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Episode #16: Review of TweetTime (with Nifty Tech Blog)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:05:23 +0000

Did you ever have audio that you listened to, even after editing it, and think “I can’t post this…”

Yes, that happened to us.

The Bird House and in-studio guest Nifty Tech Blog (but this time, recording through the wonders of Skype) after listening to our original review of TweetTime decided that a re-record was most definitely in order. So, basking in my Steampunk Castle afterglow, we did a second take on our first (and follow-up) look on this original client for the iPad.

Featured Links:

The Nifty Tech Blog
Castle (WARNING: Very loud audio/video ad plays on loading site)
TweetDeck
Twittelator
Scrivener

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

This episode is part of the Bird House Rules-Nifty Tech Blog miniseries on iPad clients for Twitter. Feel free to syndicate this audio, and provide feedback or topics you’d like to hear discussed on Bird House Rules at 703.791.1701, tmorris (at) imaginethatstudios (dot) com, Twitter, or here at the Bird House Rules Blog!

Episode #15: Review of Twittelator (with Nifty Tech Blog)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:15:58 +0000

With the jetlag and the plane crud behind me, the Bird House and in-studio guest Nifty Tech Blog are back with yet another, longer-than-10-minute review of Twitter clients for the iPad. Continuing with an “Old Friends Revisited” theme, Doc Coleman and I go deep with Twittelator, an old favorite of mine quickly becoming a favorite on this new platform.

Twittelator in Landscape mode, viewing Direct Messages

Accessing Profiles in Twittelator

Along with a review of Big Stone Design’s powerhouse, Doc and I also discuss pet peeves in application development, in particular the need to leave an application in order to change its settings. (Yes, I hate that.)

This episode is part of the Bird House Rules-Nifty Tech Blog miniseries on iPad clients for Twitter. For the next few months, we will be featuring reviews on iPad clients, some of which you might be seeing in the Second Editions of All a Twitter and Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in Ten Minutes!

Guest introduction by Tom Racine .

Featured Links:

The Nifty Tech Blog
TweetDeck
Twittelator
Air New Zealand on Twitter
TweetTime (coming soon in the next episode)
Echofon
Twitterific

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Feel free to syndicate this audio, and provide feedback or topics you’d like to hear discussed on Bird House Rules at 703.791.1701, tmorris (at) imaginethatstudios (dot) com, Twitter, or here at the Bird House Rules Blog!

Episode #14: Review of TweetDeck (with Nifty Tech Blog)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:10:38 +0000

Welcome to the third of special, longer-than-10-minute reviews from Bird House Rules and in-studio guest Nifty Tech Blog. This time, we get honest and frank over TweetDeck for the iPad. Continuing with an “Old Friends Revisited” theme, Doc Coleman and I air our lack of enthusiasm for the 800-pound gorilla’s latest incarnation.

Guest introduction by Veronica Giguere.

Featured Links:

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Episode #13: Review of Echofon (with Nifty Tech Blog)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:15:09 +0000

Following a deep dive into Tweet Flow, Bird House Rules, with special guest Nifty Tech Blog in studio, take a close look at Echofon for the iPad. This review is the beginning of “Old Friends Revisited” as Doc Coleman and I bring up some familiar names of smartphone clients now working to make their mark on Apple’s latest innovation.

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Guest introduction by Kreg Steppe.

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Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Episode #12: Review of Tweet Flow (with Nifty Tech Blog)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:21:05 +0000

In the wee-small hours of the morning, Bird House Rules comes back with a series of podcasts all about the iPad. Alongside the Nifty Tech Blog, I review Tweet Flow, an iPad client that keeps it simple.

This episode is part of a Bird House Rules-Nifty Tech Blog miniseries. For the next few months, we will be featuring reviews on iPad clients, some of which you might be seeing in the Second Editions of All a Twitter and Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in Ten Minutes!

Guest introduction by Meg Jarrell

Featured Links:

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Bird House Rules — Episode #10: MYODB

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:00:02 +0000

Hey, everyone! It’s another Bird House Rules, and before anyone gives me heat, I went over my ten-minute limit in this episode…by twenty-two seconds. Get over it!

When you hear why I went over, you may understand. You see, I had a problem on Twitter when I unfollowed someone in my feed. Within 24 hours, I received this tweet…

(@TrueConservative) We auto-unfollowed @TeeMonster who stopped following you. www.thew.in twitter tools sponsored by ((insert sponsor here))

…and discovered Thew.in Twitter Tools.

Now those of you wondered why I was so mad last Friday know why. Better grab a flack jacket and a helmet. I’m wound up and I go, go, go, go….

Guest introduction by J. Daniel Sawyer

Featured movie clips:

Forest Gump
Fatal Attraction
Tim Burton’s Batman
Full Metal Jacket
Iron Man

Featured Links:

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

INTERVIEW: All a Twitter featured on View from Vahalla

Twitter's Tee Morris — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:30:55 +0000

With the return of Bird House Rules, I am getting back into my groove on this blog. Que Publishing has been instrumental in bringing me back into this groove after contacting me concerning All a Twitter. As mentioned in the previous BHR, the book is being featured once again in Barnes & Noble Bookstores everywhere, and asked me “Whatever you can do to get the word out…” I sent out a query to my Twitter and Facebook networks, letting them know that I was available for interviews.

From Twitter I heard from long-time-friend of the Bird House @Odin1eye who featured me in a particularly fun interview on his blog View From Vahalla. This blog features podcast reviews, commentary and rants on Social Media and the world it impacts, and (now) interviews. Odin1eye and I talk about about how Twitter has changed, where it is headed, and what went into the writing of All a Twitter. Here’s a selection from the interview:

I find that the Social Media Experts (a/k/a Evangelists, Mavens, Enthusiasts, Oracles, etc. a/k/a Social Media Douchebags a/k/a SMDs) are becoming less and less tolerated. Some of these self-proclaimed Twitter Messiahs are preaching their gospel to a flock in the hundreds of thousands, but tend to follow back less than a thousand or even less than a hundred.

What’s up with that?

I’m just going to call it like I see it: Everybody wants to be Chris Brogan (@ChrisBrogan)(respectful [ding]) but so few are achieving the balance between pro and personal. Chris isn’t perfect, but he is maintaining the genuine while managing the massive numbers. (One of many reasons I got that trust agent to write the AAT Foreword.) There are others like Jeff Sass (@sass) and CC Chapman (@cc_chapman) who are putting forward that effort to stay honest on Twitter. Between 2008-2009 there were SMDs left and right who nurtured the numbers and then stopped participating in their feeds. Oh sure, they would preach how they used Twitter to “connect” but look at their feeds and it would be RTs, quotes, and questions that linked back to their own site.

This interview was a real pleasure, and I hope you enjoy the read. Feel free to comment, post, and share; and expect more from my blogosphere-podosphere tour this month.

Bird House Rules: Episode #8a — Keeping Up with TweetDeck (Video Addendum)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:13:43 +0000

Just when you thought I was done with TweetDeck v0.32.1…

TEE MORRIS’ TWEETDECK EPISODE
THE VIDEO PODCAST!

The audio is still the same, but now I have MOVING PICTURES to go with it! this is NOT going to be a regular feature at the Bird House, but when the mood strikes me, when the time allows, and when it is something that REALLY NEEDS the visuals, I will offer this kind of video addendum. I hope you all enjoy it!

Imagine That! Studios now presents to you the highlights of TweetDeck v0.32.1…in colour!

Featured movie and TV clips:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Iron Man
Monty Python’s “Spanish Inquisition” sketch
Firefly

Featured Resources on Twitter:

“What’s New on v0.32″ from TweetDeck’s Support Forum
Camtasia for the Mac
LinkedIn
Facebook
YouTube.com

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Bird House Rules: Episode #8 — Keeping Up with TweetDeck (v0.32.1)

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:15:43 +0000

Finally….after several attempts…after daring the Fates…after waiting for just the right time…and weathering an unseasonal snowfall in Washington, D.C.

TEE MORRIS’ TWEETDECK EPISODE!

This has been a long time coming, and I have decided to pull out all the stops and not only post a longer-than-usual BHR, but in the feed tomorrow and posting on YouTube as well will be an accompanying video companion to this podcast, filmed and edited on both Camtasia and the Final Cut Suite, bit-cheeezzz!

A labor of love and a lot to take in, here comes the highlights of TweetDeck v0.32.1!

Guest introduction by Coach Ian Scott

Featured movie and TV clips:

Six Million Dollar Man
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Iron Man
Monty Python’s “Spanish Inquisition” sketch
Firefly

Featured Resources on Twitter:

“What’s New on v0.32″ from TweetDeck’s Support Forum
Camtasia for the Mac
LinkedIn
Facebook
YouTube.com

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Bird House Rules: Episode #5 — We’re Gonna Give It the Power Twitter!

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:30:09 +0000

Are you using Power Twitter? I am continuously surprised how many of my friends from the Bird House are not taking advantage of this fantastic add-on for Twitter. Power Twitter takes Twitter to the next level, and keeps your eye on the Twitter.com homepage.

What exactly does Power Twitter do to your browser? Click on the image below for a Before-After shot of a browser armed with Power Twitter:

Quick reminder: Next week, I’m at Blogworld, so please come on out and say “Hi!” I also encourage tweeting from my speaking events.

Other articles and cool links cited in this episode:

83 Degrees, the developers of Power Twitter
TechCrunch reports on Bit.ly cracking down on malicious links

Guest introduction by Shannon or akaMonty out in Cyberspace…

Drop-in from this episode are from:

Star Wars
Iron Man

Album Artwork by Paul Fischer of Dancing Cat Studios

Bird House Rules: Episode #3 — Get to the Pointless!

Twitter's Tee Morris — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:15:35 +0000

What’s the topic of the day at the Bird House? Inspired by an August 20, 2009 article entitled What People Are Tweeting About, the marketing magazine eMarketer and Pear Analytics took a closer look at the traffic on Twitter in order to answer the question “What is the purpose of Twitter?”

I ask the question “Does Twitter — or Social Media on a whole — need a purpose?”