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Rails Rumble and New Features!

Posted by Michael Bleigh on October 17, 2008

Present.ly is proud to sponsor the 2008 Rails Rumble set to kick off in a few short hours. The Rails Rumble is a 48-hour coding marathon in which teams compete to build awesome web applications in a short time. In addition to providing prizes for the winning teams, we also set up an account for the contestants to use during the competition:

The signups are driving along and the conversation is starting; we can’t wait to see how people use it throughout the competition.

Bulk E-Mail Invitations

To coincide with the Rumble we’ve released a few new features. First, you can now bulk invite users by entering comma-separated e-mails in the Administration panel. You can also enter a custom message:

Post to Twitter!

We’ve seen a lot of people wishing that they could dual post to Twitter and Present.ly simultaneously. That’s now possible! Just click on “Settings” and then “Services” to set up your credentials. Sending messages from Twitter is then as simple as typing t! at the start of your message!

We’re really excited about the Rumble and the new features, we hope you enjoy them!

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Present.ly On Twitterrific

Posted by Michael Bleigh on October 10, 2008

UPDATE: Craig Hockenberry, the author of Twitterrific, has informed me that theway mentioned in this post will not persist if you download a new version. Check out his method in the comments section below!

Twitterrific is a fantastic Twitter client for Mac OS X that I’ve been using for a long time. Thanks to Present.ly’s Twitter-Compatible API, it’s possible to connect to Present.ly using Twitterrific with just a few short modifications! I’ve created a screencast of the process that is embedded below (though I suggest you view the HD Version on Vimeo but here’s the steps for those who don’t want to watch a video:

Browse to the Twitterrific application in your Applications folder and Ctrl+Click it, selecting “Show Package Contents”
Open the Contents and Resources directories, then open up the defaults.plist file.
Modify the baseUrl property to be yoursubdomain.presentlyapp.com/api/twitter
Modify the protocol property to be https:// instead of http://
Save the file and launch Twitterrific
Login using your Present.ly credentials
Voila!

The integration isn’t perfect (we’d love for the Twitterrific folks to create a more robust implementation!) but you can read your update stream as well as post updates easily using the familiar system. Enjoy!

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