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Twimailer
43 years ago
A new service launched on the intertubes yesterday which is one of the most exciting twitter-related services I’ve seen in a long time.
If you’re left wanting more information about a new follower than what Twitter currently supplies in their basic ‘new follower’ notification e-mail then you might want to try Twimailer.
After registering your e-mail at Twimailer it will generate a random e-mail address for you which you just enter into your Twitter account settings as your default e-mail. Then it’s just a question of waiting for that all important new follower so you can see the beautified notification e-mail. It gives you as much information as you’ll need to know about this new follower, including their avatar, location, bio, their following/follower stats aswell as their latest 10 tweets. It’s is a great way to weed out the spammers without even having to leave your inbox. Twimailer is what the Twitter.com new follower e-mails should have looked like by default. Be sure to watch the video on their site for a full walkthrough.
You waiting for Me?
2Following the announcement of MobileMe at WWDC a couple of weeks ago I have been looking forward to the early July release so I could sign up with a brand new username and be able to sync my Macs and iPod touch over ‘the cloud’. When I bought my Mac Mini three years ago I tried out the 60-day trial of .Mac but didn’t use any of the services as I wasn’t keen on renewing with a price-tag of £69.
I was going to wait until the Apple Store were shipping before ordering MobileMe, but my friend Chris mentioned that he bought a discounted .Mac Family Pack on Amazon.com which I thought was a great idea. I had a look around and saw an eBay listing for the .Mac user and Family Packs cheaper than elsewhere. I bought .Mac (user) for £48 – a saving of £11 on the soon-to-be MobileMe price. The activation code was e-mailed to me 5 days after purchase due to the increased demand. I headed to the .Mac site late last week and was pleased to grab the name I wanted.
Usually I wouldn’t be too bothered about a saving of around £10 or £11, but at least registering before the upgrade takes place means I have the option of having mail sent to either @mac.com or @me.com. If you want to grab a discounted .Mac so you’re ready and waiting for the switchover then search eBay for ‘dotmac’ and there should be a few listed. Once MobileMe is officially launched then I’ll most likely use it as my main personal address as I’ll be able to access my mail far easier, especially on my iPod touch which never did seem too happy about dealing with my POP3/IMAP mail accounts.
So, here’s the big question…
If you are buying (or moving from .Mac) what features are you particularly looking forward to? One of the features I’m newly excited about since my switch back to Safari yesterday is being able to sync my bookmarks across my Macs and iPod touch. I’ve noticed some intermittent outages on .Mac over the 5 days I’ve had it, mostly with Mail. Since I’m not relying on the service yet then it’s not a problem and I guess this can only be expected during the run up to the MobileMe launch, then hopefully it will be a lot more stable.
Remember, there’ll be a 60-day free trial of MobileMe when it launches so you don’t have to commit right away if you are unsure whether it will suit your needs. I was thinking of signing up for the trial, but then I couldn’t really see why I won’t immediately love and embrace all the features right away since the guided tour has me positively salivating 
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