Twitter user for Brin-L
I've created a Twitter user, KillerBs, associated with the list. For now, I'm planning to manually post a link when a new thread is created. Eventually, my plan is to automatically post an update for each posting to the list. I'd also like to create a moderated (because anybody can reply on Twitter) back-link, so that people can comment on Twitter and we'll get periodic postings back to the list. http://twitter.com/KillerBs When the backlink is working, you'd send a tweet that starts @KillerBs to reply to it. Although the Twitter web interface doesn't show it, the API actually shows which tweet a reply in in reply to, so there's a bit of threading available. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Twitter user for Brin-L
That's great Nick. Now do you want to say what you're going to do so that even *I* can understand what it is you're trying to accomplish? Is Twitter another IM program? What's the difference between twitter and tweet? And can one only twitter (or tweet) from a phone? What is an API? Amities, Jo Anne Still a Crone evens...@hevanet.com I've created a Twitter user, KillerBs, associated with the list. For now, I'm planning to manually post a link when a new thread is created. Eventually, my plan is to automatically post an update for each posting to the list. I'd also like to create a moderated (because anybody can reply on Twitter) back-link, so that people can comment on Twitter and we'll get periodic postings back to the list. http://twitter.com/KillerBs When the backlink is working, you'd send a tweet that starts @KillerBs to reply to it. Although the Twitter web interface doesn't show it, the API actually shows which tweet a reply in in reply to, so there's a bit of threading available. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Twitter user for Brin-L
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com wrote: That's great Nick. Now do you want to say what you're going to do so that even *I* can understand what it is you're trying to accomplish? Is Twitter another IM program? What's the difference between twitter and tweet? And can one only twitter (or tweet) from a phone? What is an API Sorry for the obfuscation. Go to twitter.com and you might figure out a bit more. Twitter is micro-blogging. Create an account and you can post messages up to 140 characters. Anybody can follow you messages and you can follow anybody else's (except for a very small percentage of Twitter users who choose to keep theirs private). It is optional to have the tweets -- the messages -- sent to you phone. You can set that for each person you follow. So... if you just want to keep an eye on Brin-L-related stuff on Twitter via the web, all you'd have to do is check this page periodically: http://twitter.com/KillerBs If you wanted them to go to your phone, you'd have to create a Twitter account, follow KillerBs, then set KillerBs to go to your phone. If you want to reply to the KillerBs posts on Twitter, you'd also have to have an account and start the post with @KillerBs. I'm not entirely sure anybody knows what Twitter is becoming, exactly, but it is essentially a way to exchange short messages. API = Application Programming Interface. Twitter has unusually open APIs, which makes it pretty easy to create new Twitter clients, analytical tools and so forth. It will make it pretty easy for me to link the mailing list to Twitter. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Twitter user for Brin-L
On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com wrote: That's great Nick. Now do you want to say what you're going to do so that even *I* can understand what it is you're trying to accomplish? Is Twitter another IM program? What's the difference between twitter and tweet? And can one only twitter (or tweet) from a phone? What is an API Sorry for the obfuscation. Go to twitter.com and you might figure out a bit more. Twitter is micro-blogging. Create an account and you can post messages up to 140 characters. Anybody can follow you messages and you can follow anybody else's (except for a very small percentage of Twitter users who choose to keep theirs private). It is optional to have the tweets -- the messages -- sent to you phone. You can set that for each person you follow. So... if you just want to keep an eye on Brin-L-related stuff on Twitter via the web, all you'd have to do is check this page periodically: http://twitter.com/KillerBs If you wanted them to go to your phone, you'd have to create a Twitter account, follow KillerBs, then set KillerBs to go to your phone. If you want to reply to the KillerBs posts on Twitter, you'd also have to have an account and start the post with @KillerBs. I'm not entirely sure anybody knows what Twitter is becoming, exactly, but it is essentially a way to exchange short messages. API = Application Programming Interface. Twitter has unusually open APIs, which makes it pretty easy to create new Twitter clients, analytical tools and so forth. It will make it pretty easy for me to link the mailing list to Twitter. Nick I've been getting brin-l via email on the iPhone, which lets me read actual posts while I'm mobile. (And, under limited circumstances, post while mobile, too, although it's difficult to format replies the way they really *should* be formatted, especially trimming quoted content!) is twittering better than that? (I've been able to successfully avoid using Twitter so far, because most of the social networking sites I use have custom apps for the iPhone. I've commented to at least one friend that that capability is a little frightening, but sometimes it's quite useful. :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Twitter user for Brin-L
Nick Arnett wrote: I've created a Twitter user, KillerBs, associated with the list. (...) I have no fidea of what is a Twitter. I guess it's a kind of robot, and, in my wish list, a robot that I would like to see is one that grabs the messages in Brin's blog and reposts here. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Twitter user for Brin-L
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: I've created a Twitter user, KillerBs, associated with the list. (...) I have no fidea of what is a Twitter. I guess it's a kind of robot, and, in my wish list, a robot that I would like to see is one that grabs the messages in Brin's blog and reposts here. Hmmm... That wouldn't be very hard to whip up, but I think I'd want to ask his permission, since that could easily be a copyright infringement otherwise. Anybody else want that? How about summaries, with links back to his blog? Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Twitter user for Brin-L
On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Nick Arnett wrote: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: I've created a Twitter user, KillerBs, associated with the list. (...) I have no fidea of what is a Twitter. I guess it's a kind of robot, and, in my wish list, a robot that I would like to see is one that grabs the messages in Brin's blog and reposts here. Hmmm... That wouldn't be very hard to whip up, but I think I'd want to ask his permission, since that could easily be a copyright infringement otherwise. Anybody else want that? How about summaries, with links back to his blog? Well, what comes through on the atom.xml feed for his blog is the whole post -- can you just grab that? It's already out there for the grabbing. It's out there on LiveJournal, for example. http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default or http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/atom.xml Just set up something to grab the feed and post it automatically. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
