Comments on: 5 Unexpected Uses for Ag Tweet

By: thegoose

thegoose — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:21:08 +0000

Hey Guys

Thanks for the encouragement. If the truth be told this agtweet thing has turned into a minor obsession. Its hard not to keep eyeing up the number of new people each day. How sad.

Anyway – Colm – we use GSM modems to host the inbound sms and software called nowsms.com to push those messages up to our server. The software is fine but it requires a fair bit of keeping an eye on to make sure it is up all the time. We’re planning on upgrading that end of things if I can get some financial support on board. If you want to send outbound SMS check out http://www.clickatell.com. Not bad rates depending on volume.

By: Colm O'G

Colm O'G — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:13:43 +0000

Hi James, great job on agtweet, although I haven’t transferred my entire life over to it as yet. Would you have a pointer on how you did the SMS to web thing for agtweet ? I’m hoping to let users of a future sight send themselves reminders using SMS which will then be waiting for them when they come back to keep on tracking their carbon later.

TIA / Colm

By: Presiding Officer

Presiding Officer — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:24:53 +0000

Thanks for this great service! I used agtweet to update my twitter profile during the day of the Local and European Elections. I was a presiding officer at a rural Polling Station where there was no wifi, no 3G, so agtweet was perfect.

A 6th unexpected use for agtweet, promoting democracy!

By: Derry O Donnell

Derry O Donnell — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:51:58 +0000

Kind of a case of build it and they will come. Great to see it doing well
Oh, and take the money!

By: Roger Crss

Roger Crss — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:42:09 +0000

James,
this is a class idea after your after setting up. I was waiting for some service like this. Fair play, keep it up, Roger.