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Archive for March, 2010

• I'm at Aviary Decor (2110 South Lamar, Oxford Ave, Austin). http://4sq.com/d9Pr3T #
• I'm at Winship Building (E 23rd Street, San Jacinto, Austin) w/ 2 others. http://4sq.com/a3ov9P #
• I'm at Red House Pizzeria (1917 Manor Rd, E Dean Keeton St, Austin). http://4sq.com/3nQOxb #
• I'm at Mr.Natural – East Location (1901 E Cesar Chavez St, Chincon, Austin). http://4sq.com/4Pntn5 #
• I'm at Thunderbird Coffee (2200 Manor Rd, Breeze Terrace, Austin). http://4sq.com/4NOmyQ #
• I'm at Bossa Nova Coffeehouse (2121 E 6th St, Robert T Martinez Jr St, Austin). http://4sq.com/6USwMl #
• I'm at H-E-B (E. 7th Street, Pleasant Valley, Austin). http://4sq.com/8iE5SF #
• I'm at Birds Barbershop (1107 E 6th St, at Medina St, Austin). http://4sq.com/4Oaqdb #
• @Miachel better than a home haircut in reply to Miachel #
• I'm at Winship Building (E 23rd Street, San Jacinto, Austin). http://4sq.com/a3ov9P #
• Shootaround time… (@ The New Movement) http://4sq.com/8YvgW3 #
• @andysc please let me know next time you're planning on selling stock in reply to andysc #
• @iamtaminelson now *that's* comedy in reply to iamtaminelson #
• I'm at Thunderbird Coffee (2200 Manor Rd, Breeze Terrace, Austin). http://4sq.com/4NOmyQ #
• I'm at Sao Paulo's (2809 San Jacinto, at East 26 1/2, Austin). http://4sq.com/coJKN8 #
• I'm at Mr.Natural – East Location (1901 E Cesar Chavez St, Chincon, Austin). http://4sq.com/4Pntn5 #
• I'm at University Co-op (2246 Guadalupe St, btw 22nd St and 23rd St, Austin). http://4sq.com/aJ50Sp #
• I'm at texas frenchbread (2900 Rio Grande St, at 29th, Austin). http://4sq.com/cA6Ell #
• I'm at Breed & Co. (718 W 29th St, Austin). http://4sq.com/4F0YUp #
• I'm at Winship Building (E 23rd Street, San Jacinto, Austin). http://4sq.com/a3ov9P #
• I'm at Tom's Dive and Swim (5909 Burnet Road, W Koenig Lane, Austin). http://4sq.com/bi4PSC #
• I'm at H-E-B (5808 Burnet Rd, at Koenig, Austin). http://4sq.com/91QMye #
• I'm at Starbucks (3706A Guadalupe St, at 38th St, Austin). http://4sq.com/4GqlsA #
• @cherrycola been trying to find a copy all day. Day of Fail in reply to cherrycola #
• I'm at Blue Dahlia Bistro (1115 E 11th St, Austin). http://4sq.com/59X9DS #
• What can I say? It's been a busy day. #
• @happyhappyAmyP wow… Harsh in reply to happyhappyAmyP #
• I'm at Shangri-La (1016 E 6th St, at Medina St, Austin). http://4sq.com/7Jv2VB #
• I'm at Michael's (3201 Bee Cave Road, Austin). http://4sq.com/dwnfcF #
• I'm at Sonic Drive-In (2706 Gonzales St, at East 7th, Austin). http://4sq.com/cd1EWr #

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• I'm at Shuck Shack (1808 E Cesar Chavez St., at Chicon St, Austin). http://4sq.com/1aafdw #
• I'm at Thunderbird Coffee (2200 Manor Rd, Breeze Terrace, Austin). http://4sq.com/4NOmyQ #
• I'm at Uchi (801 S Lamar Blvd, btw Bluff St & Juliet St, Austin) w/ 15 others. http://4sq.com/6GxZPN #
• I'm at Rio Rita (1308 E 6th St, Austin). http://4sq.com/5Vgsyr #
• I'm at Starbucks (9300G IH 35, Slaughter, Austin). http://4sq.com/agpaJ0 #
• I'm at Bossa Nova Coffeehouse (2121 E 6th St, Robert T Martinez Jr St, Austin). http://4sq.com/6USwMl #
• @psconsulting congratulations Meg! I can scarcely believe it's been a year in reply to psconsulting #
• I'm at Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St, Brazos St, Austin) w/ 4 others. http://4sq.com/5k16Ie #
• It's good to be mayor… #
• 'girl in a coma' are a-mazing #sxsw #
• @mandoescamilla dude… Sorry to miss you tonight. Hope you have a good one in reply to mandoescamilla #
• I'm at Rio Rita (1308 E 6th St, Austin) w/ 2 others. http://4sq.com/5Vgsyr #
• Hey thanks #sxsw You made all my local bars reek of hobo #
• I'm at The Good Knight (1300 E 6th St, at Attayac St, Austin) w/ 2 others. http://4sq.com/7nhj0L #
• @brittanyforks you'll hear something very soon! in reply to brittanyforks #
• @linearb the difference is too fine for my nasal palate to discern in reply to linearb #
• @champsuperstar they played an awesome set in reply to champsuperstar #
• I'm at The New Movement (1819 Rosewood Ave, Chicon St, Austin). http://4sq.com/8YvgW3 #
• @mattingebretson that person is me in reply to mattingebretson #

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We all know, by now, that Twitter limits its tweets to 140 characters. We’ve all got pretty good at limiting ourselves to 140 characters, but many overlook a hidden limit. This post outlines what that is and how we can avoid it.

Many users of Twitters are hoping that their followers will retweet (RT) their tweets. Twitter recently made a change to how these work, but in general, the following pattern is followed:

   UserXYZ tweets: Hey... here's something that's fascinating
   UserABC tweets: RT @UserXYZ: Hey... here's something that's fascinating

User XYZ’s tweet was 42 characters. UserABC’s RT was 52 characters, i.e. 10 characters were added in order to RT.

Put another way, if UserXYZ creates a tweet that was longer than 130 characters, nobody would be able to RT it with modifying the original tweet. If you’re trying to get a specific message out to the world, you might not be happy with lots of people fiddling with it.

I’ve created a new Greasemonkey script which will help you with this. I’ve written about Greasemonkey plugins before and this is another Twitter helper. If you install the script, you will see the following change:

You can now see, next to the normal character countdown, a bracketed countdown. This is the number of characters that you have left, before a tweet can no longer be RTed without modification. In this example, you would be able to send the tweet (as you have 6 characters left), but Twitter users would have to remove 8 characters before they could RT your Tweet.

To use this, it’s simple:

1. If you haven’t already, install Greasemonkey
2. Install the ReTweetable Alert script

That’s it! As ever, your questions and comments are most welcome