Re: [twitter-dev] user stream best practices

2010-12-18 Thread Isaiah Carew
that each developer must find, analyze and implement. It's difficult. We're not doing so well. In order to make bug-free clients we need Twitter to make the schema the same, or (if that sausage is too expensive) document how they differ. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Dec

Re: [twitter-dev] user stream best practices

2010-12-14 Thread Isaiah Carew
don't have to answer, I'm just mouthing off. I'll get back to work writing a track-term to nspredicate converter. ;-) isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Dec 13, 2010, at 9:30 AM, John Kalucki wrote: > Roughly: > If the tweet is from a following, place it in the home timelin

[twitter-dev] user stream best practices

2010-12-10 Thread isaiah
atuses returned as a specific track parameter from those returned for other reasons? 2. Is there some other way to skin this cat that I'm missing? Thanks, Isaiah -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twit

[twitter-dev] Re: Why is Basic Auth still enabled on some sources?

2010-09-13 Thread isaiah
The bonus is that it's a way to still use plain old curl for testing. Awesome! On Sep 13, 9:21 am, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > They must have known that this was going to be discovered. We're > developers. We like building, testing, and breaking stuff. > > Unequal applications of the rules. Happen

Re: [twitter-dev] YFrog/ImageShack and "invalid username or verification url" error

2010-07-26 Thread Isaiah Carew
pport using both my own OBJ-C and on the iPhone using Aral's X-Auth libs on GitHub. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Isaiah Carew wrote: > > Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I've been getting this same response > from yFrog -- but all of the

Re: [twitter-dev] YFrog/ImageShack and "invalid username or verification url" error

2010-07-26 Thread Isaiah Carew
Did you ever get to the bottom of this? I've been getting this same response from yFrog -- but all of the other oAuth Echo supporting services seem to be working just fine. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jul 20, 2010, at 4:21 PM, DWF wrote: > Anyone else seeing this? &g

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: xauth token exchange failing

2010-07-19 Thread Isaiah Carew
OK, good to know. Just want to make sure it's not just me. Misery loves company, I guess. :-P isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jul 19, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Tim Davies wrote: > Im getting the same isalah. Twitter are aware of the issue. its during > handshake for creating new

Re: [twitter-dev] xauth token exchange failing

2010-07-19 Thread Isaiah Carew
The status page at: dev.twitter.com/status says things are all go -- but I'm still getting 500s during token exchange. Any updates? isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Taylor Singletary wrote: > Hi Isaiah, > > This is related to the same is

[twitter-dev] xauth token exchange failing

2010-07-19 Thread Isaiah Carew
? Is there a way to tell whether the problem is: twitter, my IP, my app, or my accounts? Is there something in the HTTP response tea leaves that can tell me more info? Currently I'm getting: Status = "500 Internal Server Error"; isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Rate limits should be resetting now

2010-07-08 Thread Isaiah Carew
Great news. I'm crossing my fingers too. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jul 7, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > we are currently sitting at 100% - so 350 calls/hour on oauth, and 150 > calls/hour on basic auth. fingers crossed! > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 a

[twitter-dev] Re: Rate limits should be resetting now

2010-07-07 Thread isaiah
Does this mean a return to previous rate limits as well? Or are we still getting the squeeze? Isaiah On Jul 7, 5:54 pm, themattharris wrote: > Hey everyone, > > We've been working on the rate limit issue which has been affecting > many of you and believe we now have it fi

Re: [twitter-dev] lockouts are the new black

2010-07-06 Thread Isaiah Carew
John, Do you measure the number of lockouts? Or maybe a better question is: do you have metrics on how reducing rate limits is impacting users? isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:10 AM, John Kalucki wrote: > These lockouts are almost certainly due to a performa

[twitter-dev] lockouts are the new black

2010-07-06 Thread Isaiah Carew
em dwarfed by this massive problem. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Rate limit reduction to 75?

2010-06-30 Thread Isaiah Carew
Hi John, I appreciate the offer, and I'm excited about user steams. I attended your talk about it at chirp. But I'm afraid I don't have the resources to invest in experimental development. When everything's settled and user-streams are a reality I'll joi

[twitter-dev] Re: Rate limit reduction to 75?

2010-06-29 Thread isaiah
failures and changes combined our users are going to be marching with pitchforks very and torches looking for heads to chop very soon. I'm not asking for any specific action here. Merely passing along the anger that we see just in case you weren't aware of it. Isaiah

Re: [twitter-dev] xAuth Approval?

2010-04-27 Thread Isaiah Carew
uth > >> tokens. > > > > and 3. Browserless environments. I'm pretty sure that was one of the initial > > motivators way back when the crud was flying. > > > > Yeah ... but I *like* having the browser involved. > > +1 ! > It's so t

Re: [twitter-dev] User Stream's API usage

2010-04-15 Thread Isaiah Carew
nt process. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:26 PM, John Kalucki wrote: > I should have encouraged folks to understand the Streaming API first. You can > read up on all the details here: > http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation > > But, for a p

Re: [twitter-dev] What's happening with Tweetie for Mac

2010-04-12 Thread Isaiah Carew
too. if you'd like my thoughts on this i posted a nicer, more thought out article: http://yourhead.tumblr.com/post/516626319/le-roi-est-mort-vive-le-roi i'd be happy to continue to debate via email or at chirp (yes, i'm going, i'm a glutton for punishment, shoot m

Re: [twitter-dev] What's happening with Tweetie for Mac

2010-04-12 Thread Isaiah Carew
sorry for being cranky, but i just spent a year building a tweetie competitor. you can't fault a guy for saying ouch while your knife is still sticking out of his back, right? isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Apr 12, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Jesse Stay wrote: > I think it's great th

Re: [twitter-dev] What's happening with Tweetie for Mac

2010-04-12 Thread Isaiah Carew
ath. Good luck with that. Anyone want a chirp ticket? isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Apr 12, 2010, at 7:40 AM, Ryan Sarver wrote: > One more from me. People have been asking for specific details around > Tweetie for Mac and I wanted to make sure we clearly message our plans > as

Re: [twitter-dev] "What happened, happened."

2010-04-09 Thread Isaiah
It would be great if Twitter would clarify things online. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that it's time to cut losses and move on - starting with Chirp. Frankly I'm not sure I see much point in attending Chirp any more. Isaiah On Apr 9, 2010, at 8:26 P

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter buying Tweetie

2010-04-09 Thread Isaiah
pick as the winners on the other platforms? Isaiah On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Tim Haines wrote: > Dewald, > > I'm surprised that you failed to mention that Twitter can also advertise the > heck out of it on Twitter.com and via tweets etc - millions for further &g

Re: [twitter-dev] api stability vs. risk

2010-04-02 Thread Isaiah Carew
ling, but i assure you it's not what I think at all. you guys are whatever the opposite of a brick wall is. i apologize, i must have a gruff tone. i'm not angry. in fact i enjoy the back and forth that we have with the API team. but i'll see if i can't just tone it down a notch. :-P Isaiah -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.

[twitter-dev] api stability vs. risk

2010-04-02 Thread Isaiah Carew
oints or new changes in a safe way. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.

[twitter-dev] Re: Upcoming changes to the way status IDs are sequenced

2010-03-26 Thread isaiah
So will they be monotonically increasing? That seems to be the key question. If they're not necessarily monotonic with respect to their date, then it seems like it would be a pretty painful change. Isaiah To unsubscribe from this group, send email to twitter-development

[twitter-dev] Obj-C xAuth Demo

2010-03-03 Thread Isaiah Carew
ads I'd be pleased with any sort of feedback, about the code, about the app, or just ways that it could be made more approachable for people new to the topic. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah/ http://twitter.com/kiwi-app/

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: xAuth

2010-03-02 Thread Isaiah Carew
Try passing in nil as the token. The access token request should be similar to how you used to perform the request token request. The best explanation (and they one that helped me) is from Steve Reynolds: http://ke-we.net/7u isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:26 PM

[twitter-dev] missing tweets

2010-02-28 Thread Isaiah Carew
Several users are reporting missing tweets over the past 8 hours. The problem exists even on twitter.com. One of my accounts is also affected. Even though @kiwi_app and @isaiah follow many of the same people, the @isaiah account is empty for the past 8 hours except for it's own tweets.

Re: [twitter-dev] xAuth

2010-02-27 Thread Isaiah Carew
ss in your default token. it seems to make sense to me now, it was just a leap that i didn't make on my own. i just thought i'd post this in case anyone else out there is stuck too. when it's a bit more cleaned up, i'll post my results to github. isaiah http://twitter.com/

[twitter-dev] xAuth

2010-02-27 Thread Isaiah Carew
horized." feel free to email for more techy details. i've got loads. ;-) isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah

Re: [twitter-dev] Which api url to use?

2010-02-22 Thread Isaiah Carew
URL than others, or why they were recently changed, or if/when we should change our apps, or if the old endpoints are depreciated. or more than likely, it probably does say all those things, i just missed it and was hoping the list could help me locate the docs. thanks, isaiah On Feb 22, 20

Re: [twitter-dev] Which api url to use?

2010-02-22 Thread Isaiah Carew
i'm bound to forget this in about an hour. is this old/new versioned/not listed somewhere in the API docs? On Feb 22, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Ryan Alford wrote: > Yes, those are the ones I am talking about. > > Ryan > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > hi ryan. > > yup -

Re: [twitter-dev] Introduce yourself!

2010-02-21 Thread Isaiah Carew
hi, my name is isaiah ( @isaiah ). i'm a indie Mac/iPhone developer. my latest creation is Kiwi, a Mac Twitter client: http://kiwi-app.net/ i do lots of other fun stuff too: open source OAuth stuff: http://github.com/yourhead website layout tools: http://yourhead.com/ i tried to f

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: What's up with OAuth?

2010-02-12 Thread Isaiah Carew
so excited about xAuth. i think this is really going to change the landscape in a big way. can't wait to get going. sent a message to a...@twitter.com -- that's all that's necessary to get going right? thanks again, isaiah On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:04 AM, tsmango wrote: > Y

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Seesmic Look and the Source parameter

2010-02-09 Thread Isaiah Carew
ke it easy. Get better man. We can wait. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Feb 9, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Ryan Sarver wrote: > Raffi, has walking pneumonia so we're giving him a few days slack time and > we're afraid of what he would write while on meds :) > > On Tu

[twitter-dev] Re: How Does TwittPic Works ?

2010-02-04 Thread isaiah
oh wow! how do i get in on this sweet UX goodness? is there a form for submitting bribes or is it in-person only? isaiah On Feb 3, 11:49 am, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > it will be available publicly soon! > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dewald Pretorius wrote:

[twitter-dev] Re: How Does TwittPic Works ?

2010-02-04 Thread isaiah
Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! On Feb 3, 11:49 am, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > it will be available publicly soon! > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Dewald Pretorius wrote: > > Raffi, > > > Have you tried it? There is no OAuth flow. I.e., the user types in his > > Twitter username and passwo

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Source parameter request for mobile Twitter app ignored (and issues with Twitter's policy toward oAuth on mobile/desktop)

2010-02-02 Thread Isaiah Carew
How so? What do you think will be the significance of chirp for desktop OAuth? Was there an announcement that I missed? isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Feb 2, 2010, at 10:30 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > Actually, we'll know the answers at Chirp or before. Chirp is the >

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Source parameter request for mobile Twitter app ignored (and issues with Twitter's policy toward oAuth on mobile/desktop)

2010-02-02 Thread Isaiah Carew
ame? We'll know the answers in June. It should be fun to watch and make for some lively forum threads. Bring popcorn and stand clear of the flames. ;-) isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: a security problem puzzled me about using oauth in Desktop Client

2010-01-31 Thread Isaiah Carew
nts will be compromised within a year or so of implementing OAuth -- and will probably result in a lot of user frustration. It seems like their will be ample motivation and little to prevent them. Only time will tell, you're free to come and laugh at me if it doesn't happen. Bookmark this email, we'll check back in 18 months. ;-) Isaiah

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: a security problem puzzled me about using oauth in Desktop Client

2010-01-30 Thread Isaiah Carew
So, in simple language: Twitter's policy is that every user of every open source client register as a new twitter application? Or, have I misinterpreted something? And if so, could you explain further what mean? Thanks, Isaiah > what i would do is just make it clear to people

Re: [twitter-dev] Using OAuth keys in an open source application

2010-01-18 Thread Isaiah Carew
n who uses an app registers it themselves then Twitter no longer has the ability to monitor the app as a whole, essentially crippling one of OAuth's most compelling reasons for being. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jan 18, 2010, at 9:58 AM, ryan alford wrote: > You are readi

Re: [twitter-dev] Using OAuth keys in an open source application

2010-01-18 Thread Isaiah
So you're saying that each individual end-user of the open source app would register with Twitter for separate Twitter Application credentials, add those credentials to the app, and then recompile the application? Or did I read that incorrectly? Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhea

Re: [twitter-dev] OAuth best practice

2010-01-17 Thread Isaiah Carew
acker) are not storing their Twitter credentials without informing them..." My personal feelings about the veracity of this statement aside, the tone is pretty clear: you shouldn't do this. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jan 17, 2010, at 8:50 AM, eco_bach wrote: > > I&#

Re: [twitter-dev] Reinstate 'from app' for Basic Auth desktop apps until OAuth is fixed

2010-01-12 Thread Isaiah Carew
ssion Just thought I'd post it to this discussion in case someone forgot. isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah On Jan 11, 2010, at 11:01 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > As it stands, developers who have relatively new desktop apps are > penalized by having updates from their app say 'f

Re: [twitter-dev] oAuth new stuff?

2009-12-30 Thread Isaiah Carew
dying to start working on them. i'm committed to releasing an open source solution to them as soon as they come out. i hope you're as excited as i am. if it's unclear on exactly which changes i'm talking about. it's the ones that you mentioned in this post: http://

Re: [twitter-dev] oAuth new stuff?

2009-12-29 Thread Isaiah
8db599f6ad98?hl=en i'm not asking for anything new or different from what has already been announced. i was just hoping for a bit more detail, that's all. isaiah On Dec 29, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: > if your application has access to a web browser, then i would str

Re: [twitter-dev] oAuth new stuff?

2009-12-29 Thread Isaiah Carew
then, my app is limping along with basic auth without attribution. isaiah On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:30 PM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: i don't know. sorry that i forgot to address your question. On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Isaiah Carew wrote: and how 'bout that off topic question? a non

[twitter-dev] oAuth new stuff?

2009-12-29 Thread Isaiah Carew
included in the twitter api. if that's the case, then i'm going to need to budget some more $$ for this effort. i'm just looking at what sort of effort and money i'm going to have to spend on this in the next six months. thanks, isaiah On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:06 PM,

Re: [twitter-dev] Ambiguity with 401 error response code

2009-12-29 Thread Isaiah Carew
different conditions documented somewhere? Also, off topic: Any news on when we can expect the new oAuth with username/password flow to make its way into the API? If you can't let me know, or you don't know, I understand, but it would be good to hear whatever the case. Thanks, Isai

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: A New API For Browserless Apps?

2009-12-10 Thread Isaiah
This seems like a dramatic improvement to me. When will Twitter start rolling out support for this, I'd like to be ready with something on github for this as soon as it lands. Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http://www.yourhead.com On Dec 10, 2009, at 5:22 AM,

[twitter-dev] Announcements

2009-12-09 Thread Isaiah Carew
Is there more info about this available. I'd love to know more about the "API for browser-less apps" -- specifically: 1) Will this be appropriate for desktop clients? 2) When? Thanks, isaiah http://twitter.com/isaiah

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth wed & desktop feedback

2009-10-12 Thread Isaiah
7;s important to remember this distinction when web-apps are also being discussed. A web app is different because it does NOT run on your machine, you can NOT shut it down, and other people will definitely have access to the information stored there. Isaiah YourHead Software

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth wed & desktop feedback

2009-10-12 Thread Isaiah
eets the "as easy as basic auth" litmus test and would level the playing field between those that must implement OAuth today and those that are grandfathered in to basic auth. Sounds good to me. Where do I sign up? Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http://www.yourhead.c

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth wed & desktop feedback

2009-10-12 Thread Isaiah
plement. There's a lot of open source on web in a multitude of languages. If you have manpower to throw around, please work on the UX first. ;-) I'd be happy to contribute to any open source project that helps to achieve this. Count me in. Isaiah

[twitter-dev] Re: The Difference Between a Twitter "Web" and "Desktop" Application

2009-10-12 Thread Isaiah
Hi Ryan, Thanks for taking the time. I really appreciate it. I'll be sure to give my feedback. Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http://www.yourhead.com On Oct 12, 2009, at 9:55 AM, Ryan Sarver wrote: Isaiah, We are definitely interested in hearing what ty

[twitter-dev] Re: The Difference Between a Twitter "Web" and "Desktop" Application

2009-10-11 Thread Isaiah
a bad idea, it sure would be nice to get some official feedback about it. Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http://www.yourhead.com On Oct 11, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Abraham Williams wrote: Currently not really. Twitter might start enforcing correct designation at some point thoug

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth vs. Basic authentication strictly on iPhone

2009-08-11 Thread Isaiah
x27;t a half-bad idea either. In case it wasn't already mentioned in this thread there are a couple open source projects that implement oAuth solutions that behave in exactly this way: For iPhone: http://github.com/bengottlieb/Twitter-OAuth-iPhone/ For Mac OS X: http://github.com/yo

[twitter-dev] Re: 2 week advance notice: changes to /friends/ids and /followers/ids

2009-07-31 Thread Isaiah
update from one functioning call to another functioning call without users experiencing any downtime. I understand that some changes might need to be rolled in quickly to avert infrastructure disaster or to patch security holes, but with 2 weeks notice, I'm guessing that's not wha

[twitter-dev] Re: twitter api server seems to be down (getting invalid signature) since 5.15 pm pst

2009-07-30 Thread Isaiah
her things that need urlencoding), those seem OK too. What am I missing? Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http://www.yourhead.com On Jul 30, 2009, at 2:27 PM, jonat...@scribblelive wrote: I may be the only one to be this stupid, but when I looked at my POST request functi

[twitter-dev] Re: OAUTH: Basic Auth is simpler/more reliable/more secure/better received than OAuth!?

2009-07-29 Thread Isaiah
flickr do it too, the idiom is well understood. however for a desktop client this is a very abnormal (hopefully just novile?) process -- so i think i would still tend to disagree. thanks again for posting. Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http://www.yourhead.com On Jul 29

[twitter-dev] Re: OAUTH: Basic Auth is simpler/more reliable/more secure/better received than OAuth!?

2009-07-28 Thread Isaiah
my understanding, than anything else. Right? Right?!?! ;-) Thanks for hearing my devil's advocate argument. Don't feel compelled to respond. I don't *need* answers, just curious, that's all. Isaiah

[twitter-dev] Re: twitter api server seems to be down (getting invalid signature) since 5.15 pm pst

2009-07-28 Thread Isaiah
however I'm not entirely sure what corner cases might trigger the failures. If anyone has an idea of what regressions to run, I'd appreciate any info. Thanks. Isaiah

[twitter-dev] Re: need help with OAuth library usage in cocoa app

2009-07-24 Thread Isaiah
Thank you for your prompt reply Isaiah, No worries. Glad to help out. Thank you also for the offer of emailing you directly, but I think your code is also precious for other newbie like me who want to know more about this OAuth thing :) It wasn't so easy to figure out a nice way

[twitter-dev] Re: need help with OAuth library usage in cocoa app

2009-07-24 Thread Isaiah
;ve considered adding the pin code, but it seemed to further complicate an already challenging UI without adding any value. If you have any other issues with the example code, please feel free to email me directly. I'd be happy to help out. Isaiah YourHead Software supp...@yourhead.com http

[twitter-dev] Re: off topic

2009-07-01 Thread Isaiah Carew
yep, just me, thanks, isaiah p.s. subject changed to protect the on-topic folks. @isaiah for more. ;-) On Jul 1, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Neil Ellis wrote: On a completely separate note, your website is stunning, did you design it yourself? If not may I ask who were your designers. All

[twitter-dev] Re: Use Twitter for login & oauth/authenticate method

2009-07-01 Thread Isaiah Carew
ripts, inline css, fluid width, etc. Maybe it already exists and I'm doing something wrong. Feel free to point me in the right direction too. ;-) Isaiah On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Matt Sanford wrote: Hi Arnaud, That option during application creation is really more trouble

[twitter-dev] Birdfeed App

2009-06-28 Thread isaiah
Just curious if anyone knows if the new Birdfeed ipone app that's just been released today uses OAuth 1.0a "Pin" flow, the other OAuth flow, or basic auth. Anyone know? Isaiah

[twitter-dev] Re: OAuth Example in Mac OS X

2009-06-24 Thread Isaiah Carew
it could brake apps using in-app-web-view until a new version can be > shipped. In theory someone who never reinstalls OSes or applications > could use an application for years with only performing the jump to > browser dance once. Adding a serious deficiency to the first-run experience when compared to the currently entrenched players of any product is a sure fire way to garantee failure. I think the prudent choice would be to do basic auth and switch when the entrenched players are forced to switch too. At least then it's an even playing field. Isaiah