Code, Strings, and Keys

Category: twitter

  • Is the #Twitpocalypse overhyped?

    Initially heard through Programmable Web: The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?, twitter is rapidly approaching the maximum for a 32-bit signed int. You can view the countdown here. This got a also mention at GigaOM: Today, We Think Think Twitter is Dead (for now). While the Twitpocalypse was not the primary topic…

  • The rampant dismissing of social media

    (This was inspired by Jason Fall’s post on the Sustainability of Social Media) What’s lost in the dismissing of social media as a fad is the fact that social media is simply an extension, through technology, of what has been around for ages. Determined people have always found a way to connect with others with…

  • Breaking down Tweetdeck configuration and storage.

    I decided to look at the possibility of eventually exporting the configuration data contained in TweetDeck: You can find the groups, friends, and columns settings in a SQLite database file in a path like: C:Documents and Settings{USERNAME}Application DataTweetDeckFast.{some hideously long hex string}Local Storetd_{version?}_{twitter username}.db I used SQLite database browser to look at this file. (I…