Or .. Finally they reported on the issue I care about .. but why does it still stink?

The following works for radio, TV and written formats.

There are two kinds of people who hear the news story. Those that will read the whole thing, and those that will only read the headline and maybe the first paragraph. It’s roughly the same for audio, some listeners will listen avidly, some will tune out after a few seconds.

Rule Number 1 : The bias in the headline matters.
If you’re reporting something that you don’t support, be careful to slant the headline in a non-committal or dismissive way. Add words like “claimed” or “supposed” to discredit the news you don’t like.

Rule Number 2 : The first sound / text chunk matters almost as much as the headline. So start this section with the viewpoint that you support. A quote from the government spokesperson will tend to do fine here if you’re...

Just in case you’ve read one of the many out of date “how to” guides, and you’re still scratching your head.

HOW TO get Python 3 on a Windows machine ready to start coding with GTK (and a whole bunch of other stuff if you need it).

You will need!

Eclipse IDE either 32 or 64 bit, doesn’t matter. Standard version will do fine.

Python3 32 bit version only folks. At time of writing, it’s 3.4.1

PyGObject (Win32) Which is where GTK is lurking.

Install Python.

Install Eclipse.

In Eclipse, go to “Help > Install New Software”

Where it says “Work with”, type http://pydev.org/updates and hit enter. You should find PyDev in the list below. Tick it and install it.

Now go to “Window > Preferences”, and find “PyDev” in the list. In there, look for “Interpreters > Python Interpreter”. Click “New” and tell it where you just installed your Python.exe.

Eclipse is now ready.

Now run the PyGObject...

It began back when Twitter imposed limits on 3rd party software back in 2012. It’s taken a while but look where we are now…

You can either use Tweetdeck (see massive security breach just a week ago to see how wise / popular that is for an idea), or the twitter webpage.

If you’re running Windows 7? Forget it. The most popular clients have already reached maximum user limits. What you’re left with are people touting sobee’s as an alternative.

No. Just no. If you’re following a fair number of accounts you need a STREAMING client. So let’s just bin all the “Updates every five minutes” options. Useless.

Also if you’re following a lot of accounts (and want to actually read some of it), you need filters. Most of the suggested alternatives don’t have filters.

Take a look at review sites suggesting the best Windows twitter clients in 2014? Windows 8 only and they cost money. Or Tweetdeck.

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