How to use Twitter and Dopplr together
It is our goal to make it easier for you to use Dopplr wherever you want. While we mentioned Twitter briefly in our recent Dopplr update, we wanted to say some more about how you can use Twitter and Dopplr together.
You can add trips easily on Dopplr using a Twitter account
There’s a special Dopplr user on Twitter that is there only to receive messages from you, which then get turned into trips on Dopplr. To use this feature you’ll need to first tell Dopplr your Twitter account. Then, you can send it a message by twittering something like “D dopplr a trip to Helsinki on May 19th until May 23rd”, or you can also use the “@dopplr” prefix if you don’t mind the details being seen in ‘public’ on twitter.
What to say
Start your message with “d dopplr” (to send it in private) or “@dopplr” (so it appears in your Twitter timeline). Make sure to mention a placename and two dates, including the month both times. Use one of these three forms of text to be sure we can understand you:
- A trip to Helsinki on May 19 to May 23
- At SFO on September 9th. Leaving on September 20th
- I’m going to Austin on July 15 for 3 nights
Your Twitter contacts on Dopplr
You can easily check if your Twitter contacts are on Dopplr so that you can share trips with them.
Lastly, remember that the special Dopplr user on Twitter is just a bot. If you want to hear about new developments on Dopplr and the Dopplr team, follow @dopplrhq.
[...] 24 februari 2009 Nu kan du använda Twitter för att skapa resor på ditt DOPPLR-konto. Läs den officiella bloggen för att lära dig [...]
The folks at Ryanair could do with reading this ;-)
Best
SDJ
[...] 24 februari 2009 Nu kan du använda Twitter för att skapa resor på ditt DOPPLR-konto. Läs den officiella bloggen för att lära dig [...]
How about the other way round?
I would love to see a button or links that would allow me to twitter my next upcoming trip. Something like:
“I am going on a trip to XYZ on Date/Today” added with a link to the public profile