When it comes to stuff that’s new and useful, having FriendFeed on tap 24/7 without a browser open is my new favorite, outside of HelloTxt, Twitter (itself), Qik and of course… Flickr. Me loves me some Flickr.

Oh, AlertThingy is what I’m referring to. I recently downloaded it, and within the first day - a shiny new version came out, auto-updated, thanks to AIR being awesome, and I can now Tweet from it. So, now that I’ve added my “with others” feed to FriendFeed as an imaginary friend, I can interact with Twitter and FriendFeed from one AIR app, instead of using Twhirl or somesuch.

Speaking of, Twhirl is great; but with SMS notifications on for what I have them turned on for, and m.twitter.com for my phone, I really don’t have a problem paying attention to Twitter “when needed”… I find that with Twirl, it turns Twitter more into … well… crack.

So, AlertThingy is slick, I keep it open all day, and just watch the feeds I have subscribed to roll on in. You can also tag a post as “Liked”, comment on it, search the timeline, and toggle the alerts, etc from the app. I dig it.