Nice to see Facebook lets me make my own choices, then ignores them!

This probably happens on your account too. It is your privacy, isn’t it?

Another example of the power of Twitter. I bet most of us who use Twitter never really stop and think about the power of what we say. How we in 140 characters can touch another soul. This made me stop and realise people care, even when they have never met you.

Don’t let anyone tell you that relationships can’t be formed on 140 characters. I am humbled that Musey took the time out to even contemplate sticking my mug into this site. The video made me cry knowing that someone took time out to think about me.

TweetDeck release an update for the huge new release. This update is v0.33.1 and addresses some issues.

Here’s what’s new in this release:

FIXED: Friends list incomplete when editing a group
FIXED: Double byte characters not displayed in list of saved groups/searches
FIXED: Read tweets in search columns coming back as unread after clearing
FIXED: YouTube videos continue to play sound after closing
FIXED: TweetDeck sensitive to computer clock time when logging in
FIXED: Rate limit exceeded even when using auto API management
FIXED: Groups columns in column navigator do not show refresh time.
ADDED: Allow an easy way for users to decrease the log level without a rebuilding the app
ADDED: TwitVid videos now open in a preview in the app
CHANGED: Reduced the minimum refresh time in the app to 10 seconds.

The update can be downloaded over at TweetDeck

TweetDeck release v0.33.0 of their popular Twitter desktop client. The changes are a plenty.

A huge raft of improvements in functionality. A brand new API monitor that looks at each of your columns you have open, my poor iPhone picture below.

The amount of media that can be played or viewed from directly within TweetDeck has increased, most notably YouTube. The image below shows you some of the new features within TweetDeck.

I have always loved the ability to use 12Seconds from within TweetDeck.

There is still the ability to monitor and post to your Facebook. You can also keep track on your MySpace and LinkedIn.

The only improvement I would love to see in TweetDeck would be the ability to collapse the columns.

Go play with TweetDeck, there are loads of hidden features that I have not touched on. You can find TweetDeck here. I did notice this version of TweetDeck seems quicker. This must be due to the new way it interacts with the Twitter API.

New video below on all the new functions of TweetDeck.

The HUGE TweetDeck changelog below:

FIXED: bitly.tv links get autoshortened
IMPROVED: The download size of the app is now 2.0MB from 2.7MB
UPDATED: The Tweet Panel is now locked whilst a tweet is sending
FIXED: Double byte characters (eg Chinese, Japanese) not working in the search box.
FIXED: Character count sometimes not shown
FIXED: Clicking the ‘You are now following’ message downloads an old version of TD
UPDATED: Using reply all, the person you are replying to is now always first
FIXED: Long search column names in dialog boxes hide some buttons
FIXED: YFrog images don’t take notice of the ‘Open in browser’ option
FIXED: App doesn’t take focus when clicking on the sys tray icon
ADDED: Show full size profile pic when clicking on smaller version in profile panel
UPDATED: Show ‘Add To Group’ at bottom of profile panel regardless of whether we’re following person or not
UPDATED: Multiple monitor support improved massively
ADDED: Allow TweetDeck to be used in fullscreen mode (F11 in Windows only)
UPDATED: Escape now closes image preview windows
FIXED: Tweet Panel account labels are not updated when twitter username changes
ADDED: Add UT: to the prefixes we strip off of location in the profile panel
FIXED: Minimise during image preview causes problems
FIXED: TD recognising # within a URL as a hashtag
FIXED: We should now be recognising a wider range of URLs, hashtags, and mentions correctly. I
UPDATED: Clearer display of error messages
CHANGED: Now using oAuth calls behind the scenes to take advantage of increased API limit
CHANGED: URLs with ” immediately after aren’t linkified.
FIXED: Red background remains after URL shortening
ADDED: Add “retweeted by me” into stream on app start
FIXED: After TweetShrink/translate operation, red background disappears even if > 140
CHANGED: Remember tweet panel state on app restart
ADDED: In-app preview of YouTube, Mobypicture, Twitgoo, Posterous & Flickr media
ADDED: Upload to Mobypicture image sharing service
FIXED: On initial startup, clicking reply, RT etc does not place cursor in update box
FIXED: LinkedIn profile pictures not being shown
CHANGED: Moved Twitter library to use oAuth
FIXED: Translating a tweet renders links inactive
FIXED: Translate only works in one direction
ADDED: Column navigator at bottom of screen
ADDED: Option to “Allow TweetDeck to manage my API limit” which uses intelligent algorithms to control and manage your API limit
CHANGED: Twitter API-specific settings moved to new “Twitter Updates” tab under Settings
ADDED: Ability to edit search terms for Search columns
ADDED: Ability to add search columns for searches stored on Twitter.com as well as TweetDeck
CHANGED: Links are now clickable without the http:// prefix
FIXED: Clicking ‘Close’ in autocomplete should have same effect as pressing ‘Esc’
CHANGED: Email addresses in updates are now linkified. Click the link to open a new message in your default email client
FIXED: Notifications appearing newest-oldest rather than oldest-newest
FIXED: Tweets in profile panels do not show geo-location pins
CHANGED: Resetting your twitter password in TD will now force a refresh all columns
FIXED: Improvements in LinkedIn API handling

Does Didcot need a geek meetup/tweetup? Geeks of Didcot #GoD

It was with great excitement when I saw I had an update waiting for TweetDeck iPhone app.

I was shell shocked when my beloved app came up with the error below.

Luckily the power of Twitter gave me the answer thanks to Iain Dodsworth (creator of TweetDeck) and Richard Barley (community manager). Basically in Richard’s words “Some peiople are having crashes when they use the new update, so we have pulled the app temporarily until we’ve investigated”

I hope they fix it soon as I am a huge fan of the TweetDeck iPhone app. Also they are great at letting you know what is going on.

With the increased attacks to gain control of Twitter accounts.

There are a few things that may help while we wait for Twitter to get a handle on security.

There are a number of link scanners that can be used to fight rogue links within Twitter. These are the two that I know about.

http://linkscanner.avg.com/ww.sals-how-it-works.html

http://securebrowsing.finjan.com/

If you do not trust or have the link scanner software, do not click on suspicious links within Twitter. If your unsure don’t click.

There is a firefox plugin called LongURL Mobile Expander. In it’s own words:

You should always know where a link takes you before clicking on it. Services like TinyURL.com make that difficult. LongURL Mobile Expander uses the LongURL.org web services to let you know where shortened links *really* go. This can be found at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8636

The other thing I would suggest people do is go through their account connections http://twitter.com/account/connections and remove connections that are  no longer required.

Change your password regularly.

These are things that may help while we wait for Twitter to concentrate on stability and security. We all like shiny shiny like lists and update notifications, but stability and security for me first please.

I see the latest Twibbon is for The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

While I think Twibbon is a good way of highlighting a cause, I hope you all remember to go out and actually buy a poppy.

Remember The Royal British Legion Poppy Twibbon does not put money into the charity. The charity actually needs cold hard cash. By buying a poppy you are not supporting wars. You are helping pay for the treatment, physical and mental of injured service personnel. You are paying for homeless shelters that rehabilitate service personnel who have lost their way. You are paying to support families who have lost sons, daughters and parents to the ravages of war. You are also remembering those who gave their lives before.

So though the Twibbon highlights the cause, buying the poppy will actually support the cause.

http://www.poppy.org.uk/support-us/give-money – if you want donate online.

(sent via WordPress 2 iPhone app)

This idea has been in my head for years. It has probably been done before. But, imagine everyone around the world makes a video between 9am and 9:01am where ever they are. They send it to a website. That website cuts all those vidoes together, wow what a thing.

Here is a tutorial on how to create a stand alone Seesmic Web Application using Fluid. I am a huge fan of the Seesmic Desktop app. So here you can make your own Web app.

Find more videos like this on TeamSeesmic