Linked List: May 1, 2009

Friday, 1 May 2009

Tweetie for Mac 

My thanks to Atebits for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote Tweetie for Mac, an excellent new Twitter client. Their ad in the RSS feed was tweet-sized (exactly 140 characters), and consisted mainly of this haiku by Tweetie developer Loren Brichter:

Gruber loves Tweetie
So do all of the cool kids
Give me your money

I’m not sure if there’s an award for best haiku in an advertisement, but if there is, this one gets my nomination. Tweetie for Mac really is a great Twitter client, and I encourage you to check it out. Use coupon code “DARINGFIREBALL” when purchasing a license and you’ll save 25 percent.

Rona Ad 

Clever ad in Quebec from hardware and home improvement retailer Rona: to promote their paint recycling programing, they recycled an ad from Apple. (Thanks to Michel Fortin.)

Blu-ray vs. FriendFeed vs. Kindle 

Walt Crawford on the difference between the popularity of Blu-ray, FriendFeed, and Kindle versus their perceived popularity. (Thanks to Joe Clark.)

Update: The site went down, but appears to be back.