I have been using Twitter lately a whole lot more than I had before, in part because I primarily did most of my social networking at Jaiku. However, I have been getting much more comfortable with using Twitter as my primary socnet but only using the service through the website when at the computer was not cutting it for me. I use Twitterrific on the iPhone and it’s excellent but needed to find a desktop client to manage the service. Enter TweetDeck, an Adobe Air desktop application.

TweetDeck

TweetDeck has quickly become my best friend when I want to “tweet” at my computer, be it at work or at home. It allows you to have different columns and have a quick snapshot of the most recent tweets by the people you follow, @replies to you and direct messages. It also allows you to create groups for your contacts, if you so desire, as well as uploading twitpics (pictures). It really is a winner in my book and very simple to use. I recommend it to anyone who uses Twitter and is looking for a desktop app to manage it effectively.

Beware: Twittering can be quite addictive

Today signifies a very historic day for this country. In just under two hours, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. It is a grand day and the excitement is palpable in the air. Even my 7 yr old  daughter woke up this morning and said “Barack Obama will be the President today, yay!”.

There is a lot of hope pinned on Barack Obama but we must also know that the road won’t be easy. It will take a lot of work and determination to dig ourselves out of the hole we’re in.

So I sit here with my coffee and my laptop and follow every minute of the inauguration festivities. There are many places to watch but I have chosen to watch via CNN/Facebook.

Hello there – welcome to my new home on the internet. I decided to register this domain and start my new blog here. My intention is for this to be the central hub of my internet life. I won’t limit myself to writing only about a particular subject or topic. What I want is for this place to be the avenue to express my thoughts, share things that are of interest to me, and…..well, you get the idea. So check back often, subscribe to the RSS feed, and thank you for reading.