TweetDeck Tips

For all the Twitter users out their who use TweetDeck, I’ve created a list of  Here a couple of tips for using TweetDeck more effectively. I’ll add more as they’re discovered. I hope this helps. * Filter by Username – At the bottom of each column is a set of icons. Click the one that’s on the far left. A small area will appear with 2 dropdowns and a text box. Update the first dropdown so the ‘Username’ criteria is selected, the type the username  of your desired friend. * Filter by Keyword -  Just like the previous tip, Click the icon that’s on the far left. A small area will appear with 2 dropdowns and a text box. Update the first dropdown so the ‘Tweet Text’ criteria is selected, then update the second dropdown so the ‘-’ is selected, then type the word you want to filter by. If I wanted to not see any sports score the bottom of my column would read like ‘Tweet Text  -  score’ * Display a conversation – Often, there are times a person you follow is conversing with someone else, and you’re interested in the conversation. Here’s how you can see it.  I’m currently following @anthonyrstevens. in his tweet in the ‘All Friends’ column, he says “@fva something interesting”. click on @fva which will bring up her profile with all of her tweets on the right side of your window. To further narrow things down, use the Filter by Username trick you just learned to narrow the list of tweets.

Just Service

Today, I’m working from the Online Coffee Co. It’s a new coffeeshop for me, but it’s been here for a while. This morning, I had my favorite drink (Grande Decaf Mocha) and a cherry danish for breakfast. After doing some work and reading the Engadget live blog about Macworld 09, it was time to purchase another drink. I peruse the menu and decide upon a 12oz Decaf Drip Coffee. My decision for drip coffee is based mostly on the unlimited refills.  The baristas inform me that they don’t sell drip coffee as decaf, because not enough people buy it and it goes bad too quickly. I can sympathize with that. They offer to make me a 12oz Decaf Americano instead, which is different but close enough. I say ok. But then I ask “will I be able to get the refills on my decaf americano, since you don’t offer a decaf drip cofffee, and that’s really what I wanted”. The barista says “technically no, but I can ask the manager”.  I left it at that, as I still wanted the initial cup. As a consolation they only charged me the price of the drip coffee, while giving me the americano they offered.

• Drip Coffee (unlimited refills) $1.51
• Americano (no refills) $1.92

So dear reader, what would you have done:

1. Offered the americano, charged for the americano
2. Offered the americano, charged for the drip coffee and no refills
3. Offered the americano, charged for the drip coffee and allowed unlimited refills

Part of what concerns me, is that I would like to make this a regular venue. The outcome today could be a one time outcome since I wasn’t aware they didn’t have the decaf drip coffee. But now that I am aware, the rules are different. I can’t claim ignorance when I come in tomorrow, but they still don’t have the product I want, so I’ll likely have to get the substitute product at the higher price without refills. I’d love to hear your thoughts.