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RSS to Twitter using PHP 5 now on GitHub
The PHP5 script that I use to send my mobile photos to Twitter that was bounced back and forth a few times back in December has now been officially moved to GitHub.
After searching on GitHub for scripts that did the same thing I didn’t come up with much. Hopefully this both fills that void and [...]
These are a few of my favorite things
I have different reasons for saving favorites on each service that I use. I figured I’d take some time to explain the reasons by listing out the services on which I save favorites and why. Also of note is that these reasons happened naturally and were not the result of me trying to think of [...]
Posted in Notes Also tagged facebook, favorites, flickr, google-reader, instapaper, tumblr, viddler 1 Comment
Not anymore Henry
Interesting comparison between the knowledge of science and the knowledge of man by the always quotable Henry David Thoreau:
“Science does not embody all that men know, only what is for men of science. The woodman tells me how he caught trout in a box trap, how he made his trough for maple sap of pine [...]
Kyle Slattery on geocoding his vacation
Kyle Slattery pulls a bit of a yarn about the current state of geocoding in his world as he experienced it on a recent trip to Chicago. Kyle and I are nearly always on the same page and with this particular subject it isn’t any different.
The good bits are in woven into the fabric of [...]
Random 60: Are you geocoded?
Turn up your speakers for this one folks. My friend Eric Brophy and I (more him than me) have a chat about geocoding, mashups, Twitter, and the potential for other geocoded things to pop up in the future.
You can pretty much expect First initial, last name to be 85% geo in 2010.
No question this time [...]
Posted in Videos Also tagged eric brophy, geocoding, google-maps, Jermyn, mashup, pennsylvania, r60, random 60, traffic 1 Comment
Now with 100% more Twitter.
In addition to the support for Realtime RSS that I’ve added recently I’ve also now created a Twitter account for First initial, last name. Although the username @cdevroecom is rather disappointing I could not figure out any combination of First initial, last name that was available so we’ll all just have to live with it.
Every [...]
GeoAPI now a service by Twitter
As you’ve probably read Twitter has acquired Mixer Labs who runs GeoAPI, an API for all things location, and plans to integrate that API and its team directly into Twitter’s offerings.
Brady Forrest for O’Reilly Radar on the possible implications of this acquisition:
“Second, does this herald Twitter’s moves into being a location provider? At Sarver’s previous [...]
What Brightkite could be. What Brightkite should be.
The line between what Brightkite offers and what Twitter offers their respective communities is arguably very thin. Both offer fantastic microblogging features including updates and notifications via SMS, the Web, and APIs.
Until somewhat recently, however, only Brightkite offered another layer ontop of these features that really separated it from Twitter without question. Geolocation.
Brightkite users can [...]
Posted in Notes Also tagged brightkite, business, geocoded, geolocation, microblogging, places Leave a comment
The Twitter blog takes one step forward and two steps back
The Twitter blog has a brand new design and it looks pretty slick. However, it no longer shows trackbacks and/or comments for each blog post effectively losing a few years worth of data. Boo.
Tumblr’s Twitter API
Hot on the heels of Wordpress’ Twitter API Tumblr has announced their own Twitter-like API for reading and writing to Tumblogs.
I love that they came right out and said that they were inspired by Wordpress’ move.
Wordpress’ Twitter API
Wordpress.com, to be specific, now has an API that mirrors the Twitter API. This effectively allows any Twitter client, such as Tweetie or Hahlo, to read and write to Wordpress.com powered blogs only by changing their API endpoint.
Hopefully this feature will be available via a plugin sometime in the near future?
/via Tony Schneider.
RSS to Twitter using PHP
Update January 19, 2010: This script is now available on GitHub. Go forth and fork.
Today I noticed that my now ancient PHP script to update Twitter automatically using PHP/cron needed to be updated. It turns out that Twitter stopped recognizing URLs with ? in them as clickable links. Here is an example tweet where you’ll [...]
Twitter theme designer
The folks at Colour Lovers (we’ll excuse the U for now) have put together a really great Twitter theme designer that somehow saves directly back into your Twitter profile. I didn’t realize this was possible so perhaps they have a “deal” with Twitter? Perhaps Twitter should simply buy the app?
/via Evan Williams on Twitter.
Twitter’s URL shortening technique makes copy/paste difficult
Twitter, by default, uses Bit.ly to shorten URLs for use with SMS, the API, etc. But on its Web site Twitter shows you the original URL (or at least part of it) so that people know where they’ll be going if they click on the link. Or, at least that is why I think they [...]
More microsyntax for Twitter from Chris Messina
Chris Messina, founding father of the the ever-popular (and sometimes not) Hashtag, has proposed a few more syntax specific ways of doing things on Twitter. Chris is suggesting that we use /via instead of (via @cdevroe), /by for quote credits, and /cc for carbon-copying messages to specific people on Twitter.
Chris gives good examples for each [...]
Follow me on Twitter
I joined Twitter in November 2006. Since then I’ve written about Twitter quite a bit and I’ve tweeted over 13,000 times. Wow. That must mean this thing is going to stick with me. So, if you feel like it (and aren’t already) – consider following me on Twitter.
Inspired by Justin Blanton’s eloquent plea.
Switching from Tweetie for Mac to Echofon