Here is my twitter blog. Why would I have one?

I have multiple twitter feeds that I like to post to. I use my cell phone texting plan to do this, but twitter gets confused if you try to send multiple sms commands from one phone plan. Enter text to emailing capabilities.

Every Verizon customer has an email address associated with their texting plan. For every number you have an email address: your-10-digitnumber@vtext.com This is your texting email address. Also, your account associates a picture messaging account built the same way: your-10-digit-number@vzwpix.com. Any email address in the world can send a message to you, and you to them by using one of these addresses. (use the vzwpix address, it works better) Again, the only charge here is for a texting plan, which in my case is unlimited.

I used www.twittermail.com for a while, which allows me to email in my tweets, but I have found their service to be unreliable, since the site was bought out by a different owner. But now, I have found text-to-email-to-blog-to-twitter to be a great option... although a little complicated...

Here’s a step-by-step guide to building your own Twitter client that lets you tweet using regular email or phone texting.

Step 1: Go to blogger.com and create a dummy blog (say, mytwitter.blogspot.com)

Step 2: From the Blogger dashboard, go to Settings -> Email and set up your own private mail-to-blogger address – something like abc.twitter@blogger.com – save this email address to your mobile phone address book.

Step 3: Go to twitterfeed.com, login with your OpenID and associate the feed mytwitter.blogspot.com/rss.xml to your twitterfeed account.

Step 4: Go to advanced settings, and tell twitterfeed to publish the description only, and update every 30 minutes.

That’s it. When you have something to share with the Twitter universe, send that as an email, or text message to the address created in Step 2. Your tweet may take few minutes to show up on the Twitter homepage but it will be there definitely.

This is the coolest FREE thing going on in my computer world these days. Basically, it changes any Gmail account, (which is free by the way) into an online USB storage device. It canback up all your computers files where they can't be stolen, drowned, or torched. If you have gotten tired of your slow laptop, or want a solution where you can acces your files from multiple computers like I do, listen up, www.getgspace.com is most definitely for you.

Ok, so there is my commercial. But I can't say enough about it. Here is what www.download.cnet.com said about it in their review, which sold me on the software.

Gspace is a Firefox extension that takes the small pile of gigabytes that the Google folks give you for your Gmail account and turns them into a drive with storage and music-playing capabilities.
Accessible via a toolbar button or from the menu bar, the extension opens a new tab with an FTP-style interface. You can transfer files by highlighting them and hitting the directional arrow. Drag and drop is not available, but the plug-in is still replete with goodies. Uploading a file sends an e-mail with it attached to your Gmail. By creating an appropriate filter and folder, it can be quite easy to keep track of the files you've uploaded. Deleting the file from Gspace deletes the e-mail.
Gspace also allows users to switch between different Gmail accounts, has an Inbox button so you can quickly jump back to the standard Gmail interface, and supports different uses of the virtual drive. These include a Music mode, which can be used with a Flash music player to create a Web-based MP3 player, and a Photo mode, which can be used for displaying photos--although it didn't work for us.
Additional features include help buttons and a status bar that tells you which account you're using and the amount of space used. Gspace also can show you files uploaded with GMail Drive, a similar program, although those files aren't accessible from Gspace. Highly recommended.

These instructions will be for Verizon wireless users.

Ok, so most of us have unlimited texting plans. If you do not, this post should convince you to do so. Your normal Verizon texting plan does not include data usage, or internet usage... I'm here to tell you that you do not need it, so don't buy a data plan. Here is why.

Enter text to emailing capabilities. Every Verizon customer has an email address associated with their texting plan. For every number you have an email address: your-10-digitnumber@vtext.com This is your texting email address. Also, your account associates a picture messaging account built the same way: your-10-digit-number@vzwpix.com. This vzwpix email address is your ticket to data package freedom! Any email address in the world can send a message to you by using one of these addresses. (use the vzwpix address, it works better) Again, the only charge here is for a texting plan, which in my case is unlimited.

You can do a lot of interesting things over email without a web connection or data plan– you can read any webpages over email, maintain your task list, convert documents, upload photo and videos, get dictionary meanings of words and more.

Just make sure that you have added the following 10 addresses to your email address contacts, and phone address book: (I found this top 10 list here) The key to using these services, is to send an email as a picture message to each of the following servces.

10. pdf@koolwire.com – You have an Office document or a picture on your computer or mobile phone that you wish to convert into a PDF file. Just email that file an email attachment to the above address and it will soon return to your Inbox as a PDF file. [koolwire review]

9. ..@photos.flickr.com – Flickr provides a unique email upload address here – you can send your photographs to this email address as attachments and they’ll show up in Flick Photo gallery almost instantly. The subject line of email becomes the photo’s title while the body of the email becomes the photo’s description.

8. e@xpenser.com – This is like filling data in a travel spreadsheet through email. You can use this address to gather and record your travel expenses while on the road. [xpenser review]

7. go@blogger.com – You can use this address to post pictures on any Blogger hosted blog. Any picture that you send to this email address will appear as a new blog post in your mobile blog. You can also use this service to post regular text entries to your Blogspot blog. In that case, the “Send to Blogger” email address is available under Blogger Dashboard.

6. upload@upload.slideshare.net – If you have (one or more) PowerPoint Presentations and PDF documents that you quickly want to share with friends, just email the files to Slideshare and they’ll instantly turn them into a web slideshow. [Slideshare upload options]

5. …@mms.youtube.com – YouTube member can create an MMS profile here – if you have a video clip on your mobile phone or comptuer but no access to YouTube website, you can easily upload that video file to YouTube through that email address. [Details on Youtube Email upload]

4. pdf2txt@adobe.com – Send a PDF document to this email address as an attachment and it will come back as a plain text file. Handy when your don’t have a PDF viewer to open the PDF document. Alternatively, you can send the PDF file to pdf2html@adobe.com for conversion to HTML format. [Extract Text from PDF]

3. ..@prod.writely.com – Google Docs provides a unique email address here – you can upload your documents, spreadsheets and presentations to Google Docs through this address and read them on your mobile phone using the just launched Google Docs mobile at docs.google.com/m. [Google Docs Upload]

2. …@rmilk.com – When you signup for Remember The Milk, you are assigned a unique email address. Emails sent to this special address are automatically converted into tasks and appear in your Inbox. Click on Settings -> Info -> Inbox Email Address. Very handy for keeping a track of your unfinished tasks and getting things done while on the move.

1. wsmith@wordsmith.org – Get the dictionary definition and synonyms of any word by sending a blank email to this email address. Make the subject line as: define myword

And now the most useful email address that will help you read webpages through email without requiring a web connection:

0. www@web2mail.com – Send an email with the URL of the web page in the Subject field (e.g. www.cnn.com) and you’ll soon find a copy of that web page in your Inbox. A perfect option when there’s no Internet access in the area or access is restricted (for instance, you want to read the BBC homepage in China).

Another similar service is www4mail@wm.ictp.trieste.it – it will also fetch websites for you through email though in this case, the site address should go in the body of the email message.

These web-to-email services will come extremely handy for receiving on-demand Stock quotes (for the current Google stock price, type finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GOOG), weather updates, currency exchange rates (for USD to INR, type finance.yahoo.com/q?s=USDINR=X) and more.

Combine all your Twitter and Facebook messages together when you add http://www.twitter.com/ to http://www.facebook.com/ . Why? The New Facebook has stopped allowing you to export yout facebook status updates. If you use twitter, you can send tweets to facebook, blogger, and anywhere else that accepts an RSS feed. This means you can 1 txt from your phone, and immediatly post it all over the place simultaneously...

This is an incredibly easy thing, that will take you 2 minutes to set up, and will save you a ton of time in the long haul

Here's How:
1.Type in "Twitter" in the search box on facebook.
2.Go to the Add Twitter to Facebook app.
3.Click "Go to Application".
4.Click "Allow".
5.You'll now be asked to log into Twitter. Log in to add Twitter to Facebook.
6.If you want your Twitter messages to feed right along with your Facebook messages, click on "Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status". Then you can see all your messages at once.
7.That's it! You'll now be able to se your Twitter posts on Facebook. Tips:

Tip: Don't do step number 6 if you're not prepared to have all your Twitter messages flooding onto your Facebook page.

I have been fighting with Facebook to accept my mobile pictures. After a while I found it worked beautifully to send them in as atxt message to an email address. Maybe there is something you need help with as well? I pulled all of this info from the Facebook mobile help page. The questions may be easier to find answers to on their site, but sometimes seeing it in a different location is helpful. Good Luck! Feel free to ask me additional questions. I will do my best to respond in a reasonable ammount of time. - Milo

How do I start?
Anyone can start just by sending a photo from your phone to mobile@facebook.com or a note to notes@facebook.com. We'll send you back a code to confirm your phone. Enter this code on the site once, and you're confirmed to continue uploading from your phone. To start, go to the Mobile Uploads tab of the Mobile page.

Which carriers support Facebook Mobile Uploads?
In the United States, Facebook Mobile Uploads are supported by AT&T, Boost, Nextel, Sprint, Verizon, Helio, and Virgin USA. In Canada, this functionality is supported by Bell Mobility, Aliant, Solo, Fido, Rogers, TELUS, SaskTel, and MTS. In the UK, this functionality is supported by O2. If you have another carrier, it should still work, but we cannot guarantee that it will.

Will uploading work from my phone?
Sending messages is a little different on every phone. If you have an iPhone, simply use the Facebook for iPhone application available for free from the iTunes App Store. To send a photo from the Facebook for iPhone application, click the camera icon on the home page.To upload to Facebook from any other phone, your phone needs to be able to send multimedia messages (MMS) to an email address. Most new phones can do this, but not all phones support this feature. Check with your carrier and/or device manufacturer to find out how to send multimedia messages from your phone.

Do I need Facebook Mobile Texts to use this?
No. Mobile Uploads and Mobile Texts are both a part of Facebook Mobile, but you can use either one by itself.

How do I upload photos from my phone?
To upload photos to Facebook Photos, follow these steps:
Go to the Mobile Uploads tab of the Mobile page.
Send photos from your camera phone as a multimedia message to mobile@facebook.com. To add a photo caption, just include it as the subject line in your message.

How do I upload notes from my phone?
To upload notes from your phone, follow these steps:
Go to the Mobile Uploads tab of the Mobile page.
Send photos, text, or both as multimedia messages to notes@facebook.com. To add a note title, just include it as the subject line in your message.

How do I upload videos from my phone?
To upload videos from your phone, follow these steps:
Check to makes sure the Video application has been added to your account. If it hasn’t, you can find this application here.
Send videos as multimedia messages to mobile@facebook.com. To add a title, include it as the subject line of your message. To add a description, include it in the body of your message.

Can I text message a note instead?
Yes, just text "note" followed by the body of your note to FBOOK (32665). You must have Facebook Mobile Texts in order to do this.

Does Mobile Uploads cost money?
Facebook does not charge for Mobile Uploads. However, your carrier's normal messaging and picture messaging charges will apply. Check with your carrier to find out what plans are available and how much they cost.

Mobile photo/video will not upload.
For iPhone users, simply use the Facebook for iPhone application available for free from the iTunes App Store. For all other phones, please make sure you are sending an MMS (not email) to mobile@facebook.com and that MMS is included in your service plan. Please click here if none of the above information resolves your issue.

My carrier is not supported.
Which mobile feature are you trying to use?

Uploads
It is possible to upload photos even though your carrier is not supported, though we cannot guarantee it will work. To begin uploading photos from your mobile phone, just send a photo in a multimedia message (MMS) to the email address mobile@facebook.com. You will then receive a text message containing your Mobile Uploads confirmation code. You can enter this code in the Mobile Uploads section of the Mobile application when logged in from a computer. You will not need a code for subsequent uploads.

Verification
You should be able to verify your account via your mobile phone even though your carrier is unsupported. Simply select the "Verify" link found below the "word in the box" (i.e., the captcha) that you see when poking, messaging, or sending friend requests. Then select your country code and enter your mobile number.

Texts
Thanks for your interest in Facebook Mobile. We encourage you to talk to your carrier to let them know that you are interested in this service. If enough people contact them, it may convince them to support our texts. For now, please note that you can use our Mobile Uploads feature to upload photos, videos and notes directly from your phone. You should also be able to access your account via Mobile Web at m.facebook.com or iphone.facebook.com for iPhones.

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