The blog post:
http://evang.eli.st/blog/2007/3/16/introducing-acts_as_twittertasticable
The RDoc:
Twitter is all the rage these days, and I only have one question
Why do people get to have ALL THE FUN?!
It’s time for Higher Order Models™®©. Models that tell the world
what they’re up to using Twitter, just like normal people.
ActsAsTwittertasticable fills this void and brings Twitter directly to
your AR models. It’s super duper simple.
First off install the plugin:
ruby script/plugin install
svn://evang.eli.st/public/plugins/acts_as_twittertasticable
Set up your Twitter authentication in environment.rb:
TwitterAuth.username = “my_twitter_username”
TwitterAuth.password = “my_twitter_password”
Then twitterize your model:
class Movie < ActiveRecord::Base
go_twitterize!
end
That’s it! Unfortunately the default status message is informational,
not fun. I assume that you’re more fun than me, so feel free to define
the status however you want. Again, super duper simple:
class Movie < ActiveRecord::Base
go_twitterize!
def twitter_status
“I’m watching #{title} starring #{star}!!”
end
end
Written by Pat M… Released under the MIT License.
svn://evang.eli.st/public/plugins/acts_as_twittertasticable
Mad props to my homie BJ Clark for telling me about Twitter. Yeah, I
really didn’t know what it was.
