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10+ super geeky ways to use Twitter
Using Twitter doesn't have to be a shiny, web 2.0 experience if you don't want it to. There are plenty of ways to tweet like a true geek - from your command line to your Excel worksheets. Who needs an Adobe-air powered client? Not you!
If you've got another geeky way to tweet, share it in the comments!
If you've got another geeky way to tweet, share it in the comments!
Twoogie - I'm not sure which was cooler - Stephen J. Cannell yanking the sheet of paper out of his typewriter, or Doogie Howser, MD clacking away on his PS2 to complete another journal entry. We'll go with Doogie, since someone has wrapped Twitter up in a Neil Patrick Harris-approved applet for us (Not really. In fact, it might eventw piss him off a little.)
Hide it in SpreadTweet - Elliott Kember caused quite the ruckus when this little gem appeared a couple months back. Not really "certified geeky" since it only hides your activities visually. Your transmissions can, of course, still be logged by Big Brother.
Tweet from Excel (option #2) - No, the real Excel this time. Because you never know when you'll be pouring over a massive spreadsheet and think "Oh crap, I've GOT to tweet that cell!!!"
Use the Run box - Wget + batch file + win-R = low-fi updating from your Windows desktop.
Curl and the Linux command line - Lightweight Linux happened to run a very pertinent post this morning. With curl installed, you can created a shell script with minimal effort that will have you tweeting like a minimalist in no time.
Breadbox 64 - Wait, wait...I can use Twitter on the first home computer my family ever owned? That is, I could if we hadn't sold it at a yard sale years ago for $20.
Translate to Binary - Google's hello world was pretty cool, but you can translate whatever the heck you want into binary. Keep it short, though - you've only got room for 140 0s and 1s.
If simply updating in a geektacular way isn't exciting enough for you, you can always...remotely administer a Linux box or set up TweetMyPC to process commands for your Windows machine.
...Or you could take on a pal in a Twitter-powered chess battle.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jfjb said 10:46PM on 6-16-2009
i thought i read somewhere twitter was dying...
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MV said 4:15PM on 6-17-2009
Hello,
sorry for OT, I just want ask: what text editor is on the first screenshot? Thanks.
Btw - cool article, I like the C64 app :)
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Lee Mathews said 4:15PM on 6-17-2009
Laugh, NP...It's PowerShell on windows 7.
http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/pages/download-windows-powershell.aspx
MV said 4:20PM on 6-17-2009
:D Good to know, I would never guess that. I thought WPS looks like blue console with smaller font... :)