tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43166416836183933812011-07-28T22:48:52.002-07:00Don't miss another Twitter Tweet Milestone againJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138972241885937036noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316641683618393381.post-65503448574060082552010-01-21T13:14:00.000-08:002010-01-29T03:01:03.221-08:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Does this sound familiar?<br /><br /></span><span>"<span style="font-style: italic;">No!! I've just missed my 1000th tweet.</span>"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span>Then this is the service for you</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.<br /><br /></span><span>UpdateReminder is a simple Twitter service which notifies its followers when they are approaching their next milestone. Meaning you won't miss those moments to get your party hat on and prepare your dedications ever again<span style="font-weight: bold;">!</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Getting Started</span><br /><br />1) Make sure you've got yourself a Twitter Account and you've logged in.<br />2) Follow the UpdateReminder service which can be found at - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/updateReminder">http://www.twitter.com/updateReminder</a><br /><br />UpdateReminder (UR) will automatically accept you as a new user and will then follow you back. If you're a private user please check your follower requests.<br /><br />And that's it, you're ready to go.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So how does it work?</span><br /><br />Once you start following UR the service will quietly sit in the background and watch your status count (<span style="font-style: italic;">the number of tweets that you've done</span>). Once you come within 10 tweets ( <i>messages </i>) of your personal milestone UR will send you a little private message to tell you it's coming up.<br /><br />By default, when you first follow UR, your milestone will be set to 100, which means it will message you every time your about to pass 100, 200, 300, 400 etc. tweets.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How do I change my milestone?</span><br />Send a direct message to UR with the following command:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">update 500</span><br /><br />So this tells UR that you want to be sent a reminder every 500 tweets ( <i>... 1000, 1500, 2000 etc.</i>)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I've forgotten what I've set as my milestone. How do I find out?</span><br />Send a direct message to UR with the following command:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">stats</span><br /><br />You'll then receive a direct message back from UR shortly after telling you what your current setting is, when you're next milestone is and how many you've done so far.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ok, I've had enough how do I stop this thing?</span><br /><br />If you're getting reminders too often then one approach is to increase the milestone to suit something which is more helpful.<br /><br />The other question you might also want to ask is:<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">Am I maybe using Twitter a bit too much?</span>" :-)<br /><br />If all else fails then simply unfollow UR and it will stop messaging you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4316641683618393381-6550344857406008255?l=updatereminder.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138972241885937036noreply@blogger.com0