More Cowbell!

Twitter Mentions to SMS Notifications

Is it always me or everytime I am about to publish some new apps, there is always ‘other’ apps that almost similar or even exists long time ago.

OK, here is the pitch. Get notification instantly via sms update if someone is mentioning you in twitter. Simple. No need to subscribe to another service and follow everyone like digi and maxis doing it right now.

This app is powered by Teleku. 

Major bugs. The ‘@’ sign is now visible on sms. Been contacting Teleku support about it and for now it is replace by the word AT.

Feel free to use.

Google Barcode Image

While browsing twitter, the trending topic that caught my attention is “New Google Logo”. So I fired up my browser and type google.com . And there it is, the google logo is now change to some barcode image.

To my curious, I open up my HTC Dream and open Barcode Scanner application. And this is the screenshots

Identi.ca

Yesterday, some of blog post at Planet Maemo have a posting about the ‘twitter’ in town -> Identi.ca. caught my attentions. Basically, all of us (some..) getting frustated that twitter is keep getting down. Today, the Fail Whale is on the front page of twitter. Now I know, why I am not getting any updates from my phone.

Here are the FAQ pulled out from the website

What is Identi.ca?


Identi.ca is a micro-blogging service.
You can use it to write short notices about yourself, where you are,
and what you’re doing, and those notices will be sent to all your friends
and fans.


How is Identi.ca different from Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, Plurk, others?


Identi.ca is an Open Network Service. Our main
goal is to provide a fair and transparent service that preserves users’ autonomy. In
particular, all the software used for Identi.ca is Free Software, and all the data is available
under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, making it Open Data.


The software also implements the OpenMicroBlogging protocol, meaning that you can have friends on other microblogging services
that can receive your notices.


The goal here is autonomy — you deserve the right to manage your own on-line
presence. If you don’t like how Identi.ca works, you can take your data and the source code and set up your own server (or move your account to another one).


Where is feature X?


The software we run, Laconica, is still in its early stages,
and many features people expect from microblogging sites are not yet implemented. Some important ones that are expected “soon”:



* SMS updates and notifications

* A Twitter-compatible API

* More AJAX-y interface

* Maps

* Cross-post to Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.

* Pull messages from Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc.

* Facebook integration

* Hashtags

* Image, video, audio notices

* Automatic url-shortening

* Multilingual interface (using Gettext)



There is a list of bugs and features that you may find
interesting. New ideas or complaints are very welcome.

If you have any ideas and want to throw to the developer: Evan Prodromou , he listen to feedbacks.

Follow me : http://identi.ca/sicksand