Matt’s Journal

I have been reading Techcrunch and various Web2.0 blogs recently bemoaning the fact that Twitter has been down so much since it’s popularity sky-rocketed. You have Michael Arrington single-handedly charting their ups and downs, telling us how Twitter can change their ways to maximise their cluster computing from Amazon.

The problem is that people are building this service up on a pedestal, making its very existence essential for them to live their lives.

I happen to have Twitter, Gmail, MSN, Yahoo and my blog as other communication mediums. When certain services are down (there have been times I am unable to connect to Gtalk and I bet they have better server management than Twitter), I have just switched to another service.

I’m stuck for things to do this Sunday afternoon and have been bombarded on Twitter and Google Reader with anti-Twitter propaganda and wanted to sound off.

Just for the record, Friendfeed is a useless service and I have no idea why people are singing its praises so much.

Sorry for the lack of updates, it’s just pure laziness on my part. After coming back from my holiday, I have been holed up at work, tapping away like a monkey at my keyboard.

Updates are sparse on this occasion, Katie has a new job and is now working as a Regional Sales Manager in Basildon so watch out if you find yourself booking an appointment for anything pub/club/restaurant/etc related. Other than that, the wedding is now three months away and we are working furiously on getting the finalised photographer and all that guff.

I have signed up to Twitter. Pownce (which I signed up for first) as a service is very similar but the ability to see the Public Timelime was the killer function for me, people seeing your tweets and being able to reply to them meant Twitter just edged my interest. Pownce has an Adobe Air application that allows you to post and to update but Twitter again edges this feature set too. I have been using Digbsy, an instant messaging app that allows you to integrate Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook, Gtalk, MSN, AIM and of course Twitter. You get updates on your desktop with a nice looking, unobtrusive notification which has led me to bin my Firefox extensions for email and Pidgin for my instant messaging….it’s that good.

Ok, that’s enough rambing, I’ll be updating more now.