Scuba Snacks » twitter http://www.scubasblog.com dishin' up some food for thought Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:41:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 RockMelt or RockFail http://www.scubasblog.com/rockmelt-or-rockfail/ http://www.scubasblog.com/rockmelt-or-rockfail/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:23:13 +0000 Scuba Steve http://www.scubasblog.com/?p=629 Rockmelt, a new social media driven web browser, has caused some hype in the social-media world in the last few weeks. Today I finally got my hands on a copy of it, and my first impressions were not great. I’m gonna discuss a few features I really see this browser lacking.

Disclaimer: I am not saying this browser sucks, I just want to point out some negative features that are most likely going to keep me from using it, for now. I might post a consecutive post with my features I do like

Direct Chrome Plugin:
 First off, I am not a developer. I don’t know how programs are written, and the process it takes. But RockMelt was developed with Google Chrome as the backend. Now as a Chrome user, I have plenty of plugins and bookmarks all nicely organized.  To utilize all my Chrome plugins I already use, I need to go and reinstall all of them.  How much harder would it be to have RockMelt installed into an existing Google Chrome as a plugin? Also, it must be using an old version of Chrome because I can’t sync my bookmarks and info to my Google Chrome.

Only 2 Social Networks:
I understand that development is early for this, and new features will come out over time (which makes having it as a plugin much easier to update).  But something I see lacking is that Facebook and Twitter are the only social networks supported for posting to. I would love to see some features that would allow me to post to other social sites including, but not limited to:

  • Posting to this blog (WordPress)
  • Facebook page support
  • Share to open FB chat
  • Email (not social, but would be nice)
  • Digg
  • Posterous
    (Is it just me, or is it impossible to just update your status to your social networks? I can’t find a box to just type a new status for Facebook or Twitter.)(Okay, I figured out how to do this, you click the little picture on the top left.)

Also, I find it very annoying that if you are chatting with someone via Facebook chat in RockMelt, and also on Facebook.com, your chat opens twice.

Google Reader
I don’t know what you all use for your RSS readers, but I use Google Reader for my feeds. Now with RockMelt, they have RSS support built right in.  The reason I use GReader is that I am able to access my feeds anywhere, and they update that I read them.  If I read a few posts on my phone, then come back to my computer, and see that I have those same posts unread on RockMelt, that seems a bit redundant. I want to have everything synced for me.

Twitter Support
I am an avid Twitter user, and I really feel that features in their Twitter “app” do not offer many of the features that I would like to see and that my other Twitter apps offer.  Some of those features are:

  • Conversation View
  • Old RT feature
  • Update profile
  • Location Support
  • User Profile View (you can’t even view a profile inside the app!)
  • Twitter Search (You can only search the tweets of those you follow)
  • Lists
    (I better stop here, but there are more)

Import
This might just be a bug, but RockMelt couldn’t even pull in my settings from Google Crome propperly.  My bookmarks bar and other bookmarks were all jacked up and I now have to go in and redo them all manually.

Overall
This browser could really be successful over the years, but they need to really figure out a few things. Anyone from RockMelt, I am more then happy to discuss with you these in detail if it could help with the overall application.  I really see that RockMelt could be a great browser (plugin) to the already amazing Google Chrome.

What are you thoughts on RockMelt, or would you like to try it out? I have a few invites I could send out, so let me know! Leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Steve

]]> http://www.scubasblog.com/rockmelt-or-rockfail/feed/ 3 God on Twitter http://www.scubasblog.com/god-on-twitter/ http://www.scubasblog.com/god-on-twitter/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:37:14 +0000 Scuba Steve http://scubasblog.com/?p=480 Saw this on Facebook, and I just had to shoot this out to you guys.  Gave me a good laugh!

God: Gosh its dark in here.
7 days ago

God: There thats better.
7 days ago

God: Hey guys im finally on twitter! Whats up?
7 days ago

God: guys?
7 days ago

God: oh right. i’m the only thing in existence, haha.
7 days ago

God: shut up i wasnt talking 2 you RT @Satan I TOO EXIST
7 days ago

God: BOOORREEDD with endless void gonna make some stuff
7 days ago

God: Hey look what I did today! Separated the darkness from the light. Universe looks
like a black and white cookie.
7 days ago

God: I shall call the light day and the darkness Eileen.
7 days ago

God: Darkness doesnt look like an Eileen. Lets go with night
7 days ago

God: Also i created heaven & earth.
7 days ago

God: also i created apostrophes but im not gonna use them
7 days ago

God: thats enough creating for now. Catch ya tomorrow
7 days ago

God: RT @Satan: WHAT IS “TOMORROW”
7 days ago

God: oh i forgot 2 mention i created time too. Busy day.
7 days ago

God: kind of lame creating 2day. Created a firmament. Not sure what that is
6 days ago

God: OMme so much 2 do 2day you guys! Got to bring 4th land from the waters AND create plants and trees. What should i do first?!
5 days ago

God: should have done land first. plants sank
5 days ago

God: fixed! Trees now ON TOP of land.
5 days ago

God: sorry no tweets yesterday guys. Made the sun moon & stars. turned out 2 be more work than i expected. Theyre bigger than they look
3 days ago

God: another busy day. Made @beastsofthesea, @birdsoftheair, and best of all:
@penguins. Those turned out so well.
3 days ago

God: made some more kinds of penguins.
3 days ago

God: Poll: What else should i make? a. beasts of the land b. creatures in my own
image c. more penguins
2 days ago

God: Answer my poll!
2 days ago

God: maybe it was a mistake to create the internet b4 invention of computers
2 days ago

God: all right penguins it is. Yay!
2 days ago

God: oops. Penguins don’t like the desert.
2 days ago

God: or Indiana.
2 days ago

God: or the sky.
2 days ago

God: ill try the rainforest. Everything thrives in the rainforest.
2 days ago

God: Not penguins.
2 days ago

God: forget it. Made a bunch of other beasts of the land. Not as awesome as penguins but much less picky.
2 days ago

God: also created fake fossils and planted them in the ground 2 make the earth appear much older than it is. Just a little practical joke.
2 days ago

God: i need more followers.
2 days ago

God: #FollowFriday @adam @eve
2 days ago

God: @adam @eve I am the LORD your God who separated the light from the darkness. You shall have no other God before me for I am the LORD your Go
2 days ago

God: stinking character limits. Point is, yay! I made you! Hi! Do what i say.
2 days ago

God: @adam: such as #noteatingapples.
2 days ago

God: @adam what do u mean why? Because im ur god and i said so.
2 days ago

God: @adam why r u bugging me about this? u can have all the mangoes u want and theyre way better.
2 days ago

God: @adam well youre just going to have to take my word for it.
2 days ago

God: @adam WHAT is ur DAMAGE with this apple thing? Eves not tweeting about apples. Shes just off – um –
2 days ago

God: @eve Hey!
2 days ago

God: @adam @eve: EPIC FAIL at #noteatingapples. Both of u r BANNED
2 days ago

God: so yesterday was really stressful. Im taking a break today. No more tweets til tomorrow.
1 day ago

God: Check it out, baby panda sneezing! http://tr.im/DsZ5 (took a break from my break to create YouTube.)
1 day ago

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Click this link or Copy and paste this tweet and insert your own email address:

RT @srmorris2 Google Wave Invites available >> http://is.gd/53E8o >> (EMAIL ADDRESS)

]]> http://www.scubasblog.com/google-wave-invites-available/feed/ 0 Looking for A Twitter Desktop App? Try DestroyTwitter @destroytoday http://www.scubasblog.com/looking-for-a-twitter-desktop-app-try-destroytwitter-destroytoday/ http://www.scubasblog.com/looking-for-a-twitter-desktop-app-try-destroytwitter-destroytoday/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:00:09 +0000 Scuba Steve http://scubasblog.com/?p=228 Joined Twitter but tired of going to the site to check your followers and update your status? Well DestroyTwitter, DT(w), may be the app for you. I have been using it for about a month now and it has been my favorite app of all the ones I have tried. I have used Twhirl and Tweetdeck but DT(w) has all the features that I want that the others didn’t quite have.

1. First off, the UI is very clean and easy to navigate around. Everything is where you expect it to be; replys, search, saved etc.
2. Replys are not just tweets that start with your username but actually include any tweet that includes your username in the tweet anywhere.
3. Search feature is great to have instead of directing my browser to search.twitter.com.
4. Keyboard shortcuts <> enough said.
5. “Shift” “Reply” << Replys to all users in a given tweet and the tweeter its self.
6. Creator Jonnie Hallman is always there to help out and take ideas.

Overall this has been my favorite desktop app for Twitter. Now it is new as of January 1, 2009 so there are still bugs on there. This usually scares someone but trust me, its worth it to use it. And if you download it, that will increase the amount of people testing and finding flaws or thinking of new ideas.

So make sure to visit DestroyTwitter’s website and download today. And make sure to follow the developer, Jonnie Hallman today!

ScubaSteve

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News
@NTVNEWS
@stevewhitenews(NTV News Reporter)
@theindependent(Grand Island Newspaper)
Tech News
@kevinrose
@chrispirillo
@twitter
@Gizmodo
@engadget
Celebrities
@jimmyfallon
@lancearmstrong
@donttrythis(Adam Savage of Mythbusters)
@aplusk(Ashton Kutcher)
Other
@macheist(Free Mac Applications)
@aaronasay

Well did I leave anyone out? Post people you think might be important to follow on Twitter! And don’t forget to follow me @srmorris2

-Scuba-

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So be careful out there and not just on Twitter but any site where you need to log in. Always check what site you are really at and where information is being given.

EDIT: I visited the site in question and realized it now is looking like facebooks homepage! Watch out!

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