My love affair with Tweetdeck

Yes, I know you all think that @ericpickled is the love of my life, he does play a very heavy part in it but my true Twitterlove has to be Tweetdeck.

When I started tweeting in December 2009, like many others I suspect,  I didnt really "get" it..  I 'm not one for reading instruction manuals and always work things out for myself so didnt research it at all. More fool me but at least it cut down my tweeting - for a while anyway ; )  Slowly I discovered features like "mentions" and "DM's" Direct messages.. also the Retweet section where I could see if I had a tweet RTd.  All of that took ages though and I found it a chore to reply to people, often having forgotten what tweet of mine they were responding to.

Then, one fine day, a friend installed Tweetdeck for me.  I must say, I was unimpressed.. she jokingly told me it would change my life, she was right!  Suddenly I could easily join in conversations, see mentions, DMs and all friends tweets at the same time. I could add columns to see everything my favourite tweeps had to say and see what they were saying to each other, nosey cow that I am ; )   I can reply to a person hashtagging and the tag appears automatically, saves typing it out again. I could go on.. and in fact I will : )

I have started making pages with more info about how to use Tweetdeck, as they are finished I will link them up to this blogpost. It is quite a big topic so bear with me!  : )

Pussy Galore...

Introducing the new love in my life..

Small, sweet, smelly.. a real little character and has become so attached to me that I am seriously thinking of calling him "The Growth".. a name that hasnt been in use since my middle child was a baby..

Being as "The Growth" isnt really an ideal name for a cat  I have been asking Twitter to help me name him.. Here are the idea so far, Ive highlighted my faves.. this is really hard!




Stanley, Eric, Bowie, Pickles, Hector Bushbush, Biscuit Mc Gingin, Spike, Loki, Steve, Greggs, Edward, Slaine, Boris Johnson, Ed, Black Forest (that suggestion may not be for this pussy methinks),Keiffer, Minski, Elwood, Guissie, Chaplain, Cornish (from Eric, says it all really, the man is obsessed), Fido, Humperdink, Jeremiah, Fang, Thor the Destroyer, Cushy, Snowball, Joker, Gunnery Sargent Hartmann , Hand Job. Trevor, Minister, Fluffy, Mogwen, Blue, Elvis, Pepper, Fireman Sam, Rufus, David Bowie, Cobweb, Neill  (Ahem) , Loki the Trickster, KoStar, Hector, Splott, Crunchie, Rasputin, Caboodle, Kayfor, Seafor.


You can either tweet me or write in the comments if you have any to add : )


**** UPDATE - WE NAMED HIM PICKLES ****
(mostly owing to the fact that he is usually to be found trying to eat my food or crawl into my top...)