Announcing my Twitter Bot: TwitMeBack
Over a few evenings last week and over the weekend I wrote a twitter bot. It's not a client or a mashup. It simply looks for you to say certain things and replies later. It's basically a glorified alarm clock -- one that you can set and receive via text message (if you have twitter setup for mobile updates).
The syntax is pretty simple:
@twitmeback in 15 time to make the donuts
or
@twitmeback in 1:45 check parking meter
You can specify the duration until you're reminded in either [hours]:[minutes] or just in a count of minutes.
Where I think this really gets useful is that it can do direct messages, too. Personally I prefer to keep mobile updates to directs only, so if I want a text message reminder, it needs to be in the form of a direct message. The bot will automatically follow you back if you follow it (it checks every half hour). Then, you can set reminders via direct message, like so:
d twitmeback in 30 don't forget to submit your time sheet
or
d twitmeback in 4:00 lunch time!
If your reminder is received via DM, it will remind you via DM. This way, your reminders can be totally private (if that's what you want), or work totally from text message.
Lastly, you can also specify a DM reminder by starting your message with "d", like so:
@twitmeback d in 90 is the pizza here yet?
Now go forth, and be reminded.
in My projects | 2 Responses 2008-09-28 17:05
2 responses:
- Mark Aplet 03 Oct 2008 10:34 AM Adam that is really cool! can anyone use this or is it only for you?
