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Twitter on Flash

Alekkus — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:55:48 +0000

I’ve worked with many external API services to date…Flickr, Facebook, Youtube… you name it. None of them is as easy as Twitter’s, simply love it. See what I created in a day.

[update Mar 03, 2009] See also Friendfeed API demo.

A dead simple way to shorten url using TinyURL API

Alekkus — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:36:15 +0000

Folks using Twitter would appreciate the notion of shortening url given that each post in Twitter is limited to 140 characters. Several services exist, but among them, only TinyURL hosts a cross-domain policy file. That means we can use the TinyURL API to shorten url without the need of a proxy server.

The API is damn simple; just make a call to:

http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=

Demo:
Shorten URL (view source enabled)

Hooking up to Friendfeed API

Alekkus — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:48:02 +0000

See what I’ve created while experimenting with Friendfeed API. Check it out here.

Next on the to-do list: allow commenting or “like this” directly from the application.

[update Feb 18, 2009] Adding comments and “like this” functions are easier than thought. They are now included. Check it out.

[update Mar 03, 2009] See also Twitter Demo.