I am quite late to this thread, but what the heck, I'll give it the ol' college try. :)
HashPix: Search for images tagged with the same hashtag across Twitter, TwitPic, Instagram and Flickr. Create public/private albums of these pics and share the albums with anyone and everyone. Anonymous albums allowed but are made public by default.
2. @updt_me: (RSS/Atom) Feed updates via Twitter DM. Follow @updt_me and send a tweet @updt_me with the keyword START followed by a URL, e.g. "@updt_me START https://news.ycombinator.com/rss". You'll receive feed updates via Twitter DM (hence, the need to follow) when they happen. I'm currently using it to subscribe to xkcd, smbc and a few others.
Good for:
- Avoiding RSS inbox pile-ups due to procrastination/lethargy
- Ensuring authors get the page-views their blogs/sites deserve
- Following 'thoughts' rather than 'people', i.e. no more "I just ate broccoli. I #WIN." when you just want to read, "The 7 habits of highly-successful techpreneurs that you must cultivate before bedtime."
Coming soon:
- Ability to subscribe to feeds via DM - for those subscriptions that you'd rather not announce to the world. winkwinknudgenudge
- (Almost)instant PuSH updates using Superfeedr. (Still trying to figure this one out, actually.)
Because a year ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of being able to make a comment like this. I was (and still am) an utter newbie with no knowledge of any kind of programming. Deep-dived into Python/Django and the results are up there for you to peruse. Granted they aren't awesome like most others in this thread but hey, it's a start. :)
HashPix: Search for images tagged with the same hashtag across Twitter, TwitPic, Instagram and Flickr. Create public/private albums of these pics and share the albums with anyone and everyone. Anonymous albums allowed but are made public by default.
Good for:
- Events, e.g. #MySuperAwesomeHalloweenParty
- Contests, #TweetLikeAGhostAndWin
- Festivals #HalloweenHaunts
...anything where you can use a hashtag, really!
Link: http://hashpix.herokuapp.com
2. @updt_me: (RSS/Atom) Feed updates via Twitter DM. Follow @updt_me and send a tweet @updt_me with the keyword START followed by a URL, e.g. "@updt_me START https://news.ycombinator.com/rss". You'll receive feed updates via Twitter DM (hence, the need to follow) when they happen. I'm currently using it to subscribe to xkcd, smbc and a few others.
Good for:
- Avoiding RSS inbox pile-ups due to procrastination/lethargy
- Ensuring authors get the page-views their blogs/sites deserve
- Following 'thoughts' rather than 'people', i.e. no more "I just ate broccoli. I #WIN." when you just want to read, "The 7 habits of highly-successful techpreneurs that you must cultivate before bedtime."
Coming soon:
- Ability to subscribe to feeds via DM - for those subscriptions that you'd rather not announce to the world. wink wink nudge nudge
- (Almost)instant PuSH updates using Superfeedr. (Still trying to figure this one out, actually.)
Links:
http://update-me.herokuapp.com
http://twitter.com/updt_me
Why do these make me happy?
Because a year ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of being able to make a comment like this. I was (and still am) an utter newbie with no knowledge of any kind of programming. Deep-dived into Python/Django and the results are up there for you to peruse. Granted they aren't awesome like most others in this thread but hey, it's a start. :)