One of the programs I use quite a bit is Tweetdeck, a very good Twitter client. Recently while at the UnLab, I noticed someone use Tweetdeck and every time a tweet came in concerning the UnLab, Tweetdeck on their laptop would beep.  I had forgotten that Tweetdeck has a notify option. When I first installed the software the default option beeps and displays a notify message for every tweet that came in. I found this behaviour very annoying so I turned it off.

In the end I reviewed what options Tweetdeck had and setup my options to beep on direct message or mentions of my name. In this way if a tweet come in that I should look at right away the system will let me know.

Why am I blogging this? It shows that sometimes even if you have used a piece of software for a while, go back and review the use of that program to be sure you are using it the best way that works for you.

In this age of cloud computing software makers are pushing out changes in response to user requests faster and faster.  It’s worth the time to look at the upgrade notes that come with these releases.