Twitter API Info Page
Your Own Branded Twitter Interface
Did you know you can build your own custom Twitter interface? Since Twitter changed to 100% OAuth support you are now required to have a Twitter Application to post to Twitter. This can be seen with how a lot of the WordPress plugins work, which now require you to setup an application and save your [...]
Did Twitter Really Switch to OAuth?
I am still seeing Tweets being posted “from API” and I can not see how this is possible using OAuth on Twitter. Basic authentication was to be turned off and only applications using OAuth should be working as of August 31, 2010. A Twitter Application using OAuth has to have a name, and this name [...]
Twitter Authentication Switch to OAuth
If you use any API calls to Twitter you have until June 30th to make the switch to OAuth from Basic Authentication. It will be interesting to see how this changes the data flow in and out of Twitter. See Twitter Blog: Switching to OAuth Until recently I was still seeing a lot of Tweets [...]
My Twitter Tools
After reviewing the sites and applications I use most in conjunction with Twitter, I discovered it was more than I thought. I use the Twitter Home page, HootSuite, Tweetie, Bit.ly, Facebook, Twitter API, and probably a couple more every now and then. I then reviewed how and why I used each one, this process helped [...]
Win a Free Domain Name on Twitter
Currently I have around 4,950 followers on Twitter. To celebrate the milestone of 5,000 followers, I am going to give away a Domain Name to my 5,000th follower. If there is any doubt to who the 5,000 follower is, I will use the Twitter API to decide the actual winner. I will use @NameCheap to [...]
Twitter Tools
Sometimes it takes one thing, to make another thing come into focus. Twitter has been like this for me. I tried Twitter a long time ago, and just could not get into it. However, recently I posted about a great new IM system called Digsby, and Digsby has brought Twitter back into my daily routine [...]
