I haven't used Twitter, but perhaps they limited to 140 because they reserved the last 20 characters for a "Twitter Tag Line" of some sort.
Also, re: SMS, you can *send* SMS messages easily by sending an e-mail to the person's phone [EMAIL PROTECTED], for instance, Verizon is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a bug monitoring program that I build into my websites so that anytime there is a critical error, it SMS's me at my vtext.com address. Here is a listing of the major providers. http://www.sms411.net/2006/07/how-to-send-email-to-phone.html As for sending SMS messages to your service, I believe you have to pay for those. You could alternatively use one of these solutions as an input method from the device to the server: . Mobile HTML page (basic html formatted for small devices) . E-mail Listener (using cfpop and so forth) . IM Listener (you can set up a CF Gateway Extension in CF7 or 8 that can listen to incoming IM messages. I know GoogleTalk and YIM already have interfaces in place. Not sure about MSN or AIM.) -Steve From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Auenson, II Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [houcfug] Re: Pownce / Twitter in CF? James, Good luck with the new endeavor! I know that SMS messages are limited to 160 characters. I can't speak to the reason for the specific number of 140, but i know a low number was chosen to force people to only write small amounts of data. One of the features I like with Twitter is the ability to send/receive tweets from my cell phone. They have a "short code" SMS number (40404) for this purpose... I looked it up, and those cost a lot of money. So I don't think you will be replicating the SMS functionality of the service, but everything else should be do-able! -- Ken On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 6:02 AM, James Husum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings, Well, I've decided to go ahead and work out something and see if it flies. I'm starting an open source CF microblogging tool which I'm going to call PingPong. I'll be blogging about it as I go - http://www.riahsoftware.com/fuseblog/index.cfm?fuseaction=fuseblog.BrowseCat egory <http://www.riahsoftware.com/fuseblog/index.cfm?fuseaction=fuseblog.BrowseCa tegory&Category=D%2EO%2EA%2EP%2E%20%2D%20PingPong> &Category=D%2EO%2EA%2EP%2E%20%2D%20PingPong One thing I'd like to do is put it in different framework - Fusebox, Mach-II, Model-Glue, ColdBox, etc. That way, no matter which one you are using you'd have a version of the app ready to go. Also, what's the magic number in 140 charcaters? Is that the most text you can send in a SMS message or something? Anyone have any other thoughts or ideas I'd should consider? On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Ken Auenson, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am still trying to figure out how Twitter plans to make any money... I don't complain when they are down, because they don't have ads and I just can't see how it is viable to host a service like that (unless they are selling our information, that is...) But I will second what is said below. A twitter like system could be setup fairly quickly and if you see a business need for it, then I would say go for it! -- Ken On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Steve Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm not familiar with Pownce, but from what I understand about Twitter is a very simple program. All you need is a user table, some type of authentication system and the ability to update "what am I doing?". A simple xref table can relate friends together. My guess is you could have a rudimentary system like this up in a day or two. From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Husum Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 9:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [houcfug] Pownce / Twitter in CF? Greetings, With the recent discussion on Social Networking an idea occurred to me - would it be viable to create something like Pownce or Twitter in CF? I don't really see it as a replacement of either of those services, more as something for internal use at a company or organization. I've worked at several places that block social networks but I can see where they might be of use to the company. So an internally hosted app that handles the same type of function that is available to members of that organization could help fill the need. So am I way off base here or would this be a worthy project to pursue? Maybe as an open source project? I could also see this as being a good project for a Flex or AIR client. -- James Husum The Quixote Project - one guy's quest to make the world a better place - http://www.thequixoteproject.org/ Brainsludge - all the shtuff running around my brain - http://www.brainsludge.com/ Know any writers? I need their input! - http://www.smotu.org/ Currently reading: The Grey King by Susan Cooper -- James Husum The Quixote Project - one guy's quest to make the world a better place - http://www.thequixoteproject.org/ Brainsludge - all the shtuff running around my brain - http://www.brainsludge.com/ Know any writers? I need their input! - http://www.smotu.org/ Currently reading: The Grey King by Susan Cooper<br --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
