5 Tools to Turn Twitter Into a Diary

In a way, Twitter is already a kind of diary. All blogs could be considered journals of some type, including the micro blogging tool of a tweet. But there are enough differences that it could be helpful to find a tool that better uses the technology to that aim. Like a conversion app that turns tweets into diary entries.

There are actually multiple options for that kind of thing, each with a different function. Some of them make certain tweets completely private to anyone but you for a real diary feel. Others allow you to log details of your life in order to remain organized. Some are even effective for losing weight or cataloging meals.

Here are five great tools for turning your Twitter into a diary.

1. Twitario

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Linux Essentials: Sed (Stream Editor)

It's sometimes said that find, sed and awk are all you need when it comes to Linux command-line utilities. The last two are Turing complete, just like any other programming language. Having already covered grep, we move on to its stream-wrangling cousin, sed. Its purpose is filtering and transforming streams of text, which is a very loose and general concept in Linux. However, some of its functionality might not be all that obvious without reading the entire manual, but that's where this article jumps into the picture. Fire up your terminal and type along.

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MacFonts - Free Fonts Collection

Any good graphic, web or content designer know that a good font goes a long way. In fact, I would go so far as to say having the right typography can make or break a project. Just a tiny little switch in typeface may actually be what makes all the difference in the end result, and could offer you some more impressive options for your designs.

MacFonts gives you access to 40 different fonts that are entirely public domain - which means you can use them for any project, whether commercial or not.

{Related article for Linux users: "All about fonts on Linux"}

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Tools For WordPress Bloggers - Jetpack

Bring the power of the WordPress.com cloud to your WordPress.org site.

There seems to be no limit to the amount of tools for bloggers but Jetpack brings a lot of those tools together into one neat & powerful package.

What is Jetpack?

Jetpack is the plugin for self hosted WordPress sites to give those users the same awesome features that users of WordPress.com get with their sites - like social sharing, powerful stats and CDN access. It's maintained by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravitar and Polldaddy. Automattic serve more people per day that many other sites, they do that by trying to make the web better.

The best thing about Jetpack is that it's cloud enabled - it offloads the hard work from your own server to WordPress' super fast could network so you get everything that a self hosted WordPress site has but with all the power of WordPress.com's servers. The list of features keeps growing and as of writing currently Jetpack has 25 individual modules.

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MouseX for Mac - Mouse Tracker Review

Not all apps are meant to serve a big purpose. Some are just for fun, and this is one of those apps. MouseX is a cute little program that will track the distance you have 'traveled' using your mouse on your Mac.

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