What happens when you blog more than the

What happens when you blog more than the 140 characters that Tweetie 2 wants you to use, due to Twitters restricti (cont) http://tl.gd/1859m

Blogging from Tweetie 2 to WordPress is

Blogging from Tweetie 2 to WordPress is now possible. Not sure if it’s better than the custom iPhone app, but WordPress is pushing it.

Tiger jokes

I feel terrible about Tiger’s situation, but these jokes are funny. Special thanks to Jeff for sharing these nuggets.

1. Tiger’s new movie is out:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Hydrant.

2. Apparently the police asked Tiger’s wife how many times she hit him.
She said “I don’t know exactly… but put me down for a 5.”

3. Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars.
Now he has a hole-in-one.

4. What’s the difference between a car and a golf ball?
Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards……..

5. What were Tiger Woods and his wife doing out at 2.30 in the morning?
They went clubbing.

6. Tiger Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree.
He couldn’t decide between a wood and an iron.

7. Phil Mickelson contacted Tiger’s wife,
he wanted to pick up some tips on how to beat Tiger!

Twitter for Facebook Users

As a Facebook user, I have tried THREE TIMES to understand what Twitter is. It took me once to get Facebook, but three times to finally get Twitter. Why? My best answer – “I wasn’t ready for it yet”.

Twitter is a confusing beast. It’s very simple, but so hard to understand. If you’re a Facebook user, it appears to be just “Facebook status updates”. If that’s the case, I already have Facebook, so why would I use Twitter?

But Twitter is much more, and in many regards, much less than Facebook. It’s another animal all-together. And to say it replaces Facebook would be to misunderstand what Twitter really is. First, it’s best to know what Twitter is not.

Twitter is not Facebook. It does not have in-web applications like Poker, Scrabble, and Mafia Wars. It does not have centralized photo management. It does not organize high-school, college, and work information. It does not collect much information at all about you. That’s a good thing, since becoming “friends” with someone on Facebook provides that friend with a lot of personal information. On Twitter, that information was never gathered, so it’s not there to share.

Instead, Twitter is mini-blogging. It’s intended to be a public news feed. Great for public figures, businesses, and those who don’t like all the “noise” that Facebook generates. And by “noise”, I mean all the photos, applications, and unwanted status updates. Twitter allows users to follow other Twitter people. But unlike being a “friend” on Facebook, your friends won’t get your status updates until they “follow you” too. For example, I want to hear what our newest Cavalier is up to (THE_REAL_SHAQ), but I’m pretty sure that Mr. O’Neal doesn’t care to see what I’m up to. We don’t have to be friends, but instead, I treat Shaq’s Tweets as a news feed, much like an RSS news feed or an AP news wire for journalists.

Facebook is great for connecting with people you already know – high-school friends, co-workers, neighbors, family, etc. Twitter is awesome for connecting with people you may not know now, but want to know better. When you follow someone on Twitter, you seldom have to wait for their acceptance. Instead, you follow them immediately. There are settings that can make Twitter status updates (aka “tweets”) more secure, but Twitter is intended to be public, so many people don’t turn these on.

Neither Twitter nor Facebook is better than the other. Instead, they are different, and will likely co-exist for some time. Twitter may not be right for you … yet. But try it. And if it doesn’t make sense now, try it again later. Remember it took this author three attempts. Twitter’s value can be difficult to see at first glance.

Google Voice Rejection Reminiscent of MyNewber

Google Voice wrote an application for the iPhone which would revolutionize how we use our cell phones.  Unfortuantely, Apple and/or AT&T doesn’t appear to like this revolution and rejected this app from the Apple App Store.  It would cut into AT&T’s wireless revenue.

The Google Voice application provides you with a common phone number that you would use for the rest of your life.  You would configure it to forward to whatever your current phone number is.  You can even have it ring multiple phone numbers (work, mobile, home) and has voice mail when you don’t pick up.  Heck, it even has this awesome feature that will TRANSCRIBE your voice mail into TEXT!

But this isn’t the first time Apple/AT&T have blocked an app from the App Store that would hurt AT&T’s revenue stream.  When I was at CES earlier this year, I fell in love with this awesome iPhone app called MyNewber.  Ya see, MyNewber would allow you to have a second telephone line on your iPhone, which you could use for business or whatever.

What was really groundbreaking about the MyNewber app was that it used the GPS technology inside the iPhone.  For example, if you were at work, you could configure MyNewber to forward calls from your iPhone to your work phone.  While in the car, they would ring your iPhone.  When you reached home, MyNewber calls would forward to your home phone.  The GPS in your iPhone would know where you are, and forward to the correct phone.

Unfortunately, Apple never approved this app — even after a huge marketing campaign from FreedomVoice, the developers of the MyNewber application.  I’m guessing this is because it would reduce the usage of mobile minutes on your AT&T wireless bill.  Somehow, an iFart application can make it through the App Store, but MyNewber is left out to dry.

I look forward to the day Apple is exclusively in control of the App Store.