round of funding. It wasn’t until the dust settled and hype peaked that we found out they raised over 100MM on a billion dollar +++ valuation. Whoa! Now, wherever you stand on this, you can’t deny it’s big news. Jason Fried, of [...]
Categories: Reflections
Unofficial app stores have been a venture all their own. A crowded space, but whitehot if you can command the attention and respect of the community. @Pistachio is someone the Twitter community has been quietly routing for, for a while now. It is widely known that she introduced the uber-influential Guy Kawasaki to twitter, among [...]
Categories: Updates
Tagged: @pistachio, app store, oneforty, twitter
Twitter Belly Flops on OAuth support and gives new meaning to the term Fail Whale. In fact, they didn’t even bother to do a snazzy ‘we suck’ graphic that the community can banter about. WTF? I wouldn’t bring attention to this normally, but Twitter OAuth was being heralded as a popular alternative Facebook Connect despite [...]
Categories: Reflections
Tagged: fail whale, oauth, twitter
Okay, many of you know that I started a new gig over the last 3 weeks. Life as I know it, has been turned upside down, sideways, shaken up, and splattered everywhere. To say I’ve been befuddled is an understatement. How am I coping with all the activity? I’m not. I am beyond email bankruptcy, [...]
Categories: Reflections
Tagged: facebook, followers, friends, spring cleaning, twitter
I have changed my name on Twitter to @SDmatt. I have been thinking about doing this for the better part of a year, but I didn’t know if I could actually pull the trigger. I might completely regret this decision, but my frustration with the ‘mattsurfs’ moniker outgrew my desire to keep it. I grew [...]
Categories: Updates
Tagged: twitter
At the same time most of my San Diego colleagues were schmoozin’ and boozin’, Angela and I were in Orange County for the inaugural OC Tweet Up. The first OC TweetUp was hosted by @rockstarpr, aka Jonathan Good of Greenwala. 12 of us gathered to talk face to face about ‘What are you doing?’ I [...]
Categories: Updates
Tagged: octweetup, SDBloggers, twitter