I have (hopefully) linked my blog with my twitter account so you can all be notified when a new blog post is made, simply by following me on twitter. This is the final test to see if it actually works.
It’s chilly in my house as we haven’t got around to turning the radiators back on and this unusual September chill has caught us by surprise.
Ever since I got my iPod touch I’ve used it to tweet, blog, chat and skype via wifi, but it’s just occurred to me that arctic explorers would have to use a classic iPod or other generic mp3 player as the iPod touch and iPhone use a heat sensitive touch screen. My fingers are fairly cold and it’s taking twice as long to write this blog post where as my HTC touch cruise uses pressure sensitive touch screen technology. It’s less responsive than the iPod but unlike the iPod, doesn’t require a certain degree of finger temperature to work!
I like both but if I’m stranded in an Icelandic area with not a soul in site (but there is wifi coverage) then my HTC is the only choice…
Could a snake use an iPhone?
Twitter is being used for new and exciting purposes! Andy Clark has hooked his Twitter account up to monitoring systems to regularly tweet status updates such a power consumption!
I have wondered whether Twitter could be used for other things! Devices such as televisions, ovens, microwaves and even sprinkler systems could be controlled by tweeting specific codewords used to activate or deactivate said device! Programming a piece of code to read updates from the twitter server and searching each new tweet can’t be too hard…can it? You put your dinner in the oven before heading to work. Come quitting time, tweet your oven on and hey presto, roast beef ready for when you get in, or make sure your beloved daffy dills don’t perish while on holiday by tweeting to your sprinkler to run a 45 minute rain cycle! The possibilities are endless and it’s only a matter of time until someone has a twitter controlled house!
