Tag: twitter

Update Google Talk status with Twitter

I've had this idea in my head for a while and just got it to work this morning. Basically you send a tweet from Twitter and this script runs, picks up your current twitter status, and if need be, updates your gChat status. I'm working on a service version of this where you could use gpowered.net to do all this for you. Stay tuned =) If I change the version of the script that I have running in the service, you will be able to see the source code that I have checked in [here](http://code.google.com/p/gpo…

twitter2gTalk Goes Live!

Get your tweets onto Google Talk! Twitter: A free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service (SMS), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook. gTalk: (Google Talk) is a Windows and web-based application for voice over internet (VOIP) and instant messaging, offered by Google. twitter2gTalk: Takes your current tweet and sets…

Mars Robot twittered from Space

The Mars Phoenix robot found water on mars and what does it do? Sends a tweet "Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, WATER ICE on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!"

Twitter enters the Porn industry

Just got this at work, I must have missed the memo... The site you have attempted to access has been blocked _If you feel access to this site has a valid business justification, we welcome you to submit a request to access the site which will be reviewed for compliance with [my company here] Policy. _ URL Requested: http://www.tweettrak.com/ URL Category: Sex Date: 2008-09-23 14:20:25

Debate 2.0

Last week during the presidential debate, the country was a-twitter. There were a bunch of sites doing some sort of realtime web 2.0 shows of the debate, with a lot of these using twitter and hashtags. If anyone knows of any sites that I haven't listed below, please let me know We had the TV, a couple of laptops, and a few bottles of wine going and it turned out to be great fun. My favorite site was definitely Current's Hack the Debate It displays the video/audio of the debate, as well as real time…