Twitpay | Pay friends via Twitter… | Bloomington, IN

I was reading Wired online and came across an article titled “The Future of Money: It’s Flexible, Frictionless and (Almost) Free” and they highlighted a new web app for Twitter called Twitpay. Twitpay allows you to send money through Tweets linked to a Paypal account. At first glance, I thought this is could be the least secure way to pay someone but a very innovative way to pay...

Buzzing over Google? | First Impressions

Google, you’ve done it again…maybe. I’m pretty sure we don’t need another obscure/personal/boring/witty/knowledgeable status update system in the Internets. I could be wrong! I mean, Google is the ruler of the Internets and when Google says to jump, we respond with “may I have another app?” For those of you stuck under a rock or on Bing, you might have missed the...

Seesmic Look | #seesmiclook | First impressions

Looks like there is another Twitter app available for use called Seesmic Look! I think if you are a part of the Twitter world, you probably heard of Seesmic. They have developed one of the great downloadable Twitter application to manage your Twitter accounts. Now, Seesmic has just released a downloadable new app for Windows called Seesmic Look. This app is based on Windows’ Silverlight technology,...

5 tools for Twitter | Bloomington, IN

Here is my roundup of 5 tools for Twitter. These tools are what I use to maximize my Twitter experience. #1. HootSuite : In my past post about the web app, you will notice I have a real attraction to the User Interface. Its so easy to manage your Twitter account in the HootSuite interface by scrolling left and right and inputing your message. Also, there is a feature to watch keywords used by users...

Around town fun with Foursquare | Bloomington, IN

Remember in elementary school there was a game called ‘foursquare’. The game had four squares and you stood in a square and bounced a ball… I don’t remember the rules all that well, but most people remember some version of the game. Now, there is an app called Foursquare… but has nothing to do with the game in elementary school. Foursquare is a smart phone app. It uses...

Top Web Apps and Tools I use every morning | Bloomington, IN

Every morning around 8:30 AM I awake to my iPhone ringing in my ear. I roll over and turn off the alarm and then instantly proceed with my day by checking my Email accounts, Twitter accounts, and Facebook via the iPhone. I almost like the interface on the iPhone better than I do on my Macbook’s browser. While drinking a cup of coffee, I head to my home office and proceed to check my websites’...

First #Bloomingtontweetup at Stone Cutters Coffee | Bloomington, IN

It was a great turnout for the Bloomington Tweetup (#Bloomingtontweetup) at Stone Cutters Coffee! For all of you that don’t know what I mean by “tweetup”, it’s a term used to describe a meet-up of your Twitter friends. This give you a chance to put the actual person with the twitter name. It was excellent seeing Adam P. Schweigert (@aschweig), Kevin Makice (@kmakice), Colin...

Why Social Media is important to small business | Bloomington, Indiana

After working with some small businesses in Bloomington, Indiana; I have noticed that they are one step behind. This isn’t their fault by no means. Older mom and pop shops are now starting to need a web presence to keep up with competition and keep up with their customers. Here in the city of Bloomington an overwhelming change in customers happen every year in the month of May due to classes...

HootSuite | Social Media manager for Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook and more

Social Media managing web apps are popping up all over the net like the feature filled app Gist to a simple app like Brizzly, so what about the middle apps? HootSuite is the answer to your needs. HootSuite makes managing your Social Media easy, much like Brizzly, by offering an interface to manage your feeds from Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. It’s easy to post new statuses and updates via...

Brizzly | Manage your Twitter and Facebook feed easily.

I’ve been using Brizzly for sometime now and this web app rocks! Brizzly takes your Twitter and Facebook login and creates a simple manageable layout for your feeds. The feeds are separate in their respective network but clicking on a tab will switch them easily. You’re probably wondering why you would use this website when you can just open tabs in a browser? The answer is simple: security....