I’m a desktop background junkie.

I love collecting desktop backgrounds. Or wallpapers. Which ever you prefer to call them. One of my favorite places to go is InterfaceLIFT.

Not only do they have an incredibly varied selection of backgrounds, they have themes and icons as well. I suggest taking a look around.

Another thing I like to do is a Google search for desktop backgrounds along with whatever resolution I’m searching for, such as “1440×900.” That way you can hit the “Images” section and find whatever you need without actually visiting any websites.

You never know what you might find. I just discovered this render of New York by doing a search for new york +wallpaper +1440×900.

Twitter

Twitter is an awesome tool if you can figure out how it works best for you. I had an account for almost a year and I never used it because I found it too cumbersome to actually go to Twitter.com to stay current with who I was following, and post my own tweets.

The last few months I’ve become much more interested in it simply due to the existence of client desktop apps that you can run 24/7 and keeps you updated with all the latest tweets from your followers and allows you to tweet your own tweets. Tweet. Tweeeeet.

Ahem.

There are a number of these client apps, but the one I settled on is called Twhirl. It runs on the Adobe Air platform and works on Windows and Mac OS X. I wholly recommend giving it a whirl. Get it? Twhirl. Whirl.

Yes, I went there.

Another good Twitter client that I have tried out, but never continued using for reasons that have escaped me, is Destroy Twitter. It has a very slick UI and seems to be just as good, if not better than Twhirl.

I came across Twhirl first and I like sticking with what works, but go ahead and try out whatever you come across. The point is to get Twitter working for you, because it’s one of those things that works better and better the more people use it.

You can, of course, follow me on Twitter. Tweet you later!