As promised, this weeks show follows on from last week, and covers some of the top Twitter clients available for the Mac (and Windows in two cases)

The Twitter web interface is functional but could be better. Luckily, and some would say one of the catalysts of Twitters success, the Twitter developers have released a Twitter API or Application Programming Interface, that allows third party developers to create external clients for Twitter for the Desktop and Mobile devices. In this weeks show I cover three of the top Twitter Desktop clients:

Twitterrific - A native Mac application that is the application of choice for many, many Mac users. A combination of small desktop footprint, support for keyboard shortcuts and access to many of OSX's inbuilt functions such as spell checker, makes this application ideally suited to the Mac environment. Link



Twhirl - The first of two applications built on Adobes AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) - a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML, or Ajax, that can be deployed as a desktop application. Consequently, Twhirl can run both on OSX and Windows. The only downside is that this application doesn't have access to standard OSX components like Twitterrific, or support for keyboard shortcuts. This is offset by a much more feature rich Twitter environment along with support for other social networks built right into the Application. Link


TweetDeck - The second application built on AIR, TweetDeck takes a unique approach by organising your Tweets into a multicolumn layout as well as keeping a local store of all your tweets. Add in support for some great realtime search features plus some other specialised support for Twitter services make TweetDeck a great option, but you need to have plenty of screen real estate to get the most out of it. TweetDeck is ideally suited to those of us with multiple monitor setups. Since this show was recorded, a new version of TweetDeck has been released with support for 12seconds, a sort of Twitter service but for video clips. Link

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Twitter! If you haven’t used it, you don’t know what you are missing! Launched in 2006, Twitter has become the de-facto standard for micro blogging and even after suffering problems with downtime and the famous “failwhale” people still go back to it, refusing to jump off Twitter onto the other micro blogging platforms. Ok, they might try others out, but they always keep one foot firmly in the twitter camp!

Twitter has long transcended its original intended usage and has been transformed by the user base into an indispensable social and business communications tool.

Basically it’s a simple centralised messaging system, which allows you to post text messages of up to 140 characters.

Simple!

You can follow other like minded people, news sites, commercial organisations, friends, family, colleagues, in fact all sorts of people and organisations and exchange messages with them. Twitter is both a noticeboard and a conversational tool allowing you to have your own “virtual watercooler” and feel more connected in this ever increasingly digital age. You really have to try it to fully understand the benefits it can bring.

Update: @jane73 from Australia has posted a typical story about a new twitter user finding her way around over on her blog - Twitter Explained, Well Sort Of... - worth checking out!

So this weeks show takes you through the basics of Twitter. The show covers:

• Setting up a Twitter Account
• Twitter Settings
• Using the Twitter Web Interface
• Finding People Using Twitter
• Twitter Messages
• Twitter @Replies
• Twitter Direct Messages
• Using Twitter Notices

That’s just for starters and will give you a good grounding in Twitter basics and using Twitter on the web.

Next week, I’ll be taking a look at some popular Twitter clients that further enhance the usability of Twitter and make it even easier to use.

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Finally, MobileMe has stayed up long enough to complete my short series of MobileMe related shows. Despite lots of moaning and groaning (including from me and the rest of the guys over on the MacRoundtable podcast!), it looks like MobileMe is finally starting to stabilise and is now a usable service, despite some holes still waiting to be filled.

This week I take a look at some of the Web services and components that make up Apple new cloud computing platform and look at some tips on using them and some “workarounds” that may help you out if you use subscribed calendars. This weeks show covers:

• Using Fluid to create a MobileMe Site Specific Browser (SSB)
• MobileMe Web Email & Contacts
• MobileMe Web Calendar
• Syncronisng "Subscribed" Calendars with MobileMe
• Google Calendar and BusySync
• MobileMe Web Galleries
• MobileMe iDisk
• MobileMe Settings

That probably finishes off MobileMe for a while!

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It's here! One of the most eagerly anticipated applications for both the iPhone and iPod Touch is here - 1Password.

Regular viewers will know that 1Password is one of my favourite apps for the Mac and I use it each and every day to manage my passwords, my internet identities and also to protect me against phishing scams. Although, previous versions of 1Password offered support for the iPhone via Safari bookmarklets, I've been longing for the day when a native 1Password application would be available for my iPhone.

Much to my delight, a few days ago, Agile Web Solutions released a native iPhone/iPod Touch 1Password application via the iTunes App store. What's really amazing is that the App is a free download!

In its standalone form, it allows you to keep a secured database of your usernames and passwords (and notes) for your commonly accessed websites. However, its real power comes when you combine it with the 1Password desktop application (available from Agile Web Solutions). 1Password for the iPhone allows you to sync over WiFi with your desktop 1Password data, giving you access to all your stored URLs, usernames, passwords and secure notes in your pocket! Just configure the iPhone application to securely connect to your Mac over WiFi and transfer all your invaluable web data to the iPhone or iPod touch.

This show covers:

• Installing the iPhone Application
• Setting up the 1Password Desktop Application for Sync
• Configuring the iPhone Application
• Syncing your 1Password data
• Accessing your Logins
• Using your Logins
• Using the 1Password Mini Browser
• iPhone 1Password Settings
• Accessing Secure Notes on the iPhone

In addition, the first part of the show covers a few of the major changes to the Desktop application since we last looked at it back in December. These include:

• Additional AntiPhishing Support
• New Autosave prompt in Safari
• Go&Fill HUD in the Web Browser

Along with some invaluable preparation tips you need to undertake before syncing your iPhone or iPod touch with 1Password for the first time.

Correction: One slight error in the screencast - The keyhole icon in the mini browser is in fact the list of "Logins available for the current website" not the current open browser sessions. Mind you, the developers like that idea, so you never know!

Link to buy 1Password Desktop edition - ScreenCastsOnline Affiliate Link
Link to the free iPhone App - App Store

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What a week for Apple! First iTunes 7.7, then the App Store, then MobileMe and finally the iPhone 3G. All in three days!

In the spirit of such an ambitious program, I thought I’d cover the rollout of MobileMe and what you needed to do to setup your Mac and iPhone using the MobileMe installer.

Leaving the show for the very last minute, I waited until Apple started the 6 hour migration task and then proceeded to cover the installer based on a pre-release of the utility. Little did I know that the 6 hour migration window scheduled by Apple would turn out to be so much longer. In fact over 24 hours later it still hadn’t finished or stabilised.

So this weeks show is really the first part of using MobileMe, and I’ve had to leave the web applications until they are generally available. I also took some time to look at the new iTunes release and the brand new App store in iTunes.

So a relatively short show this week but enough to help you out with your MobileMe migration.

Links:

Apples MobileMe Site


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Peter Maurer is a name familiar to many Mac users, as the original creator of Textpander (re-launched as TextExpander by Smile on my Mac) as well as many other excellent Mac utilities we've touched on in previous episodes of ScreenCastsOnline (ServiceScrubber and Displaperture to name but a few!)

Peter has now turned his considerable talents to develop a brand new lightweight download manager - Leech

Leech was designed to be small yet powerful, with all the features you need to efficiently and quickly download files using full integration with the top OS X browsers - Safari, Camino, OmniWeb and FireFox (using the Flashgot plugin for FireFox).

With a simple yet elegant user interface, Leech was built from the ground up to be a great example of an OS X application.

In this weeks show, I take you through:

• Leech Features
• Installation and Configuration
• Using Leech to download files
• Creating and Using Leech Rules
• Using Leech History
• Camino and FireFox Integration

In addition, I also include details of a special ScreenCastsOnline discount code to get a 20% discount off the usual price of Leech, kindly supplied by Many Tricks, the sponsors of this weeks episode.

There is an additional discount available for users of other download managers who might want to purchase Leech. Just send proof of purchase of the other download manager to info@manytricks.com for futher information on obtaining the additional discount.

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Following on from several requests, this weeks show is all about preparing for MobileMe, the new .Mac replacement service due to be launched in early July 2008.

The show covers the basics of MobileMe and gives you some useful tips on how you can prepare for MobileMe if you're an existing .Mac user, or even if you're considering signing up for .Mac in advance of MobileMe. Topics cover:

• Not a .Mac User?
• .Mac Services Being Withdrawn
• Preparing for MobileMe
• Preparing for MobileMe Mail
• Preparing for MobileMe Calendar
• Preparing for MobileMe Contacts
• Preparing for MobileMe Web Gallery
• Preparing for MobileMe iDisk
• Other MobileMe Considerations
• Signing up for .Mac

Also included in this weeks show is an update to the Evernote service, recently feature on ScreenCastsOnline (SCO0151 and 152). Fresh out of closed beta, Evernote has now launched its premium services and some new changes to the services it provides.

Links:

Apples MobileMe Site
Evernote Site

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As we start to spend more and more time using Web based applications (or WebApps), the standard web browser is becoming more and more critical. The problem is that with the advent of tabbed browsing, individual WebApps become harder to manage and locate on your desktop. Add in the fact that a single bad website can sometimes crash your browser or make it unstable, you can end up losing all of your browser sessions in one fell swoop!

Fluid comes to the rescue!

Fluid is a Leopard only application that allows you to simply and easily create "Site Specific Browsers" or SSBs.

A "Site Specific Browser" is a completely separate desktop application just for one single WebApp. In effect, it turns the WebApp into a manageble service with a dedicated desktop application that's configured just for that WebApp. Each SSB you create will have its own Menu Bar, Dock Icon and runs completely independently from other SSBs or browser sessions. So now you can launch SSBs at login, switch to them using CMD TAB, basically treat it as a desktop application.

In addition to these features, Fluid also gives you the ability to convert your SSBs into MenuExtra SSBs which reside in your menubar and are accessible at the click of a mouse. If you'd like your SSB permanently displayed as your OS X Desktop, it even supports Embedded SSBs to allow you to do just that!

Along with window customisation, an extendible plugin architecture, support for GreaseKit based Userscripting and most importantly, supported by 1Password, Fluid is a simply must have application.

In this weeks show I cover:

• Installation
• Creating Simple SSBs (Examples: Gmail and Google Docs)
• Window Customisation
• Creating MenuExtra SSBs (Example: Using Hahlo for Twitter access)
• Installing Userscripts
• Creating Embedded SSBs (Example: Using Google Calendars as your OSX Desktop)
• Fluid Plugins
• Finding Fluid Icons via flickr
• Updating Fluid Icons to High Res versions

Fluid is completely free and available to download from www.fluidapp.com

LInks:
Flickr Fluid Icon Group
Fluid Icons From Chris Ivarson
Hahlo Userscript by YungSang

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Following on from last weeks Extra! members only show, this week is a free show and completes the tutorial on using Evernote - the cross platform and web based information management tool.

This week I finish off by looking at some additional features of Evernote including:

• Drag and Drop Support
• Using iSight Notes to catalogue and search your business cards
• Evernote Client Views
• Creating And Organising Tags
• Using Attributes
• Creating Saved Searches
• Accessing the Evernote Web Client
• Using Emails to Send Data to Evernote

I also include a really handy tip on using your iPhone to capture images and have them appear in Evernote as searchable items - very, very handy!

Evernote Invites? Share yours here or see if there are some spares!

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As from this weeks show, there are some changes to the free versions of the show.

• The free version of the show will be released a few days after the members versions of the show - I'll not be releasing the free version of the show (still every other week) until the following Monday. This will mean that Extra! members will still get each show on the Friday, but non-members will have to wait a couple of days to receive the show.

• Changes to the format of the free version of the show - As from this week, I'm going to change the available resolutions from 1280x720 overscan to 960x540 overscan plus iPod resolution for all future free versions of the show

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I think I may have found the answer to my perpetual quest for an efficient and effective way to keep all the bits of information I accumulate everyday. You know the problem - lots of bits of texts, web pages, ideas, thoughts, images, reminders, notes, etc,. So much "stuff" but nowhere sensible to store them so that I have access from any computer or any device.

And then as for thinking up ways to organise and label things so that you can find it again - nightmare!

This weeks show is all about Evernote - a personal information manager which seems to address all the requirements I have for my information store.

There's so much to cover, I've had to split this show into two parts, the second part will be released next week.

Evernote is many things!

• Firstly, at its core is a web based service that allows you to access your information via any industry standard web browser.
• Secondly, Evernote has local client applications for both the Mac and Windows that allow you to capture and store information locally and syncronise with the Evernote Web service.
• Thirdly, Evernote has mobile clients, plus an iPhone optimised web interface, so you can access all your information on the move.

Not only that, but Evernote includes some amazing character recognition technology so that any photos or digital images with text (even handwritten text) that you capture in Evernote, become searchable!! You really have to see it to appreciate it and of course this weeks show will show you!

Next weeks show will look at some additional features of Evernote including some pretty handy tips on using Evernote with your iPhone.

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We've all been there - You need to organise a meeting between a group of people and end up with an avalanche of emails from people who can make this day but not that. Or change their availability three times in a week. As for trying to arrange something across time zones with daylight savings time thrown into the mix - absolute nightmare.

Well recently I've been in just that position trying to schedule recording sessions for the Mac Roundtable! 10 very busy podcasters across 4 different time zones all trying to synchronise our activities and come up with a shared free slot to record.

In this age of Web 2.0, I thought there must be a service somewhere that could come to our rescue and sort out this complex organisational task.

So a quick bit of research and I found it! - ScheduleOnce

After using it for a day or so I was so impressed I thought I'd spread the word to help out ScreenCastsOnline viewers who are also tasked with sorting out meeting schedules. So I abandoned my plan for this week and did a show all about ScheduleOnce, especially as its completely free to use.

As a web based service its totally cross platform, you don't need to register and di