Write your own twitter mashup using the Twitter API
Thinking about writing your own twitter mashup using php ? But you don’t know how to get started ?
It’s easy , just download the following twitter wrapping class for PHP and have a look at the example code below :
This code will print out the latest replies you have received on twitter
<?
require_once(“lib/phpTwitter/twitter.php”);$t = new twitter(‘YOUR_USERNAME’,'YOUR_PASSWORD’);
echo’<pre>’;
$replies = $t->getReplies() ;
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {$reply = $replies[$i][text];
echo $reply;
echo “</br></br></br></br>”;}
// Print out the complete replies array
//print_r( $replies );echo’</pre>’;
?>
Now you know already how to retrieve and print out your replies, then it will be only a matter of walking through Tijs his class to know what else you can do with his wrapper(class)!
Eg :
- updateProfileImage
- updateProfile
- getFriends
- getPublicTimeline
- …
I am sure you will have your script running within this and an hour !
Note : Formatting code in WP seems like a tough job , so you will have to do it yourself 
Cloud computing is the future and …
we make part of it!
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One of the biggest benefits of Web 2.0 and cloud computing for government agencies is the ability to effectively collaborate, Jochum said.
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Read the complete article from Washington Technology
Want to know more about NomaDesk, The CEO will explain it for you very briefly
Plurk meets Twitter
Today I’ve posted tweet nr 1000 without actually realizing it. This shows how fast it all goes. And like I don’t already spend enough time on twitter I also started plurking.
And since I can’t describe rather well what plurk is I will provide you with a url to a blog post where the whole plurk concept is explained extremely well.
So how can we maintain both solutions without spending too much time : Feedtweeter
Feedtweeter enables you to update only on plurk and the messages you would also like to tweet can be send to twitter using Feedtweeter. At this moment Feedtweeter is beta (so thank you steffest for my beta account) but hopefully it will become available soon!
Twitter – The Best Apps
Besides the fact that twitter is down quite often (which doesn’t surprise me after reading this), it is still a superb tool that I use very often.
So I will give you a small overviewe of the most usefull twitter services :
- Twitterfeed : I mentioned this service already earlier, This service fetches new content from any RSS feed and publishes a link in your twitter account.
- Tweetscan : Tweet Scan is great for monitoring feedback about your product from conversations happening in the Twitter universe.
- Twitpic :TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter. You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone, our API, or through the site itself.
- PollDaddy : This service lets you use Twitter for getting opinions or for asking questions through polls. Type your question with a list of potential answers and post it to your Twitter account.
- Twinkle : A twitter service developed for the jailbroken iphone .
Adobe Air – How to install & The best apps
How to install adobe air ?
Very easy , just navigate to http://get.adobe.com/air , download the executable and install it afterwards.
But what kind of applications are there already on Adobe Air ?
I will provide you a list with my favorites :
- Feedalizr :
Get your lifestream on your desktop. Post videos, images or text messages to twitter, friendfeed and flickr! - Roadfinder :
Roadfinder combines two of the most popular online maps, Yahoo! Maps and Google Maps, into a single application. - Signet :
Signet gives you the ability to take your del.icio.us bookmarks to the desktop - Diggtop :
DiggTop is an application for Windows and MacOSX that lets you view a blended list of your favourite Digg topic or keyword feeds. - StockQ :
StockQ is an application built for Adobe AIR which provides streaming stock quotes and manages multiple stock portfolios. - Google Analytics AIR beta :
The Google Analytics Reporting suite is an Adobe AIR application that brings Google Analytics to the desktop
Aventiv/NomaDesk @ Software 2008
Check out this interview with “Filip Tack”, CEO of Aventiv.
The company I work for 
He is giving an excellent speech and fyi, this movie has been taken in one shot.
Feeding Twitter with RSS – The Easy Way
The easy way :
- Retrieve the RSS feed that you would like to twitter
- Create a dedicated twitter account or create a new one
- Create a twitterfeed account
- Share your twitter account on blogs
The Result : @friendfeedlinks
In a next post I will explain “the Hard Way”