Posts in "iTweet"
iTweet Temporarily Disabled
We have disabled the site until a worm going around Twitter is blocked.
A nasty worm is sweeping through Twitter this weekend. Up till now iTweet.net has been immune to the attacks, but a newer, trickier version was causing browsers to redirect to the spammer's website.
In response I've temporarily disabled the site while I work on a fix. Thank goodness I seem to have caught it within minutes of the new version spreading through the Twitterverse.
IMPORTANT: The worm was not able to spread via iTweet, nor was any data compromised (usernames and passwords are well-encrypted). The worm was exploiting actions specific only to twitter.com and causing people to automatically tweet deceptive links which caused itself to spread as others clicked those links. This didn't work with iTweet's different structure, it simply caused the page to redirect to their script where it stopped. I do recommend clearing your browser cache and cookies as a safety measure, and avoid using web-based Twitter clients until this worm is dealt with.
Please check back here on my blog for updates about iTweet, and check the Twitter status blog as well as their main blog for up-to-date information about the worm.
Read full article →In response I've temporarily disabled the site while I work on a fix. Thank goodness I seem to have caught it within minutes of the new version spreading through the Twitterverse.
IMPORTANT: The worm was not able to spread via iTweet, nor was any data compromised (usernames and passwords are well-encrypted). The worm was exploiting actions specific only to twitter.com and causing people to automatically tweet deceptive links which caused itself to spread as others clicked those links. This didn't work with iTweet's different structure, it simply caused the page to redirect to their script where it stopped. I do recommend clearing your browser cache and cookies as a safety measure, and avoid using web-based Twitter clients until this worm is dealt with.
Please check back here on my blog for updates about iTweet, and check the Twitter status blog as well as their main blog for up-to-date information about the worm.
Threaded Twitter Conversations
Improved conversation threading for Twitter and iTweet.net.
Twitter made an alteration to their API for "in reply to" statuses this week that I felt required a change in the way that iTweet.net handles sending @replies.
One of my personal favorite iTweet features is the "in reply to" links that show what tweet a person was @replying to inline - so you can follow conversations without leaving the page you're on.
Previously if no particular status was specified, Twitter assigned the "in reply to" link to the last tweet of the person who was replied to. As of this week, they are only assigning that link if a particular tweet was specified - otherwise there will be no "in reply to" tweet marked. This will help make conversation threading much more clear, but it also required that Twitter API clients get on board with the new method to ensure that threads are clearly designated.
(In case you're wondering, @replies to you will still show up in your Replies tab if no tweet was specified - but there will not be a particular thread attached.)
Here's how I've decided to handle this change - when you click the @ button to send a reply, a small box above the...
Read full article →One of my personal favorite iTweet features is the "in reply to" links that show what tweet a person was @replying to inline - so you can follow conversations without leaving the page you're on.
Previously if no particular status was specified, Twitter assigned the "in reply to" link to the last tweet of the person who was replied to. As of this week, they are only assigning that link if a particular tweet was specified - otherwise there will be no "in reply to" tweet marked. This will help make conversation threading much more clear, but it also required that Twitter API clients get on board with the new method to ensure that threads are clearly designated.
(In case you're wondering, @replies to you will still show up in your Replies tab if no tweet was specified - but there will not be a particular thread attached.)
Here's how I've decided to handle this change - when you click the @ button to send a reply, a small box above the...
iTweet "Post Link" Bookmarklet for iPhone
A bookmarklet to help you tweet shortened links using bit.ly and iTweet.net.
Here's a bookmarklet to help you tweet links to Web pages from your iPhone using iTweet.net and bit.ly:
Post Link via iTweet
Adding and using this bookmarklet is simple. Just drag the above link into your Safari bookmarks and sync your iPhone to transfer the bookmarklet to your iPhone.
Then, from any Web page that you would like to post on Twitter, just go to your Bookmarks, locate the "Post via iTweet" bookmarklet and select it. A new web page will be opened to http://itweet.net, the link will be shortened using bit.ly, and placed in the Post field ready for tweeting.
Thanks to Matt Teske for providing the motivation to make this bookmarklet - I will definitely find it useful and I hope you will too. :-)
Read full article →Post Link via iTweet
Adding and using this bookmarklet is simple. Just drag the above link into your Safari bookmarks and sync your iPhone to transfer the bookmarklet to your iPhone.
Then, from any Web page that you would like to post on Twitter, just go to your Bookmarks, locate the "Post via iTweet" bookmarklet and select it. A new web page will be opened to http://itweet.net, the link will be shortened using bit.ly, and placed in the Post field ready for tweeting.
Thanks to Matt Teske for providing the motivation to make this bookmarklet - I will definitely find it useful and I hope you will too. :-)
Changes for @replies
Improved conversation threading for Twitter and iTweet.net.
Twitter made an alteration to their API for "in reply to" statuses this week that I felt required a change in the way that iTweet.net handles sending @replies.
One of my personal favorite iTweet features is the "in reply to" links that show what tweet a person was @replying to inline - so you can follow conversations without leaving the page you're on.
Previously if no particular status was specified, Twitter assigned the "in reply to" link to the last tweet of the person who was replied to. As of this week, they are only assigning that link if a particular tweet was specified - otherwise there will be no "in reply to" tweet marked. This will help make conversation threading much more clear, but it also required that Twitter API clients get on board with the new method to ensure that threads are clearly designated.
(In case you're wondering, @replies to you will still show up in your Replies tab if no tweet was specified - but there will not be a particular thread attached.)
Here's how I've decided to handle this change - when you click the @ button to send a reply, a small box above the...
Read full article →One of my personal favorite iTweet features is the "in reply to" links that show what tweet a person was @replying to inline - so you can follow conversations without leaving the page you're on.
Previously if no particular status was specified, Twitter assigned the "in reply to" link to the last tweet of the person who was replied to. As of this week, they are only assigning that link if a particular tweet was specified - otherwise there will be no "in reply to" tweet marked. This will help make conversation threading much more clear, but it also required that Twitter API clients get on board with the new method to ensure that threads are clearly designated.
(In case you're wondering, @replies to you will still show up in your Replies tab if no tweet was specified - but there will not be a particular thread attached.)
Here's how I've decided to handle this change - when you click the @ button to send a reply, a small box above the...
iTweet "How To" Video
A valuable iTweet resource created by a member of the user community!
iTweet.net user John Haydon made this fantastic "How To" video called Setting Up And Using iTweet.Net and posted it on his blog, CorporateDollar.org. Nice work John!
The response to iTweet 2's web interface has been truly extraordinary and now WAY surpasses usage of the original iPhone interface. It is so wonderful to see a larger user community developing and producing great stuff like this video. Thanks everyone!
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Read full article →The response to iTweet 2's web interface has been truly extraordinary and now WAY surpasses usage of the original iPhone interface. It is so wonderful to see a larger user community developing and producing great stuff like this video. Thanks everyone!
Leave comments on this blog, or let's talk on Twitter or Facebook.