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People ask what I& #39;ll do in retirement to keep myself busy. I& #39;ll tour the country in my custom hi-tech RV ... yet old mainframe analysts like me still love to teach today& #39;s programmers a thing or two.
Specifically, I& #39;ll teach those who wrote @hootsuite& #39;s web UI & app.
Specifically, I& #39;ll teach those who wrote @hootsuite& #39;s web UI & app.
I purchased a $760 Linux laptop just for this project. Oh, sure, I could buy 6+ years of @hootsuite PRO for that price -- except the PRO version doesn& #39;t do all I want. And some of the things it does, are done in bizarre fashion.
By "bizarre," I mean it& #39;s almost like...
By "bizarre," I mean it& #39;s almost like...
... @hootsuite said "we& #39;ll make our customers type & mouseclick to the point of tedium so their bosses can see them & #39;working& #39; all the time."
My project will tackle the tedium. It& #39;ll add functionality. And--
--yeah, it& #39;ll remove some arbitrary limitations.
My project will tackle the tedium. It& #39;ll add functionality. And--
--yeah, it& #39;ll remove some arbitrary limitations.
I& #39;ll pour the project onto @github so @hootsuite and everyone else can learn from it.
Oh, and DOCUMENTATION! Yeah, that too: https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/894260363889442817">https://twitter.com/vmyths/st...
Oh, and DOCUMENTATION! Yeah, that too: https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/894260363889442817">https://twitter.com/vmyths/st...
I can hear you already: "Rob, why would you do analysis & redesign for free for a major firm?!?"
Well, it was either @hootsuite or @Questionmark. I honestly doubt I could salvage the latter& #39;s current product line.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đ·" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz"> #triage
Well, it was either @hootsuite or @Questionmark. I honestly doubt I could salvage the latter& #39;s current product line.
"Rob, you didn& #39;t answer my question." Crud, you saw through my deflected commentary!
@hootsuite fills a vital need yet I surmise (perhaps wrongly?) it focuses more on the specifics of Facebook & YouTube than Twitter. I aim to make its Twitter support more robust & specific.
@hootsuite fills a vital need yet I surmise (perhaps wrongly?) it focuses more on the specifics of Facebook & YouTube than Twitter. I aim to make its Twitter support more robust & specific.
They also step the user through inefficient procedures. I aim to highlight that.
Hey, my Linux laptop came w/ a Win10 DVD! #squirrel What OS should I load? Kali? Mint? CentOS?
Now where was I... Ah, yes: why would I do free analysis & redesign for a major firm. Back to our thread!
Now where was I... Ah, yes: why would I do free analysis & redesign for a major firm. Back to our thread!
We& #39;ve grown so fast with web UIs & phone apps that programmers sometimes skip a thorough up-front analysis. #WordPerfect stood as a testament to thoroughness ... while @Questionmark makes me think a faculty of teachers started coding it on Day One. #imho
"Would you just answer my question, Rob?"
I& #39;ve nothing better to do than to show people how the 1989 author of a CompuServe & #39;bot would do a @hootsuite-like & #39;bot today.
So there, nyah!
I& #39;ve nothing better to do than to show people how the 1989 author of a CompuServe & #39;bot would do a @hootsuite-like & #39;bot today.
So there, nyah!
Okay! Now that I& #39;ve got a dedicated Kali laptop (NOT a dual boot), we can begin @hootsuite& #39;s lesson. Students, turn to page 1 of your textbook at https://github.com/rsnbrgr/BarnOwl ">https://github.com/rsnbrgr/B...
Students, as this is mostly a *documentation* project, you& #39;ll find my work in the wiki at https://github.com/rsnbrgr/BarnOwl/wiki">https://github.com/rsnbrgr/B...
The "BarnOwl" case study is stable enough (even with Sprint& #39;s unreliable connectivity!) that I created a new account to send a random daily puzzle created from a template that I can change at will -- something @hootsuite *can& #39;t* do: https://twitter.com/QuoteCryptogram/status/1067682010930561024">https://twitter.com/QuoteCryp...
The "BarnOwl" case study can also send a random tweet on a particular day of the week built from a template you specify. Again, @hootsuite can& #39;t do this. Here we see a weekly "Humpday Humor" tweet that goes out at a time of my choosing: https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/1067749953718689796">https://twitter.com/vmyths/st...
