Presentations by Oren Teich of Heroku on cloud services and hacker advocate Abraham Williams on minimalism in feature design shared a common theme: simplicity is key - both for applications and the infrastructure, tools and languages that are used to build them. With the immediacy of social tech, increasing mobility, and intense app competition, fast and easy is the new imperative.
Be sure to comeback as new tips and tricks get added. If you know of anything I missed be sure to let me know.
Static URL for profile images based on screen_name:
https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/abraham
* This performs a http redirect to the actual profile image URL. Currently https redirects to http. You can also add "?size={mini | bigger | normal}" to get specific sizes.
Redirect to profile based on user_id:
https://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
In_reply_to_status_id mentions:
https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json?status=reply+to+@abraham&in_reply_to_status_id=12410413197
* In the web interface new mentions are only replies if they start with @screen_name. By pushing @screen_name further along in the string your followers who do not follow @screen_name will still see the status.
Profile image sizes:
http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/54160223/chart-black-small.png
* By default you get the original image size you can add _mini, _normal, and …
Static URL for profile images based on screen_name:
https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/abraham
* This performs a http redirect to the actual profile image URL. Currently https redirects to http. You can also add "?size={mini | bigger | normal}" to get specific sizes.
Redirect to profile based on user_id:
https://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
In_reply_to_status_id mentions:
https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json?status=reply+to+@abraham&in_reply_to_status_id=12410413197
* In the web interface new mentions are only replies if they start with @screen_name. By pushing @screen_name further along in the string your followers who do not follow @screen_name will still see the status.
Profile image sizes:
http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/54160223/chart-black-small.png
* By default you get the original image size you can add _mini, _normal, and …