sustaining word » twitter http://sustainingword.com inside andrew mercer's head Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:40:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 my favourite 10 iPhone apps http://sustainingword.com/my-favourite-10-iphone-apps/ http://sustainingword.com/my-favourite-10-iphone-apps/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:07:05 +0000 jazzmetalman http://sustainingword.com/?p=401 It’s a new year, and I thought that I would list down my 10 favourite iPhone apps from 2009 and going into 2010. To keep it to 10, I have excluded the twenty or so apps that form part of iPhone OS 3.1.2 – for the record I only have a an iPhone 3G bought [...]]]> It’s a new year, and I thought that I would list down my 10 favourite iPhone apps from 2009 and going into 2010. To keep it to 10, I have excluded the twenty or so apps that form part of iPhone OS 3.1.2 – for the record I only have a an iPhone 3G bought on the day of its release in Australia in July 2008.

In no particular oder, here they are:

  1. Tecarta NIV – even though the NIV is not my Bible of preference, this is a great app to use during messages/study with it’s integrated note taking facility, from which you can email to yourself or friends. Four stars.
  2. Drop7 – a really simple, addictive game that allows me quick breaks during the day. I don’t know what it says about me when I describe it as simple and addictive! Four stars.
  3. Tweetie 2 – for me the best app for Twitter – great display of timelines, DMs etc. It’s used all day. Five stars.
  4. Boxcar – push notifications for status updates from Twitter, Facebook etc. I use it for Twitter updates to see if I want to follow up in Tweetie 2. Four stars.
  5. Kindle for iPhone – great companion for the Kindle. See my post on my initial thoughts on the kindle. Four stars.
  6. Olive Tree Bible Reader – in my opinion, the BEST Bible app available. I have a number of versions, NKJV, ESV, HSCB and NLT, plus a heap of books (before I purchased the Kindle) – powerful searching, easy to use, good study tool when away from my laptop and home desktop. It has come in handy too many times to recount. Five stars.
  7. Sygic Mobile Maps – I don’t use GPS navigation that often, but when I need to, Sygic is excellent. Hardly any lag time; good text to speech; and an always improving interface and product. Four and a half stars.
  8. 1Password – 1Password is a great app on the Mac platform, and this is the companion app for the iPhone. Stores web passwords and other key information such as PINs. Can also be utilised to generate extremely strong passwords for additional protection on the web. Four and a half stars.
  9. Flight Control – a great game from a small Aussie developer. When you have a spare 5 to 15 minutes, the goal is to try and land planes on a series of different landing strips – an island, an aircradft carrier and outback Australia are three of the challenges. Great fun. Four and a half stars.
  10. Evernote – a really good use of cloud computing. Online storage of documents at no charge for a reasonable monthly upload limit. Great to have 24/7 access to important documents. Four stars.

Other notables that didn’t make the cut are the official Arsenal app, Word Press 2.0, Things and CricInfo. These missed out as they are not essential, but they are great apps regardless.

]]> http://sustainingword.com/my-favourite-10-iphone-apps/feed/ 0 posting to your wp blog from tweetie 2 http://sustainingword.com/posting-to-your-wp-blog-from-tweetie-2/ http://sustainingword.com/posting-to-your-wp-blog-from-tweetie-2/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:32:25 +0000 jazzmetalman http://sustainingword.com/?p=281 Mashable reports that WordPress has now a built-in integration that works with a Twitter api. Basically, if you use an iPhone Twitter client such as Tweetie 2, you can post a Tweet that will become a blog post – not bad if all you want is a short, succinct blog post of [...]]]> tweetiei2-smallMashable reports that WordPress has now a built-in integration that works with a Twitter api. Basically, if you use an iPhone Twitter client such as Tweetie 2, you can post a Tweet that will become a blog post – not bad if all you want is a short, succinct blog post of less than 140 characters.

The only problem that I haven’t sorted out is that it works with my wordpress.com hosted page, but not this particular blog that is built on WordPress 2.8. Hopefully this will be sorted out soon.

The Mashable article can be found here.

]]> http://sustainingword.com/posting-to-your-wp-blog-from-tweetie-2/feed/ 0 twitter 10 commandments http://sustainingword.com/twitter-10-commandments/ http://sustainingword.com/twitter-10-commandments/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:19:43 +0000 jazzmetalman http://sustainingword.com/?p=253 Found these whilst I was stumbling around the web. You may have already seen them, but they’re worth a laugh or two.

If God Texts the Ten Commandments – by Jamie Quatro (here is where I found them)

no1 b4 me. srsly dnt wrshp pix/idols no omg’s no wrk on w/end (sat 4 [...]]]> Found these whilst I was stumbling around the web. You may have already seen them, but they’re worth a laugh or two.

If God Texts the Ten Commandments – by Jamie Quatro (here is where I found them)

  1. no1 b4 me. srsly
  2. dnt wrshp pix/idols
  3. no omg’s
  4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now;sun l8r)
  5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool
  6. dnt kill ppl
  7. :-X only w/m8
  8. dnt steal
  9. dnt lie re:bf
  10. dnt ogle ur bf’s m8, or ox, or dnky. myob

m, pls rite on tabs & giv 2 ppl

ttyl, JHWH

ps. wwjd?

]]> http://sustainingword.com/twitter-10-commandments/feed/ 2 socialnomics http://sustainingword.com/socialnomics/ http://sustainingword.com/socialnomics/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:19:00 +0000 jazzmetalman http://sustainingword.com/?p=10 If you would prefer to watch it on For an old bloke like me, the ever expanding impact of Socialnomics is amazing. Baby Boomers and older Gen Xers may struggle to comprehend the logic behind the rapid growth and influence of Social Media sites/tools.

If you would prefer to watch it on YouTube, then you can do so.. Whether you’re in business, a leader of people, a Christian church or ministry, you need to embrace and adapt to this phenomenon.
Be amazed, be very amazed.
]]> http://sustainingword.com/socialnomics/feed/ 0 to tweet, or not to tweet, that is a question http://sustainingword.com/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet-that-is-a-question/ http://sustainingword.com/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet-that-is-a-question/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:18:00 +0000 jazzmetalman http://sustainingword.com/?p=9

I was thinking recently that Twitter seems to me a good tool for guys to share their thoughts as it is quick and easy. Facebook status updates come with so much clutter and other info about how people have scored in some game that is meaningless to me. I like Facebook for the [...]]]>

I was thinking recently that Twitter seems to me a good tool for guys to share their thoughts as it is quick and easy. Facebook status updates come with so much clutter and other info about how people have scored in some game that is meaningless to me. I like Facebook for the status updates, but let’s leave it at that.
So, what I want to know, is “Am I alone in this world in preferring Twitter to Facebook for the simplicity of the information sharing that it provides.
Your thoughts please.
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