The Trouble with Twitterific

Mar 04

The Trouble with Twitterific

Posted in: Software by Damien Barrett Add comments

twitteriffic My first foray into Twitter was using Twitterific as a client. I hadn’t ever used the web interface and there weren’t that many other options when I started tweeting last year. As a Twitter client, I suppose it does its job, but I found it far too distracting to use on a regular basis. I actually stopped using Twitter entirely for several months because I found Twitterific so distracting to my focus. I’ve since gone to reading and updating Twitter via their web interface. Yes, I need to experiment with TweetDeck.

For what it’s worth, I have a similar issue with Growl and its interaction with some of my programs. I haven’t turned it off yet, but have tweaked its settings to be less intrusive.

On a related note, this is an excellent post from Chris Hedgate on using Spaces and Quicksilver to help him focus on tasks at hand not be distracted.