Are you on twitter?
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@cammacrae
http://twitter.com/cammacrae
http://twitter.com/cammacrae
I'm NotoriousBRK ...
"... I'm starting to love using Twitter. There is something liberating about the constraints ..."
I've used twitter from Nov2006. Some of the constraints I don't like:
- how they handle urls [0]
- how they handle people who you like but talk to much [1]
The rest is pretty good. Not too much info, uptime ok (well when I use it) and api is simple & works ~ http://twitter.com/bootload
[0] I don't know a good solution but if google created their own shortcuts like tinyurl the web would be a better place.
[1] stacks of quick posts one after the other why not group them by person after a threshold of say 3?
I've used twitter from Nov2006. Some of the constraints I don't like:
- how they handle urls [0]
- how they handle people who you like but talk to much [1]
The rest is pretty good. Not too much info, uptime ok (well when I use it) and api is simple & works ~ http://twitter.com/bootload
[0] I don't know a good solution but if google created their own shortcuts like tinyurl the web would be a better place.
[1] stacks of quick posts one after the other why not group them by person after a threshold of say 3?
I agree.
They should get the shortest domain names possible. For tiny utls. For the web view. they should just have a single character as a link, like a #.
iv.an is available for 450 euro! Is u.rl available?
I'd like parallel streams, with people that update too much pushed to the sidelines.
They should get the shortest domain names possible. For tiny utls. For the web view. they should just have a single character as a link, like a #.
iv.an is available for 450 euro! Is u.rl available?
I'd like parallel streams, with people that update too much pushed to the sidelines.
You can just implement a client that does that. No need to wish, there's an api, it's use is encouraged, go hack!
http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/web/...
You're right. I actually have big plans to use the API. It'll be awesome.
Jaiku had [1] sorted. Replies would be displayed as a thread of comments under the original message.
Pownce has a good approach to [0] with its enclosures/attachements which can be files, events, etc as well as links.
Pownce has a good approach to [0] with its enclosures/attachements which can be files, events, etc as well as links.
I can see the reason for footnotes on a long post for meta information, but why do you use them in your little messages? Why not just explain what's in the footnote when you first mention it?
Not an attack, just a friendly question. I've noticed you do this fairly often.
I agree with [1] though; Robert Scoble is the worst offender, seconded closely by Guy Kawasaki. Bundling messages together would screw up the API and break things like twitterific, probably. I wonder if there's a better solution.
Not an attack, just a friendly question. I've noticed you do this fairly often.
I agree with [1] though; Robert Scoble is the worst offender, seconded closely by Guy Kawasaki. Bundling messages together would screw up the API and break things like twitterific, probably. I wonder if there's a better solution.
"... Why not just explain what's in the footnote when you first mention it? ..."
good point, I'll see what I can do.
"... I wonder if there's a better solution. ..."
friendfeed does the obvious thing that is it restricts view to the latest 3 by person so as to not clutter the page. Another idea I can think of would be allow you to select who you want to clamp.
"... Not an attack, just a friendly question. I've noticed you do this fairly often. ..."
to stop adding ellipses (that mess up the text especially if there is a lot of them) allowing you to read. This is especially for links or side notes that relate to the main text but is added interest. Also I use hackernews as a scribble ( http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/sets/72157600280904949/ ) for later posts on flickr
"... Bundling messages together would screw up the API and break things like twitterific ..."
No just the display, not the data itself. Just grab the latest submission. If more submissions occur in "N" minutes time frame just display the latest 3, have a click & fetch more if required. It shouldn't break app using the api doing this. Friendfeed does this well.
good point, I'll see what I can do.
"... I wonder if there's a better solution. ..."
friendfeed does the obvious thing that is it restricts view to the latest 3 by person so as to not clutter the page. Another idea I can think of would be allow you to select who you want to clamp.
"... Not an attack, just a friendly question. I've noticed you do this fairly often. ..."
to stop adding ellipses (that mess up the text especially if there is a lot of them) allowing you to read. This is especially for links or side notes that relate to the main text but is added interest. Also I use hackernews as a scribble ( http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/sets/72157600280904949/ ) for later posts on flickr
"... Bundling messages together would screw up the API and break things like twitterific ..."
No just the display, not the data itself. Just grab the latest submission. If more submissions occur in "N" minutes time frame just display the latest 3, have a click & fetch more if required. It shouldn't break app using the api doing this. Friendfeed does this well.
Peronally I've gotten a lot more utility out of Friendfeed so far.
Twitter is neat though -- I'm building a site that will scrape replies to a Twitter user called @rating and put them in a database of ratings. The reply just has to look like this:
@rating 5 "Thing Being Rated" Mini-review goes here.
I'll post it when the battle of Rails deployment is over.
I'm 'jraines' on Twitter and Friendfeed.
Twitter is neat though -- I'm building a site that will scrape replies to a Twitter user called @rating and put them in a database of ratings. The reply just has to look like this:
@rating 5 "Thing Being Rated" Mini-review goes here.
I'll post it when the battle of Rails deployment is over.
I'm 'jraines' on Twitter and Friendfeed.
I'm @avinashv. Most of my friends tend to use more traditional IM or vanilla email, so I don't use the thing at all.
im obviously partial to http://www.groovr.com but i generally prefer sending and receiving photos, especially form mobile.
other then that, i still use twitter from time to time.
other then that, i still use twitter from time to time.
I'm @rosshill
http://twitter.com/rosshill
http://twitter.com/rosshill
I don't get it. There is no real need for it. I also don't see how you could easily monetize it.
It's description and the inane posts I originally read made me think the same thing!
But, after much use it's a great piece of technology. It allows you to survey a crowd, use it for emergency purposes (San Diego Fire Dept did just this), learn about what your friends are reading/sharing, where they are going for the evening, how they feel, etc...
But, after much use it's a great piece of technology. It allows you to survey a crowd, use it for emergency purposes (San Diego Fire Dept did just this), learn about what your friends are reading/sharing, where they are going for the evening, how they feel, etc...
It gets interesting when they start offering commercial services around it. What a great platform for project teams, or even disaster notifications (civil services), etc. It would be great for emergency services to coordinate their activities. However, that is assuming that it can handle the volume without going down!
http://twitter.com/npost
http://twitter.com/npost
http://twitter.com/pkaler
But I use Jaiku a whole lot more. Seems to be more of a Vancouver area tech phenomena though. http://pkaler.jaiku.com
But I use Jaiku a whole lot more. Seems to be more of a Vancouver area tech phenomena though. http://pkaler.jaiku.com
I'm digging Twitter too. Here's me: http://twitter.com/webwright
If you care about marketing, learn to use Twitter Track (google it).
I get an SMS every time ANYONE mentions RescueTime on Twitter (friend or no). It's slightly creepy when I immedietely pounce on them and thank them. ;-)
If you care about marketing, learn to use Twitter Track (google it).
I get an SMS every time ANYONE mentions RescueTime on Twitter (friend or no). It's slightly creepy when I immedietely pounce on them and thank them. ;-)
http://twitter.com/codergnome
I don't update a whole lot.
I don't update a whole lot.
I only use Twitter to integrate with beanstalkapps.com - this way my clients can see my SVN commits in real-time (since I'm cheap and don't pay for them to have an account to the beanstalkapps.com backend).
Yeah, @dcurtis. Recently, I've become addicted.
http://twitter.com/danielha
holler @ me.
Also subscribe to the RSS of your company name (or keyword of choice) at http://terraminds.com/twitter. My favorite Kirigins have Tipjoy on that badboy.
holler @ me.
Also subscribe to the RSS of your company name (or keyword of choice) at http://terraminds.com/twitter. My favorite Kirigins have Tipjoy on that badboy.
Hell yah. Terraminds twitter search is actually pretty useful. Searching for your company name is particularly valuable. Go tip 'em.
Astounding that that's not an actual twitter feature.
http://twitter.com/iamdanw
Who's on tumblr? I'm http://tumblr.iamdanw.com on there
Who's on tumblr? I'm http://tumblr.iamdanw.com on there
http://twitter.com/iseff
And, on tumblr, http://featureorbug.com (recently became a Tumblr staff pick!).
And, on tumblr, http://featureorbug.com (recently became a Tumblr staff pick!).
http://twitter.com/hackerblinks
Tumblr: http://adam.blinkinblogs.net/
(And, on Pownce: http://pownce.com/hackerblinks/)
(Does this mean I win teh Internets? I have social networking fever. (And the only cure is more cowbell.))
(Need caffeine.)
Tumblr: http://adam.blinkinblogs.net/
(And, on Pownce: http://pownce.com/hackerblinks/)
(Does this mean I win teh Internets? I have social networking fever. (And the only cure is more cowbell.))
(Need caffeine.)
twitter @avinashv
http://avinashv.tumblr.com is Tumblr
http://twitter.com/hasanv
Started using it recently, still haven't worked out what it's really about.
Started using it recently, still haven't worked out what it's really about.
twitter.com/timothyandrew
Twitter is amazing.
Twitter is amazing.
Hello I am @stejules and wanna have more friends!
;D
;D
Twitter has been great for our startup. It's true what they say, news travels fast on there. I'm here:
http://twitter.com/hooande
http://twitter.com/hooande
It's an amazingly fast way to spread info.I'd recommend it to all you start-up guys if you're not on it already. I'm twitter.com/lukebrdn
http://twitter.com/yansarazin
Just started using it more often.
Just started using it more often.
Wow a lot of twitter guys here. I wished you could
a) Import an opml file with Twitter accounts.
b) Create groups of Twitter friends you can message like @group1
If someone knows of any webapp that implements a) please let me know :D
I'm putting all the twitter accounts so far together here: http://twitter.com/tipjoy http://twitter.com/danielha http://twitter.com/iamdanw http://twitter.com/codergnome http://twitter.com/jraines http://twitter.com/yansarazin http://twitter.com/lukebrdn http://twitter.com/darreld http://twitter.com/hooande http://twitter.com/nkohari http://twitter.com/timothyandrew http://twitter.com/hasanv http://twitter.com/dcurtis http://twitter.com/webwright http://twitter.com/pkaler http://twitter.com/npost http://twitter.com/rosshill http://twitter.com/avinashv http://twitter.com/bootload http://twitter.com/stejules
And I'll add mine: http://twitter.com/abarrera
If someone knows of any webapp that implements a) please let me know :D
I'm putting all the twitter accounts so far together here: http://twitter.com/tipjoy http://twitter.com/danielha http://twitter.com/iamdanw http://twitter.com/codergnome http://twitter.com/jraines http://twitter.com/yansarazin http://twitter.com/lukebrdn http://twitter.com/darreld http://twitter.com/hooande http://twitter.com/nkohari http://twitter.com/timothyandrew http://twitter.com/hasanv http://twitter.com/dcurtis http://twitter.com/webwright http://twitter.com/pkaler http://twitter.com/npost http://twitter.com/rosshill http://twitter.com/avinashv http://twitter.com/bootload http://twitter.com/stejules
And I'll add mine: http://twitter.com/abarrera
Chris Brogan tried the group idea with "Twitter Packs"... he implemented it quickly and dirtily using a Wiki though, so editing it runs into some obvious pitfalls (e.g., contention when a page is edited by more than one person)...
http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/
I toyed with the idea of implementing it as an actual standalone service without the wiki... but I have too many other "side projects" right now! :)
Here's my twitter account: http://twitter.com/mdesjardins
http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/
I toyed with the idea of implementing it as an actual standalone service without the wiki... but I have too many other "side projects" right now! :)
Here's my twitter account: http://twitter.com/mdesjardins
I am on twitter. feel free to add me http://twitter.com/jeffisageek
@jfoutz
http://twitter.com/jfoutz
just started using it last week.
just started using it last week.
http://twitter.com/engtech -- bitching and moaning
http://twitter.com/et -- link dump
http://twitter.com/et -- link dump
For tumblr I am
http://engtech.tumblr.com -- lifestream, kinda messy
http://rubeh.tumblr.com -- ruby/rails links
http://engtech.tumblr.com -- lifestream, kinda messy
http://rubeh.tumblr.com -- ruby/rails links
http://twitter.com/joshwa
Though I think that their potential as messaging glue has yet to be realized-- payloads would be a start, as Winer has suggested, incorporating Yahoo Pipes, Twitterfeed, etc, and make twitter the social messaging bus for the entire web.
My hypothesis is that Obvious is working on this stuff (since it's so, well, ovbious!), but isn't ready to release it until they get their infrastructure stuff sorted out, sign up partners, etc.
Though I think that their potential as messaging glue has yet to be realized-- payloads would be a start, as Winer has suggested, incorporating Yahoo Pipes, Twitterfeed, etc, and make twitter the social messaging bus for the entire web.
My hypothesis is that Obvious is working on this stuff (since it's so, well, ovbious!), but isn't ready to release it until they get their infrastructure stuff sorted out, sign up partners, etc.
Twitter is pretty darn cool, especially if you use it to keep friends and collealleagues up to date with what's going on in your world. It cracks me up to hear people ask "how can I monetize this?" If you have something of value to offer it will monetize itself. Nobody truly enjoys being "sold." If nothing you do is of any value, attempts to monetize are just wasted effort.
I'm @mistone
http://twitter.com/mistone
no massive posting activity but not stale
http://twitter.com/mistone
no massive posting activity but not stale
I'm @tipjoy
http://twitter.com/tipjoy