LinuxHaxor On Twitter
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I am always skeptical about all this “new” social media sites popping up every day. I am finding it hard to maintain the six social media sites that I am already active in. The last thing I need is twitter… so I signed up for twitter. It’s not really that bad; I think it can be a very good source of interesting information. Thanks to twitter, I got to know about “Chrome for Linux” before any of my feed readers (200+) picked it up; I also got to know about one of the most interesting song (On the Radio — Dancing Choose) in a long time (Thanks Kevin).
I wanted to write a tutorial about how to update your twitter from the terminal with bash scripts and everything; but after looking at my previous post about not having to use the terminal, I think it would be a little bit hypocritical :), so I might get back to that when the dust settles a bit. What I really need is lots of friends for my twitter account, apparently no one seem to like me (only 4 followers!!). So if you like this blog and use twitter you might consider following me. I promise to not update every five minutes; for the next five minutes.
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If you’re looking for Twitter clients for Linux, take a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/twitter-clients-for-ubuntu8.04-desktop
BTW, could need some followers as well: http://twitter.com/falko ;-)
Hi falko, thanks for the info. I have added you as a friend/follower, feel free to do the same. :)
When I first heard about Twitter I though: “Why do you want to IRC on a web page?”.
Reluctantly I started using it and now I’m totally in love with it.
And it even got better with http://identi.ca. An open and free alternative.
I don’t twitter, but if could via the command line I would.
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Twittering from console is easy. Just use the curl command.
First, no true Haxor uses proprietary software, especially when a free and open source
alternative exists. http://identi.ca/ is where the cool hackers are. You can push your Identi.ca posts to Twitter, too.
Second, command-line microblogging is easy with Twidge (http://software.complete.org/software/wiki/twidge/), which I highly recommend. It works for both Twitter and Identi.ca
Hi Evan!
First the “Haxor” used for this website as a “joke”, I never claimed nor do I boast my “haxor” skillz.
I do disagree with you about the use of opensource software vs proprietary software. I use a lot of proprietary software very extensively on a daily basis. I also heavily use both windows and somewhat less OSX. This is a personal, considering the fact that people have the “freedom” to do whatever they want.
Thanks for the note on Identi.ca, I will definately check it out. I am still new to the whole “microblogging” scene; but I am enjoying it.
Cheers to you.