Twitter tools
Tweetdeck
Personally, I think this is the best Twitter client/interface I've used so far - they also have a version available for the iPhone.
TweetStats
Find out more about your Tweeting-patterns:
Twitalyzer
Find out about your Twitter 'influence', 'signal', 'generosity', 'velocity' and 'clout':
TweetPsych
This is interesting - build a psychological profile of a person based on the content of their tweets:
Twitter Karma
Find out who isn't following you back and who you're not following:
BackTweets
Lets you search for links on twitter (even through URL shorteners). Useful if you want to see who's been tweeting about your website. They also have a Wordpress plugin for it.
Twuffer
Twuffer is a "Twitter Buffer" that allows you to schedule tweets for a later time
Qwitter
Qwitter lets you know when someone has stopped following you
Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments. You can also follow me on twitter
Creating a tunnel and SOCKS proxy with Putty
Why?
- Secure a public WiFi connection
- Bypass country-specific-content websites (e.g sites that only allow users from the U.S)
- Connect to a remotely-secured MySQL database via localhost
It's pretty easy to do in Linux (and I think the command is pretty much the same in MacOS or with cygwin installed):
ssh -L localport:hostname:remoteport username@Server
This is how to do it with Putty
Open Putty and enter in the basics: the Server and port (22):
Next, create the tunnel. Enter the source port (in this example, it's 3306 - a MySQL port) and leave the destination field empty (not always left blank, but it works for most cases)
The tunnel will be open/active as soon as you've logged in. Obviously, you still have to set up your proxy settings in whatever application you're using (for those who don't know, 127.0.0.1 is 'localhost'):
I hate Internet Explorer
Any and all versions for that matter.
Text rendering in Firefox:
Text rendering in Google Chrome:
Text rendering in Internet Explorer 8 - WTF is this?!
Ok, I admit: I'm using the text-shadow property... but still!
Google Wave: View all public waves
Search for with:public and you'll have enough to keep you busy testing.
Update: To make your wave publicly viewable, add this "public@a.gwave.com"
Note: You have to add it in the contact list on the bottom-left of the screen. It might not accept the email address, but just press enter anyway and it should work.
Note2: Sometimes the address will disappear from your list - in which case, add it again (I know, it's annoying).
Google Wave
Got my invitation for Google Wave this morning and I'm already seeing just how useful this can be for collaboration. Especially from a developer's point-of-view: Imagine real-time code-reviews, or dare I say, extreme programming (XP) across continents?.
The editor isn't half-bad at all - it recognizes Tabs (unlike Gmail)
To make it better, pressing Enter at the end of the line goes to the start of the tab, as opposed to the start of the new-line (awesome!):
The other thing I've noticed is there isn't any mention of overall space-limitations.
More to come later...