Guilty as charged...i twitter...

I know it can be annoying to hang out with me when I'm always on my phone, but it's an addiction.
Pity me...

Celebrating Earth Day...

From Deepak Chopra's Twitter

These were gleaned over 8 successive posts from Deepak Chopra's tweets, sometime back in November 2009. So glad I wrote them down then.
Seven Steps to Change Toxic Emotions, Bad Habits, Unhealthy Cravings or Destructive Relationships
1. Take responsibility for your present response.
2. Witness what you are feeling.
3. Label your feeling.
4. Express what you feel.
5. Share what you feel.
6. Release the toxic feeling through ritual.
7. Celebrate the release and move on.

My 1000 Tweet

How do you measure 1,000 tweets?

• Started Tweeting: February 1, 2009
  
• I’m so embarrassed that my very first tweet was about TV.
  
• My 12th tweet or my first meaningful tweet.
  
• Number of employers I interviewed with before I got the job: 1
  
• Number of interviews I had with this employer with before I got the job: 4
  
• Number of places I’ve lived in: 3 and now finally in my own
  
• Number of TIMES I looked at my place before making an offer: 2
  
• Number of PLACES I looked at my place before making an offer: 2
  
• Number of days from offer to the move-in date: 21
  
• Concerts I’ve been to: 5 (Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Lady Gaga, BEP, and NKOTB, don’t ask.)
  
• Number of trips: 4 Toronto, Tofino, Malahat and Toronto.

Things I’ve learned from Twitter: in less than 140 characters

1. You can’t follow everyone who follows you, but you will try.
   
2. Find people to follow on the public timeline. It’s like trying out a new author.
   
3. Spread the joy. Respond to and retweet people when they say something interesting.
   
4. Random Tweets from strangers can be more entertaining than Updates of FB "friends".
   
5. Twitter makes you think succinctly. Sometimes, 140 characters is all you need. Sometimes.

Other memorable things

• February 2009 – Started blogging in earnest – lot of recipes and doggy pictures…
  
• March 2009 – Started my current job – and loved it. Welcomed with flowers and a liquid lunch.
  
• April 2009 - Buying my own diamond ring – a Tiffany one, no less, and doggies in TO!!
  
• May 2009 – Canucks fall to Blackhawks in Post-Season in 6 games (yes, a true Canuck fan) and the new Star Trek movie (yes, a true Trekkie).
  
• June 2009 - Buying my own home!!
  
• July 2009 – Despite trying to be environmentally friendly, I broke down and gave Impark a big chunk of change.
  
• August 2009 – Family vacation, first time in 6+ years…
  
• September 2009 – Played host to Rob, spa-ah-ed at the renowned Relais and Chateaux rated Aerie. Divine!
  
• October 2009 – Bid a long overdue goodbye to a negative person and welcomed a few old friends back. Start of the Canucks 2009-2010 season!
  
• November 2009 – More friends from TO drop by, and more old friends back in the fray...
  
• December 2009 – Doggie heaven!
  
• January 2010 – PS3 hooked up – a whole new world opens…Street Fighter, BluRay movies…
  
• February 2010 – Olympics 2010 and Team Canada Mens and Womens Hockey Gold!
  
• March 2010 – Olympic hangover but cured by hitting the gym…5:30 baby…
  
• April 2010 – Canucks Post Season starts…1,000th tweet! Plus a slow and cautious foray in to food blogging...

I wonder how I will look back on the next 1,000? I know I can’t wait for the journey to continue! Why don't you follow me and find out?

Twitter versus überTwitter

So, Twitter finally launched their app for Blackberry last night. I downloaded it this morning from Blackberry App World to test it out. Here is my rambling brain trying to make my choice between Twitter and überTwitter, using the old “Pros and Cons” debate.

Pros: The display is really good, with loads of useful icons at the top. You get your usual Home icon, along with the @ and Direct Message icons. You also have access to your Profile here, as well as your Lists. Icons are also available to help you easily Find people as well as to do a Search, and to view Popular Topics.
Ever since I upgraded my überTwitter a few weeks ago, I’ve been noticing “adtweets”…they look like tweets but are actually text ads, and that’s in addition to the image-based ads they usually run. These seem to be fairly sparodic though. This is noticeably (and gratefully) missing from the Twitter app.
One other thing I like is the ability to see your DMs as part of your overall message timeline. It’s something überTwitter doesn’t offer, so I didn’t miss it, until Twitter gave it to me.
Cons: I’ve read comments on other forums where users complain about not being able to retweet or to edit their retweets. This is a major disappointment of the Twitter app, because one of the things people use this program for is to pass along useful information, often throwing in their own two cents. I know I’ve become quite skilled at editing other people’s tweets…to accommodate the 140 limit.
Twitlonger is something that is part of überTwitter, and though I have yet to try it, the forums are full of people saying that Twitter doesn’t’ support this on the app.
Another feature that I liked about überTwitter is the über bar, where you can put your dearest and funniest tweeters on their own tab, and see all their tweets all at once, with minimal scrolling. überTwitter does have a list function in their menu (it’s just not all pretty and iconic as it is on Twitter).
The verdict is still out for me, so I’m using both this weekend to see if I fall in tweet-love with the new (and slightly sleeker) app or will I kick old trusty (but a bit more comfy) überTwitter to the curb.
Try it for yourself, download it here.
This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of pros and cons (just the ones that I've noticed. Feel free to add comments and let me know if I'e overlooked something giganormous about either app.