Comments on: The best of 2008 as told by me

By: Mandy Brown on feeding/reading by Colin Devroe

Mandy Brown on feeding/reading by Colin Devroe — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:34:07 +0000

[...] subscribe to. Every post is excellent. Her blog will, more than likely, make my Best of 2009 ((See my Best of 2008 list.)) [...]

By: Colin Devroe » Blog Archive » Regarding blog comments, again

Colin Devroe » Blog Archive » Regarding blog comments, again — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:26:03 +0000

[...] Fireball, one of my favorite Weblogs of all time, which made my Best of 2008 list, and is run by my friend John Gruber, also leaves comments off. John, who recently linked to Alex [...]

By: NPR’s Fresh Air from WHYY with Terry Gross by Colin Devroe

NPR’s Fresh Air from WHYY with Terry Gross by Colin Devroe — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:39:53 +0000

[...] not sure how I managed to forget Fresh Air, my favorite audio podcast over the last few years, in my Best of 2008 list – but I’m mentioning it now – and I will be sure to add it to my Best of 2009 [...]

By: Fluid 0.9.5 released by Colin Devroe

Fluid 0.9.5 released by Colin Devroe — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:54 +0000

[...] the site-specific browser that I use for things like Google Reader, Brightkite, Gmail, and also named one of The Best of 2008 on this site, has been updated to version [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:11:54 +0000

Thanks for the shout-out.

By: Jane Quigley

Jane Quigley — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:26:01 +0000

I love and agree with all of your picks (and actually feel the same way about Brightkite – why do I not count that as my Twitter app?), and many of my favorite posts of 2008 came from the blogs mentioned on this list. And while I also try all of the new iPhone Twitter apps (lately it’s Tweetsville), I always come back to Hahlo. It just can’t be matched.

One caveat – I’d pick Adium over iChat. That duck is my one-stop multi-chat client.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:45:12 +0000

Dean Robinson: I’ve actually given most of the iPhone applications, and web applications, a fair trial. I don’t pick Hahlo simply because I’ve become most comfortable with it. I picked it because it is indeed the best. Thanks for all of your hard work developing it and keeping it up and running so well.

By: Dean Robinson

Dean Robinson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:39:08 +0000

Thanks for mentioning Hahlo, nice to know that its still some peoples weapon of choice despite the fact that the “iphone twitter” market has been somewhat flooded with so many native apps in recent times.

By: Colin Devroe

Colin Devroe — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:26:41 +0000

Chris Messina: I was hot for FriendFeed early on. I still like a few things they are doing. But I’m just not sure where they fit yet, as I don’t “use” the service very often. Also, Brightkite is probably my most-used site this year for updating Twitter. And yet, it didn’t make the list either.

Hmmm.

By: Chris Messina

Chris Messina — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:12:36 +0000

Yeah, I’d second those.

But I think FriendFeed deserves a mention for something.

By: Chris Fehnel

Chris Fehnel — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:21:35 +0000

Good list. I’ll agree with almost all of them. Didn’t get to try either of the iPhone apps, I’ll get right on both.

By: Chris Coleman

Chris Coleman — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:57:59 +0000

Good list. I’ll tell you what’s ridiculous though: The fact that Apple does not have a full-size wireless keyboard. I would have bought it long ago. I finally broke down and got a regular Apple wired keyboard this year. It’s a fantastic keyboard, and I’m glad they finally got that keyboard onto the MacBook Pro.

Also Coda = Like a party on my screen and everybody’s invited.