Posts Tagged ‘twitter’

Thinking of changing the blog template

// August 21st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // lament

Well coz it’s been a while since I really blog these days. This is especially due to the existence of Facebook and Identica/Twitter. I used to blog alot but now any personal post I no longer post it here, only in Facebook. What to do with this blog? It’s like a place where I throw code snippets stuff now and then, which primarily is for me, to grab later on.

Twitter is much faster to post, as I don’t have to put in so much thought to express myself. It’s so much easier to post short notices and pics these days using Twitter. Writing these 2 paragraphs is not easy, I really have to think to compose the words! The days when they are very fluid are over now. I’m getting old.

You know, one other thing that’s been keeping me real slow in updating the blog is I kinda have this feeling that I don’t have the freedom to write as much as in the old days. Maybe because I’m well aware of the audience of this blog now or maybe I don’t have to ramble on as much anymore. See, old age catching up. Arrghh!!

IM => Identi.ca + Twitter + Facebook

// November 12th, 2008 // 7 Comments » // howto

Like everyone else, I have so many places to update my so called status/what am I doing at the moment/my rants and raves. In my case, I have Identi.ca (open source version of Twitter) + Twitter (so many following me here) + Facebook (I have 100+ friends there) status to update. You have to admit, it’s hard to keep up these days.

I’ve found a way to update all 3 using any IM (I use Pidgin). The idea is you send your status via IM to update your Identi.ca, in turn this will update your Twitter and Facebook account. Obviously you need to have accounts on all of them. After all is done, follow these steps:

On Identi.ca

  • Go to Settings page -> IM tab. Enter your Jabber/Gtalk email address
  • Go to your preferred IM. Add update@identi.ca in your buddies list
  • You’ll receive a message to validate the email address you just entered belongs to you.
  • Click on the link provided to confirm it
  • Go to Settings page -> Twitter tab. Enter your Twitter username and password
  • Check the box ‘Automatically send my notices to Twitter’. Click ‘Add’.

On Facebook

  • Login and add Twitter application. Click on ‘Allow’.
  • Enter your Twitter username and password
  • It will bring you the app page. Click on ‘+ Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status’
  • ‘Allow Status Updates from Twitter?’ -> click on ‘Allow Status Updates’

Now you’re all set. Whenever you want to update your status, send the message to update@identi.ca like you would to anyone in your buddies list.Technology rocks!

Curious

// October 14th, 2008 // No Comments » // personal

I don't use twitter anymore ever since I heard similar app identi.ca is open source based so I signed up for it. One feature twitter has that identica doesn't is (well in Malaysia that is) updating status via sms. With twitter, it costs abit more but it's not like I do it every hour of every day. Neat.

Last time I checked, updating twitter via im was not working so I deleted it happily from my pidgin.

Lately there's people following me on twitter. Huh? What's so interesting about me? =P Well I guess it's fine but you'll get more updates if you follow me on identica lah.