Shortening with YOURLS and Tweetie 2 for iPhone

A few months back, around the possible demise of the tr.im URL shortening service, there was a sudden rise in popularity with running your own URL shortener on your own boutique URL. That was when I set up Ninja Me (nja.me) using YOURLS. At the time, I reverse-engineered the undocumented API enough to hack Twitter-Tools … Continue reading Shortening with YOURLS and Tweetie 2 for iPhone

Son of Apple and other things

It feels like it’s been a while since I posted something here, so I will start with a few cool things and then drop into the various and sundry items. First! My second ever Etsy purchase arrived last night. I know Etsy to be the land of puffy-paint, glitter, and rhinestones; of “fashion” sweatshirts; of … Continue reading Son of Apple and other things

Why I prefer Nambu as a Twitter client

For a long while, I used Twitterrific as my only Twitter client. It is a great, well written, application that nicely integrates into OS X. Unfortunately, I outgrew it. The people I follow in Twitter generally fall into three groups: the Portland tech scene, the ARG scene, and “other” (which includes friends that fit in … Continue reading Why I prefer Nambu as a Twitter client