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Best description of twitter I've seen
Wednesday, July 02, 2008From Dave Winer: The flow there is pointless. It's like trying to make a baby by having sex with a rock. First, it's hard to get excited. And second, no baby. [read more...]Filed under | 0 comments »Share this -
If you are wondering where I get my Xbox Live info...
Friday, June 01, 2007A few people have emailed me or posted comments wondering how I grab the Xbox Info for the Twitter app and for my services. It is not from scraping and it is not from any publicly available source. I joined the Xbox Community Developer Program (XCDP), which is an official program designed to support folks who are building community sites (forums, reviews, blogs, etc...) around Xbox related topics. Many folks who want Xbox info, are not working on a large site like the people in the XCDP, which is exactly why I created my service. This way, people who are [read more...]Filed under | 7 comments »Share this -
Using the Xbox to Twitter app? Please update your client....
Saturday, May 26, 2007Ok, ok.... so I should have built-in an auto-update, ClickOnce would have been easy enough.... but anyway.... I've added many features to the Xbox to Twitter application, including support for only updating when the title being played changes, not showing popups and even a preview of what your twitter updates will look like once they are combined with your template. To update, uninstall the client using your Control Panel then click on the install link and reinstall. You should see the new and improved options dialog where you can choose to update only on title changes and also turn off [read more...]Filed under | 9 comments »Share this -
Put up a REST API for Xbox Gamertag Data
Saturday, May 26, 2007My twitter app uses a web service hosted on my site to get all the necessary Xbox Live info.... way more than the twitter app actually uses. This is a SOAP API, located here: http://duncanmackenzie.net/services/XboxInfo.asmx I know that some people prefer a more RESTful API though, so I also have another 'page' that you can call with a straight GET request and just pass the gamertag in as a query string parameter: http://duncanmackenzie.net/services/GetXboxInfo.aspx?GamerTag=Festive+Turkey Enjoy! [read more...]Filed under | 31 comments »Share this -
Connect your Xbox 360 Gamertag to Twitter
Friday, May 11, 2007UPDATE: I've updated this application since the original version, addressing most of the 'known issues' listed belowhey folks, the first version of my xbox to twitter app is done (at least done enough to share!) ... Install the .NET Framework 2.0 (if you don't have it) Install the app Run it (from the "Duncan Mackenzie" folder in your Start Menu) Right click the little 'twitter' icon on your notification area, pick Settings ... enter in your Twitter Email Address Twitter Screen Name Twitter Password Gamertag check "Updates Enabled" Click OK to save these settings... Now fire up your Xbox 360 [read more...]Filed under | 19 comments »Share this
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