RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It will need to be soaked in a cess

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread Bob W
Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It will need to be soaked in a cess pit for about 2000 years, first.

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It will need to be

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread Bob W
Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It will need to be soaked in a cess pit for about 2000

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: mike wilson Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. It will need to be soaked

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim Bray On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to use twitter at all... I find that Twitter enriches my life and helps me do my job. I entirely understand that others

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: Tim Bray On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to use twitter at all... I find that Twitter enriches my life and helps me do my job. I entirely

RE: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread Bob W
Twitter seems to me to be instant messaging, without the instant, archived to preserve the banality for posterity. Someday that Twitter archive could be as fascinating and important as the Vindolanda letters. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Responding to the original question: I use Tweetie. It's reliable and easy to use, there are versions for both my desktop/laptop computer as well as iPhone/iPod Touch. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to use twitter at all... Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hello! I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter. Any opinions on a good Twitter client for Mac OS X? TIA! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-28 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Why oh why would you want to do that to yourself. Hell why would you want to use twitter at all... I find that Twitter enriches my life and helps me do my job. I entirely understand that others do not. Somehow,

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-28 Thread Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
I use Twitter to follow news, e.g., pentaxusers, leica_camera, japanexposures, naraneko (Portuguese) and some photographers who 'tweet'. I guess I could use other ways to follow the news, but I got used to this method. BTW, I am sure that I have nothing important to say, so I don't 'tweet' (I

OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
Hello! I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter. Any opinions on a good Twitter client for Mac OS X? TIA! -- Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta ille nihil dubitat quem nulla scientia dictat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Tim Bray
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta nmsba...@gmail.com wrote: I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter.  Any opinions on a good Twitter client for Mac OS X? I've tried a few and ended up with Tweetie, http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/ They say it's good on

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Any opinions on a good Twitter client for Mac OS X? Good Twitter client Nope. Just can't wrap my head around that concept. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT: Twitter client for Mac OS X

2009-10-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hello! I want to stop using a browser when using Twitter. Any opinions on a good Twitter client for Mac OS X? TIA! I've also tried a few and ended up with the free client Nambu. Use the latest Beta if you want the best feature set.