An old boss of mine took the time to drill into everyone’s head that he expected us to use the right tool for the job. He may have tools he preferred using, and he would often poke fun at tools he didn’t use, but he had respect for the tool that got a job done the most efficiently. I was thinking about this ethos when I logged into my Twitter account with the command line client, ttyttter. Don’t get me wrong, I love ttytter… but I’ve stopped using it.

Almost all of my twittering (which is mostly reading the people I follow, to be honest) is done on my iPhone. If I’m at work, and need a short break, I fire up the phone. Same when I’m at home, or on the bus, or whatever. Even when sitting in front of a computer that arguably more capable in every way, I still use my phone. It’s always handy, and most importantly, it remembers my place wherever I am. I don’t have to scroll back and try to figure out what I’ve just read, or get ahead of a joke or comment stream because I started at the wrong place. It’s nice to have it all on one device.

I’ve also found that this applies to Facebook. The only thing I use the full web app for anymore is blocking stupid applications, which is simply faster with a mouse. Other than that, Facebook for me is primarily a iPhone app.

What else do people find they prefer the phone version of?