Tweetie for Mac OS X

Atebits, the software developer company that makes perhaps the most popular paid twitter iPhone app, has just released a Mac OS X desktop client. The full-featured OS X client is free and supported by ads. However, users who want an ad-free experience can purchase a license for $19.95. Atebits is putting forth an introductory price of $14.95.

As a Twitter and Tweetie iPhone user myself, I immediately downloaded the OS X desktop client. It’s fast, easy to use, and has many helpful keyboard shortcuts. A manual should be released by Atebits soon.

Want to see it in action? Click play below:

Visit the official website for more information: http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/

Twitter Craze

Twitter, for those of you who don’t know, is a micro-blogging service that allows you to write short, 140-character updates that answer the question, “What are you doing?” The service, however, has evolved into an expanding and undefinable living being because of the vast amount of people and companies that use it.

People use twitter to update their friends on what they’re doing. Companies use it to announce new products and updates. Others post links to interesting online articles and blogs.

With so many people on twitter, some have even been able to ask questions and “search” for specific things and get instant results like a search engine, but with real people.

Many argue that, as twitter becomes more popular, it will replace other online profile services such as Facebook. While I don’t personally believe this, I do think that twitter will gain more popularity especially as more people have access to smartphones and mobile internet. As a matter of fact, I’d argue that the concept of twitter works best when combined with a smartphone like the iPhone.

Anyway, here are two YouTube videos that describe twitter.

This video can be found right on twitter’s website and basically explains the concept in general:

This short cartoon video satirically criticizes twitter junkies, of which there are surprisingly many… possibly even including myself: