Thread: pgsql announce now on twitter
Hi everyone:
I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on
Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter.
It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough to
announce to the world.
Forgive me if this isn't the way to announce this, or if I'm stepping on
someone's toes. I checked Twitter and didn't see anything existing for this,
so I decided to scratch my own itch. :) If anyone with PGSQL wants it shut
down or wants to take it and make it official, just ping me. Otherwise, I hope
someone can find use in this.
(PS - I'm not on these lists. CC me if you want me to see your response)
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On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 07:58 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2009-03-03 21:38:39, schrieb Douglas J Hunley: > > Hi everyone: > > I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on > > Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. > > It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough to > > announce to the world. > > For What? -- Increasing Twitter-Spam? Not sure what the complainer is talking about here. pgsql-announce is moderated so spam should be almost nil. Anyway, I think this is a great thing that you have done as it allows further exposure to our great project. Good Work. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997
On Mar 4, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Not sure what the complainer is talking about here. pgsql-announce is > moderated so spam should be almost nil. I'm not 100% sure what "Twitter spam" *is*, for that matter.
On 04/03/2009 17:54, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Anyway, I think this is a great thing that you have done as it allows > further exposure to our great project. Good Work. +1 I think it's a great idea. Ray. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland rod@iol.ie Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals ------------------------------------------------------------------
2009/3/5 Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>: > Not sure what the complainer is talking about here. pgsql-announce is > moderated so spam should be almost nil. Isn't she the one who keeps complaining about the reply-to-all on the list and isn't subscribed because of the volume? ;}
Christophe wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >> Not sure what the complainer is talking about here. pgsql-announce is >> moderated so spam should be almost nil. > > I'm not 100% sure what "Twitter spam" *is*, for that matter. Redundant. ;-) --Josh
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:38:39PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on > Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. > It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough to > announce to the world. Nice, how about doing the same for http://identi.ca? Support the open source alternatives... -- Mark http://www.lambic.co.uk
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On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:39:36 Mark Styles wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:38:39PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > > I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on > > Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. > > It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough > > to announce to the world. > > Nice, how about doing the same for http://identi.ca? Support the open > source alternatives... That was suggested in private reply as well. I'd never even looked at it, but have added it to my 'todo' list. -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net)
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 01:58:14 Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2009-03-03 21:38:39, schrieb Douglas J Hunley: > > Hi everyone: > > I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on > > Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. > > It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough > > to announce to the world. > > For What? -- Increasing Twitter-Spam? I increasingly find myself travelling between our offices or in the data center and away from my email/feed reader. But, I always have my phone, so getting the updates via SMS was a win for me > Twitter is the last crap, sending me between 30 and 150 spams per day > and the Abuse Departement does not react. I was forced to block Twitter > entirely on my Mailserver since they have even spamed my postmaster and > abuse address. I'm sorry you've had such a bad experience. If I could do something for you, I would. I'm also not at all sure what led to your situation as I literally receive /no/ emails from Twitter. It's all SMS for me. > > (PS - I'm not on these lists. CC me if you want me to see your response) > > Done Thanks! -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net)
Mark Styles wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:38:39PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: >> I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on >> Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. >> It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough to >> announce to the world. > > Nice, how about doing the same for http://identi.ca? Support the open > source alternatives... That was done about 22 hours ago according to this: http://twitter.com/PGSQL_Announce/status/1281937759 -- Dan Langille BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference : http://www.bsdcan.org/ PGCon - The PostgreSQL Conference: http://www.pgcon.org/
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 09:44:58AM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:39:36 Mark Styles wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:38:39PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > > > I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on > > > Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. > > > It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough > > > to announce to the world. > > > > Nice, how about doing the same for http://identi.ca? Support the open > > source alternatives... > > Done. The account is pgsqlanounce Good stuff! BTW, Identica has group support, and I created a postgres group a while ago. You can join it here: http://identi.ca/group/postgres -- Mark http://www.lambic.co.uk
On Wednesday 04 March 2009 15:39:36 Mark Styles wrote: > On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 09:38:39PM -0500, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > > I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on > > Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter. > > It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough > > to announce to the world. > > Nice, how about doing the same for http://identi.ca? Support the open > source alternatives... Done. The account is pgsqlanounce -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net)
Am 2009-03-03 21:38:39, schrieb Douglas J Hunley:
> Hi everyone:
> I really wanted to let everyone know that I've created @PGSQL_Announce on
> Twitter and setup a cron job to parse the feed and post it to Twitter.
> It's been working for a little while now and I think it's stable enough to
> announce to the world.
For What? -- Increasing Twitter-Spam?
> Forgive me if this isn't the way to announce this, or if I'm stepping on
> someone's toes. I checked Twitter and didn't see anything existing for this,
> so I decided to scratch my own itch. :) If anyone with PGSQL wants it shut
> down or wants to take it and make it official, just ping me. Otherwise, I hope
> someone can find use in this.
Twitter is the last crap, sending me between 30 and 150 spams per day
and the Abuse Departement does not react. I was forced to block Twitter
entirely on my Mailserver since they have even spamed my postmaster and
abuse address.
> (PS - I'm not on these lists. CC me if you want me to see your response)
Done
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
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On Thursday 05 March 2009 21:15:08 Mark Styles wrote: > BTW, Identica has group support, and I created a postgres group a while > ago. You can join it here: > > http://identi.ca/group/postgres Joined -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net)