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Post crag conditions, hot news, etc using SMS to ukBouldering's Twitter page
Bubba:
I'm quite pleased with this. Using the rather nice Twittbot i've set up a ukbouldering Twitter group.
What's the point of this?
- You get out to Raven Tor and everything is seeping and nasty. You write a quick text to the group Twitter; minutes later anyone checking the group page will have this information saving themselves a wasted journey.
- Driving through Hathersage, you see a police speedtrap - again, a quick txt and it warns everyone else.
- You're at the crag and Johnny HotRock has just flashed project Z. You can now be the first to tell the world.
I'm sure other uses will be found...
Where is the group Twitter page?
http://twitter.com/ukbouldering
How do I get set up?
- Create a Twitter account if you don't already have one.
- Go to Settings/Devices and enter your mobile number.
- Twitter will give you it's phone number and a code you need to authenticate your number with.
- Set up the Twitter number in your address book
- Send a txt to that number containing the code you were given.
If you want all updates that are sent to the group to appear in your Twitter feed, then simply follow ukbouldering.
How do I send information to the ukbouldering Twitter?
- If you are online, then you just go to your Twitter and type "@ukbouldering" followed by the text you want to send.
- Using your phone, write a text to the Twitter number and start the message with "@ukbouldering", followed by the text you want to send. If you don't start the text with "@ukbouldering" then the text will update your own Twitter, not the group one.
Always bear in mind Twitter has a limit of 140 characters so keep things sweet.
Updates will take a few minutes to appear so be too impatient if it doesn't show up immediately.
Warnings
Please only use this service for news/conditions/etc and not as a chatroom. Anything outside of these topics will just get deleted.
Currently access is open to anyone but Twittbot brings with it a whole load of moderation features. If people misuse or spam the service they will be dealt with in a similar way to on the forums. Long term the access may be set to invite only.
The Future
I'm sure it will be possible to syndicate the Twitter feed directly into the forum bypassing the need for anyone to go out to Twitter.com if they don't want to. The benefits of this are obvious.
slackline:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Good work on setting that all up Bubba.
--- Quote from: Bubba on February 27, 2009, 03:41:17 pm ---- You're at the crag and Johnny HotRock has just flashed project Z. You can now be the first to tell the world.
I'm sure other uses will be found...
--- End quote ---
Twitpic so that all ascents can be validated?
Haven't used Twitter much myself, only signed up on the back of Falling Down's suggestion to do this, but my usual nickname is taken and you're not allowed -'s anyway, so anyone who's interested (and why would you be?) can find me on twitter as enilkcals (think mirrors :) ).
GCW:
So I assume this will just ve a massive list of conditions reports? They won't get filed per venue or anything?
Are you going to delete old reports when an up to date one comes along, Bubbs?
Bubba:
Aye, it'll just be a big list - things will soon disappear from the page anyway.
If it becomes too unwieldy there's no reason not to set up separate accounts for different reports, but that might just become a pain in the arse.
slackline:
There are also various clients for your mobile phones. One I've downloaded and installed on the 'ol N95 is Twibble that will also take advantage of the GPS on your phone.
Plenty of others out there, some listed at the TwitPic site are here.
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