Lifestreaming With Sweetcron

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:18:41 +0000

I setup a lifestream for myself using Sweetcron last week. It’s yet to be styled, but you can see the guts of what’s going on. It’s a pretty cool, self-hosted option that allows you to aggregate your feeds from all your social media sites like: Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, etc…

Sweetcron is still in Beta but you can download the current build from their website and install it on your server. It includes two themes to choose from. I’m using the basic one which I plan to customize in the near future. You can find the installation instructions on code.google.com. It’s a bit tricky if you are trying to install it in a directory that is not the root directory of your server. I figured it out though so if you have any questions, just leave them in the comments. Thanks!

10 Free Must Have Twitter Tools

admin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:10:50 +0000

I’ve really been getting in to Twitter lately. I was on there for awhile but not much was going on. Then as soon as I started getting a bit of following, things started to get more interesting. Now it rivals Facebook for my favorite Social Media website. Anyhow, I’ve put together a list of Twitter tools I’ve come across recently. Some are really useful, some maybe not so much but they are entertaining. Please take a look.

Twitter Grader

This is my favorite one! It is brought to you by hubspot.com, the same company that offers the excellent Website Grader free service. Basically it ranks the effectiveness of your Twitter profile based on a number of variables like followers and post frequency. I’m the #2 Tweeter in North Vancouver! I need to catch up to the other dude in front of me so I can rule my hometown.
Find out your grade at twitter.grader.com

Twitter Search

This tool has been really useful lately since Twitter’s internal search has been done for what feels like forever.
search.twitter.com

TwitDir

This is a great little tool for looking up people and profiles on Twitter.
twitdir.com

Follow Cost

Follow cost is a funny little service that let’s you see the cost of following a person. For example, if you are considering following a new person, you can put in their username and it will tell you how many updates they average a day – aka – their follow cost. Not that useful but kind of entertaining.
Find out the cost of following me (@mlambert) at followcost.com

Current To Twitter

This is a handy little script that automatically tweets the songs you are playing on iTunes. I thought it was a pretty cool but some of my followers complained about too many updates. One note, I had to install it twice to get it to work.
Current To Twitter

TypeTweets

This is a beautifully layed out aggregator that shows you tweets with type keywords in them.
TypeTweets

Monitter

This is a great little tool that allows you to search for keywords in tweets.
monitter.com

TwiTip

This is an amazing blog focusing on Twitter tips and tools. Make sure you add it to your feeds.
twitip.com

Twist

Twist is a great little tool that lets you search and view stats on keywords that are being tweeted.
twist.flaptor.com

TweetStats

This is a great little tool for tracking your personal stats on Twitter. Some of the info that is returned includes: personal tweet timeline, your aggregate hourly tweets, your aggregate daily tweets, interface used for tweeting, and the top people who reply to you.
tweetstats.com

That’s it, I hope I’ve been able to show you some new tools for improving your experience on Twitter. Are there any I’ve missed? If so, please feel free to leave a link in the comments area.

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