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From Dino to Bird: Moving from Raptr to Twitter

In I've Journal, Man at Work on 21 December 2009 tagged raptr, twitter with 28 comments

Update: Contrary to reporting, I’m not “overseeing Twitter’s products”. I’ll be a product manager. One of many people contributing to Twitter’s future. A couple of weeks ago, I announced that I had left Raptr to explore other options. Raptr was an incredible experience for me and I learned a lot there. I watched and [...]

The Fire Hose vs. The Stream

In Geeky on 2 February 2009 tagged facebook, friendship, twitter with 10 comments

There are two recurring questions that I find myself answering. The two are different but related:

“Why would I want to know every little detail about what my friends are doing from Twitter/Facebook/Friendfeed?”
“How do you not get overwhelmed by all the people you follow/friend?”

My short answer is I [...]

Twinkle Hijacks Twitter Usernames

In Design Discourse, Geeky on 19 January 2009 tagged tapulous, twinkle, twitter with 7 comments

When iPhone apps first came out, there were two iPhone apps people tended to go with for accessing and posting to the popular Twitter service: Twinkle and Twitterific. Since then, superior applications such as TwitterFon and Tweetie have hit the market but the first to market advantage has ensured some measure of popularity with the [...]

Iminlikewithyou and Game Design in the Web

In Design Discourse, Game On on 18 May 2007 tagged games, iminlikewithyou, twitter with 14 comments

A friend of mine pestered me to join a new site about a month ago. I had heard of it. From what I had heard, it was a new dating site with the worst name: iminlikewithyou (iilwy). As in “I’m not in love with you but maybe I’m in like with you.” The name alone [...]