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Manchester Twitter Meet

[graphic by Nik Fletcher]

Calling all Manchester Twitter-ers! Nik suggested that we need to have a bit of a get together (via twitter, naturally), so we’ve decided on 22nd September 2007 (if this doesn’t work for you, leave a comment – it’s not set in stone yet).

What will we be doing? Having a few beers and probably tweeting more than our phone bill would like!

What do we need from you? Suggestions on where to go really – ideally in the centre of Manchester (makes it easier for everyone to get there, y’see). Either leave a comment on this post, or get in touch via my contact page or twitter.

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TweetIM 1.7

The latest greatest version of TweetIM is now up for your downloadble enjoyment. It now features support for Microsoft Messenger (that application is a right pain in the bum to script) as well as Adium, iChat and Skype. It will grab any url you enter (if the url will take the character count over the 140 limit) and convert it to a Tiny URL courtesy of TinyURL as well. Go give it some love.

TweetIM: Twitter, Growl, Quicksilver and Adium

For updates to TweetIM bookmark this post, or follow me on twitter. My username is grahamgilbert.

TweetIM doesn’t work on Snow Leopard, and there are currently no plans to update it.

A few weeks ago I posted about a script I’d found that allows you to update Twitter using Quicksilver (my script is based off Ted’s script). Well, I decided I wanted to do more. I made a script that changes your iChat status, but then discovered that several already exist. D’oh! So, I made one that changes your Adium status. If Adium isn’t already open, it’s left as it is, but your tweet is still posted. Of course there’s Growl notification (I love Growl nearly as much as I love Quicksilver).

Thanks to the latest Adium update, it seems that pretty much all applesctipt support in Adium as been broken. Until this is fixed, my hands are tied with regards to getting this working. Sorry guys.

Download TweetIM1.8.3.zip

Features:

• Updates your status message in iChat, Adium, Skype and Microsoft Messenger (as far as I know, this is the only script that supports Microsoft Messenger).
• Will shorten urls if necessary using TinyURL.
• Will tell you if your tweet goes over the 140 character limit, and gives you the option to edit the tweet or continue posting.
• Growl notification of the posting process – lets you know if your tweet got to twitter or not.

Please report any bugs you find. I’ve tested as much as I can, but I’m sure there will be some freaky cases where it doesn’t work.

Anyway, enjoy!

If you do use it and like it, why not show me some comment love? I know people have been downloading it, so why not let me know if there’s anything you’d like added?

Download TweetIM1.8.3.zip

To install it, download the script and extract the zip. Copy the resulting file to:

~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions

Restart Quicksilver.

Note that some people have said that the script still doesn’t show up in Quicksilver. If this happens to you, open up Quicksilver preferences, go to the Catalog section, click on the Custom tab and drag the ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Actions folder onto the window. Quicksilver will now show the script.

Next you need to fire up Keychain Access and make a new password with the following gubbins in it:
If you are logged into twitter.com in Safari or Camino, you do not need to follow this step

• Keychain Item Name: http://twitter.com
• Account Name: Your email address
• Password: Your Twitter Password

That’s it. Now you’re ready to actually tweet. First, fire up Quicksilver (Ctrl + Space is the default), hit the full stop key (or period for our colonial cousins) and type your message. Then hit tab and type out as much of Tweet
as you need to, then hit return.
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