Lowcountry Geek

My two cents on the #NewTwitter is that I find it bulky and will continue not to use Twitter.com other than for those random occasions when I have to.

One of the most annoying things is that it doesn't auto-refresh and offer a true live stream but instead requires me to click to update.

As long as Tweetdeck remains a free service I'll probably stick with that on the PC and Droid. 

I won't get into all of the ins and outs of the #NewTwitter, but something I've found as it was rolled out to me this morning that was not covered with the official Twitter announcement (at least not that I saw) is that the new layout drastically narrows the rails and subsequently eliminates a large portion of the area that was open to a custom background.

The rails are so narrow that designing anything worthwhile in those sections will be very difficult and really not of much use.

Before

After 

Very excited about the release of the beta version of Tweetdeck for Android today.

I've been using Twidroyd on my Verizon Incredible to manage all of my Twitter accounts and have been semi pleased with it. Had considered paying for the Hootsuite for Android app, but am glad I waited to see what Tweetdeck comes up with.

I'll be sure to hop all over this release today and shoot a review up here ASAP.

So #hashtags (better known as the pound or number sign) tend to be one of the most problematic issues for people first entering the world of Twitter.

What do they mean?

How do I use them?

How do I follow them?

How do I start one?

Those are all common questions. And most of those can be answered through Mashable's Guide to Twitter.

Mashable will teach you things like how to find, track and organize hashtags.

But I'd like to address another use of hashtags that's less popular but I find to be just as important: a clue as to what you're talking about when you send me a tweet.

Often I send out tweets and hours if not days later I'll get something sent my way that looks like "@irleslie yes" (for you Twitter novices out there the @irleslie means someone is responding to a past tweet of mine.)

So what am I supposed to make of this simple 'yes' response? Which of the 21 tweets I sent out over the past 3 days (according to How Often Do You Tweet I log about 7 tweets a day) are you responding to?

Was it the one when I asked if the black socks match the brown shoes? Or was it the one when I asked if the red cord was the one I needed to cut to disable the bomb? 

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