By @edent · NaBloPoMo predictions twitter · 7 comments · 1,600 words · read ~237 times.
It's always fun to look back at the predictions ancient man made about life in the future. 11 years ago today, Loïc Le Meur wrote 30 predictions for the future of Twitter (archive.org of the original). This is a non-snarky look at those predictions. Not to ridicule his ideas, but to understand the errors made […]
Continue reading →By @edent · blogging mms sms twitter vodafone · 7 comments · 350 words · read ~475 times.
A curio from the archives. Waaaaaay back in 2003, I was working at Vodafone on their graduate training scheme. One of their fancy new ideas was a crowd-sourced employee suggestion box for new business proposals. As an eager young grad I submitted dozens of ideas. Most of them were crap. But, as I looked back […]
Continue reading →By @edent · cryptography twitter · 7 comments · 250 words · read ~2,571 times.
Twitter has a nifty new feature which allows you to schedule the publication of a Tweet. But, crucially, it doesn't let the reader know when the message was originally written. How can you, as a publisher, prove that you wrote a scheduled Tweet at a specific time? Here's one method. Write a Tweet which contains […]
Continue reading →By @edent · fraud phishing scam security twitter · 4 comments · 400 words · read ~1,265 times.
My mate Dom was moaning to his ISP on Twitter. They sent him a private message so they could look into his account. Blimey! Thankfully, that was a pretty brazen and inept attempt at phishing. Anyone asking for all your card details like that should set the alarm bells ringing. Of course, phishers often target […]
Continue reading →By @edent · api HowTo twitter · 4 comments · 750 words · read ~1,878 times.
One of the most requested Twitter API features is now available - the ability to get replies to a Tweet as a thread. Long time readers know that I've long been a fan of Visualising Twitter Conversations in 2D Space. But up until now you had to use horrible hacks to get the data. As […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HTML twitter Web Development · 3 comments · 350 words · read ~183 times.
I wanted to see what I was Tweeting on this exact day last year. And all the years before. So I built a website! It's a disgusting hack, and I'm truly sorry for unleashing it on you. Using the API You can't. The Twitter search API only goes back 7 days. This whole idea would […]
Continue reading →By @edent · encryption pgp twitter · 3 comments · 250 words · read ~3,140 times.
I'm not sure if I'm the first person to do this - but I'm going to claim credit anyway! Hello! This Tweet has been signed with my PGP Key. pic.twitter.com/ed4rcldlvw — Terence Eden is on Mastodon (@edent) May 14, 2020 You can verify by pasting the alt text into keybase.io/verify - or by using your […]
Continue reading →By @edent · HowTo tip twitter · 1 comment · 150 words · read ~104 times.
Twitter's search interface has all sorts of lovely and obscure options. My three favourites are "min_retweets:", "min_replies:", and "min_faves:" Using those filters, you can create a search for Tweets which meet a certain threshold. For example, here are my Tweets which have been liked more than 500 times: twitter.com/search?q=from:edent min_faves:500 Here are the ones which […]
Continue reading →By @edent · fake news quotes twitter · 6 comments · 400 words · read ~2,916 times.
There are lots of celelbrities and famous academics on Twitter. Then there's Professor Richard Feynman. Who died in 1988. Every so often, one of "his" pearls of wisdom is regurgitated into my Twitter feed. When you are dead, you don't know you are dead. It's pain only for others. It's the same thing when you […]
Continue reading →By @edent · Social Media Social Networks twitter · 6 comments · 1,050 words · read ~274 times.
Way back when Blackberry was the smartphone, my team at Vodafone obsessed over the idea of the "Unified Inbox". "What if," the marketing chaps said, "you could see all your notifications in one place!" Imagine a single inbox where your MySpace friend requests mingled with your Email. And your Facebook and Google Buzz notifications were […]
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