TweetDeck v0.32 released
Apparently it’s time for Titter app updates. We got Tweetie 2.1 on the iPhone yesterday, today comes the latest version of TweetDeck. Version 0.32 add support for LinkedIn, Twitter Lists, Geo-location, Twitter’s version of Retweet and more.
For the full list of updates, check out TweetDeck.com.
It’s raining awesome Windows apps – Fishbowl for Facebook
2 days ago we got the latest twitter client – Seesmic for Windows, today we get Fishbowl for Facebook. This is yet another awesome WPF-based windows application. Can I just say, it’s about time we got some apps that take advantage of the beautiful native UI that Windows Vista / 7 offers.
Rather than write a thousand words about the app, it’s much more impressive just to show you in screen shots.
News Feed 
Friends
Search 
Photos 
Mini-view 
Windows 7 support 
Actually what you can’t see from the screen shots is the sweet transition animations between screens.
Get it yourself at – http://www.fishbowlclient.com/
Seesmic for Windows, my new default Twitter client!
TweetDeck, your time to shine is now over. There’s a new kid on the block and it’s Seesmic for Windows. Those familiar with the twitter client war will know Seesmic Desktop has been available in Windows for months now. The difference this time is it’s built as a native Windows app (using WPF) rather than Adobe’s AIR platform.
One of the biggest criticisms of TweetDeck is it’s heavy resource usage, Seesmic Desktop for Windows seems much lighter, so it should run better if your on a lower-end machine.
Running on Windows 7, it’s got the nice list of features:
- Window transparency effects
- Support for Aero snap
- Multiple monitor support
- Multiple Account support
- Draggable columns
- List support
- Modify search columns
- Customisable URL shortener / image uploader
On the negative side, you can’t resize the columns and there’s no Facebook integration, something I really hope is added in the future. Unfortunately there’s also no use of Windows 7 Jump Lists.
Below is a gallery of images from the application.
Profile pane 
Browser-type Search box 
Modify your search 
Tabbed controls 
Services Options 
If you want to check it out for yourself, just head over to http://seesmic.com
Facebook now alive, with Live Feed
This morning I was greeted with a new option inside Facebook – Live Feed. This turns your news feed into an auto-update stream. This is a great addition, something I’ve wanted for a long time. I often run multiple browser windows across multiple monitors which let me get updated information at a glance. Now I can add Facebook to that list.
If you want to keep exercising your clicking finger, then there’s still the option to view the News Feed in it’s traditional fashion, and let you click refresh when your ready.
My only wish now is that Google Reader would follow suit.
Google Reader adds Like, do we like ?
Many of us are probably most familiar with the idea of liking status updates on Facebook. Well the latest on the social bandwagon is Google Reader. Not only can you Favourite and Share a RSS Feed item, but now you can also Like it.
These Like’s are public, so you can get profile information about other readers who also enjoy that content.
Do you think you’ll use this feature ?
Facebook Usernames, round 2: Fight !
Today (June 28 US time), round 2 of the Facebook username land rush begins. On one hand we have those users who were late to the game and signed up after June 9th, 2009 will now be able to create a username. There’s also those pages with less than 1,000 fans (and more than 25) will also be able to set usernames.
Of course this being round 2, those of you looking to secure a username today may be out of luck, with millions of names already taken.
There’s about 4 hours to go, so should be around 2pm AEST.
Update
Facebook have increased the minimum fans for page usernames to 100.
Update 2
Facebook usernames, round 2 has now gone live. I’m very happy to have secured http://facebook.com/techAU for the fan page.
More @ http://facebook.com/username
Australian Government 2.0 announced, you design the banner
The Government has just announced a new website www.gov2.net.au which is the destination for a new Government 2.0 Taskforce to publish information.
They’re beginning with a crowdsourcing competition to design the banner / logo for the site. You can get more information about the competition here – http://gov2.net.au/banner-competition/
This is a new, very positive side of the government, one that claims to have more transparency and seems to have representatives that understand the benefits of using social media. There’s been some great quotes from the forum (live streamed and discussed on twitter with #publicsphere), such as “Top down is no longer the best model of government".