Comments on: Tipr, now with added txt

by: Dave

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:36:44 +0000

The app has some great potential. More people will catch on. But making the result a palindrome is awesome. I usually make sure the amount is something like 25.01 for the same reason.

by: Aaron

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:38:59 +0000

The issue is that your Twitter account is not set up to send direct messages to you via SMS. Check your preferences and then try it again. Also, you will need to make sure you have “Notifications on” for Tipr in Twitter as well. I had turned them off and lost the direct message notifications.

by: Brian Adkins

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:40:35 +0000

Hmm… I just checked my email, and the answers to the tipr questions are going there! That might be inconvenient if I have to wait until I get home and check my email to get the tip info ;)

I wonder why tipr output is going to email when my other twitter messages return via SMS. For example, if I issue a ‘get user’ sms, I’ll get an sms response, not an email.

Sorry for filling up your blog comments with tech support stuff, feel free to contact me via email if you want to debug it.

by: Brian Adkins

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:27:04 +0000

I like the idea of using twitter’s sms infrastructure for free.

However, after following tipr, I’ve been waiting quite a while for a response to either “d tipr help” or “d tipr 34@20” I tried it on my phone as well as the IM interface to twitter.

Not sure if the delay is due to twitter or the bot, but it’s probably quicker for me to use the calculator on my Treo 650 :)

by: Herko

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:56:17 +0000

Hopefully we can order soon in Austria also the iPhone, are good hope it 2008 to buy are

by: fragrances

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:17:51 +0000

This is a great little program, particularly the bit with palindrome. Not sure how you managed to get it to figure it that way, but it does offer a nice safety device (until someone catches on and imitates what you’ve done to manipulate credit card information). I think programs like these are actually going to be very big soon, as the mobile internet begins to take off. Indeed, I think they may wind up being bigger than all of those sites that are currently being converted into “mobile” versions — Mobile Yahoo, Mobile AOL, Mobile Youtube. If the iPhone commercials are accurate, phones may soon be able to access the internet in its current state without the need for slimmed down versions. If so, the mobile programming wave may collapse or at least subside. However, no matter what happens, mobile users are always going to find these sorts of small practical applications extremely useful — like having a PDA in your phone.

by: Aaron

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:12:12 +0000

You know, I haven’t decided if I want to open source the class just yet. Let’s move this to email and we can talk about it a bit more.

by: Jonathan Snook

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:49:32 +0000

Mind making said TwitterBot class available? :)

What’s interesting is that we came to the same conclusion with MyMileMarker.com. With Twitter, there’s suddenly this really convenient way to allow for SMS and IM and all the other interfaces to Twitter to suddenly work with you site. While I suspect the twitter folk didn’t plan it that way from the get go, in hindsight, it almost seems brilliant.