The image below is of the BlogHer ’12 App running on my iPad. Isn’t it pretty?
If you go to the App Store you will find the BlogHer ’12 Conference App available, for free naturally, and if you download it you will find it to be up and running, mostly.
Not too many people have added their attendee information as yet. But I did! Descriptions of the tracks seem to be up for the most part and the views that I tried all worked. You can view by track, time, speaker and the flexibiity seems to be very helpful for figuring out what you actually want to attend, focus on and such. You can highlight your interests, view your own schedule, send your contact info to others that want it, and there is room for notes.
The vendor/sponsor info wasn’t up or was slow to load when I played around with it, but if you are attending, having this application up and available well before the conference is a good thing.
I hope the map will show the Sheraton too as many BlogHer attendees will be staying there, not just at the Hilton. Some of us couldn’t get rooms at the Hilton for the days we wanted by the time we could reserve rooms.
I haven’t checked out Twitter and a few other things from the initial menu after you tap the navigation button on the landing page of the app, but everything looks good. All conferences should have such apps.
This Week's Featured App – Tweetcaster
I am a semi-regular tweeting type person. Much of this is because over the last year as I transitioned from laptop to tablet I have not been able to find an app for tweeting that worked, until last week. Well, I should clarify that last statement, that worked as promised. But that all changed when I found Tweetcaster. I am not going to bash other apps, but I will say that on my iPad, Hootsuit and TweetDeck apps that I have used satisfactorily, kept me from tweeting and using Twitter the way I like to use it, for research, reference, and info distribution, as well as keeping up with friends and industry trends.
I have been using Tweetcaster for a while and have decided to update to the paid/pro version. And DO NOT get me going on the supposed interchangeability of the words paid and pro. There is nothing pro about getting rid of ads on the apps you use. Paying for an app simply moves you from the freeloader to client columns. Being a pro means designing an app, not purchasing one. Grrrrrr. People can be so ignore-ant and if you lived in Tucson where I do you would never ignore ants because ants here bite and sting.
Anyway, back to the review. One of the major problems I have experienced with Twitter apps for the iPad is connectivity. I can’t imagine that I am the only one to experience this specific snafu. Tweetcaster stays connected for me. Tweets go through. Retweets go through, replies go through, retweets with comments go through, and I can create and manage lists and most advanced Twitter client functions users have come to expect from a good Twitter app.
I’m not going to go on and on about it, but I suggest that you try out the free app to see if you like the functionality Tweetcaster provides, and then move to the paid version if you want to get rid of ads; and the ads are really not that annoying.
It is also available for my Blackberry Torch. There are very few Twitter apps that I can use on tablet, desktop, and phone with the cross-platform considerations I must take into account. As a mobile app two out of three ain’t bad.
Oh, and how can I not love an app with a goofy, bug-eyed, little birdy caricature of the Twitter-Bird. Gotta love it.
Update, 6/18/2012: I downloaded the version for my Blackberry Torch and it seems to drain the battery in no time flat. I uninstalled it.