Hi Everyone, I was taking a look at some python libraries for twitter, they are pretty easy to use so making a script for automatically posting won't be a hard task. Now, what do we want to post? package updates/uploads? what else?
For packages, is there a text file or something about the upgrades/updates so I can parse the data and tweet it? On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 1:13 PM, William Spooner <[email protected]>wrote: > Looking great Steffen, > > Suggestions; > Does blogger honour browser locale? I see a German version of the site, > which is fine except that I do not understand it! > Is there a way to get author information associated with the posts - I > presume that you wrote this, but cannot tell for sure. > The landing page could be made more useful, linking to project pages and > twitter feed. > Finally, is there a way to auto-push posts to twitter? > > I'd certainly like to post our recent DebianMed experiences; 1. installing > Ensembl on Ubuntu, and 2. updating the Ensembl version. > > Will > > > On 19 Apr 2011, at 16:50, Steffen Möller wrote: > > > Here it is: > > > > > http://debianmed.blogspot.com/2011/04/debian-med-individuals-expertize-and.html > > > > I have sent invitations to author on the blog to the common suspects on > > this list, just ping me if yours got lost and/or you just feel like > writing. > > > > Waiting for your all's guest posts. > > > > Steffen > > > > On 04/18/2011 05:10 PM, William Spooner wrote: > >> Could you register debianmed.blogspot.com? I would be happy to > guest-post on Ensembl. > >> > >> Will > >> > >> On 18 Apr 2011, at 14:32, Steffen Möller wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On 04/18/2011 02:51 PM, William Spooner wrote: > >>>> So Vanessa is coordinating @DebianMed twitter? I'll try to remember to > include @DebianMed if I post any relevant tweets. I think twitter works best > for conversational items rather than announcements (RSS feeds are much > better for the latter). > >>>> > >>>> Is there a DebainMed blog? > >>> :) I have http://tangiblecomputationalbiology.blogspot.com/ > >>> ... as a kind of an experiment with the medium and all in German > >>> ... can change that to English if there is some demand. > >>> > >>> Steffen > >>>> Will > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 14 Apr 2011, at 14:40, [email protected] wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I just setup twitter and identica accounts for Debian Med, later on > the day I'll add a nice avatar, and later on the week I'll look how to post > automatically and stuff. > >>>>> > >>>>> For those interested in following Debian Med twitter and identi.ca > >>>>> > >>>>> http://twitter.com/#!/DebianMed > >>>>> http://identi.ca/debianmed > >>>>> > >>>>> :) > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Andreas Tille <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm fully quoting this mail from Sebastian Hilbert in case you might > not > >>>>> have noticed this mail. If you currently feel not obliged to do some > >>>>> packaging or other technical work but want to help the Debian Med > >>>>> project somehow, please try to follow the example given by the GNUmed > >>>>> authors. > >>>>> > >>>>> My short summary of the mail below is: > >>>>> > >>>>> 1. Yes, it is worth the effort to use social media to advertise > >>>>> Debian Med > >>>>> 2. I personally do not really like to spend my time for this job > >>>>> because I think my time is better spent with coding and giving > >>>>> talks on conferences. > >>>>> > >>>>> But it is important anyway and perhaps you (the reader of this > >>>>> mailinglist) feel like this is a good chance to become involved. > >>>>> > >>>>> BTW, I added this item to our Wiki page > >>>>> > >>>>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMedTodo > >>>>> > >>>>> which also mentiones some other items what users or developers can > >>>>> do for Debian. > >>>>> > >>>>> Kind regards > >>>>> > >>>>> Andreas. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:47:21AM +0200, Sebastian Hilbert wrote: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I can give some feedback regarding social networks from the GNUmed > >>>>>> perspective. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I started out with blogging. > >>>>>> gnumed.blogspot.com > >>>>>> > >>>>>> From google stats it seems about 25 people read it per day. Those > might > >>>>>> include search engines. Sometimes someone comments on the blog posts > so it > >>>>>> must be at least some humans that read it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Blog posts are good for reports on new major releases, conferences > etc. It was > >>>>>> like this for some years. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There are two people who moved forward from commenting on the blog > to raising > >>>>>> their voice on the mailing list. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This might indicate that without a blog those people might not have > been made > >>>>>> aware of GNUmed. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The blog is syndicated at some low level sites so I guess most > people came via > >>>>>> search engine. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> About a year ago someone mentioned that it would be essential to > have all the > >>>>>> accounts (twitter, facebook etc.) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> So I went out and created an twitter and identi.ca account. I have > no clue how > >>>>>> many people read this. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On twitter GNUmed has I think 5 followers who seem to have > subscribed to what > >>>>>> we have to say. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> It took another year or so until someone answered on the tweets > which > >>>>>> indicates someone reads it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I assume that this person would not have found GNUmed without > twitter or > >>>>>> identi.ca. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I use twitter and identi.ca for release announcements ,calls for > help, bug > >>>>>> announcements etc. In short for short messages. Nothing automated > here. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Then facebook was all the hype. I created a page and basically > replicated the > >>>>>> content from blog and twitter > >>>>>> > >>>>>> So far 6 or 7 people subscribed to that page. I don't know how many > people > >>>>>> read this. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The point is. Speaking for the GNUmed project a small number of > people were > >>>>>> made aware of GNUmed because of Twitter ,Identi.ca, blog, and > facebook page. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The key is to realize that it can be helpful but it takes ressouces > to update > >>>>>> the content. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Another key factor seems to be networking. One need to use the > various options > >>>>>> to have people subscribe to feeds ot tweets and one need to > subscribe to other > >>>>>> feeds as well to appear as follower there. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Third point to realize is that these measures reach the technophile > crowd. The > >>>>>> computer guys and girls. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If you want to reach doctors who don't use facebook in their daily > life there > >>>>>> is little chance to catch them there. Same for scientists. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If you want to reach scientists who are not computer afficionados > you might > >>>>>> have little chance on facebook. Ask yourself. "Do I read facebook, > twitter , > >>>>>> blog etc. ?" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Social networks are (IMHO) not a must but are hip, cool and fairly > easy to > >>>>>> work with. So why not. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> To reach your target crowd speaking on conferences is (IMHO) more > effective. > >>>>>> Combining the two the "best of breed tactic" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Now head over to > >>>>>> > >>>>>> gnumed.blogspot.com > >>>>>> http://twitter.com/releasedude > >>>>>> http://identi.ca/releasedude > >>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/GNUmed-EMR/316812324929 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> and show some love. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best regards, > >>>>>> Sebastian > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > >>>>>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > >>>>>> Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> http://fam-tille.de > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > >>>>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > >>>>> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Ing. Vanessa Gutiérrez > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> William Spooner > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://www.eaglegenomics.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > >>> Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >>> > >> -- > >> William Spooner > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.eaglegenomics.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > > > -- > William Spooner > [email protected] > http://www.eaglegenomics.com > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- Ing. Vanessa Gutiérrez
