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TweetMyPC – What next?

May 10th, 2009

Update : TweetMyMac is available for download now. More details here : http://themacbox.co.uk/tweetmymac/

Downloads for TweetMyPC crossed 2000 yesterday. This is 10 times more than the Twitter application which I released about 6 months back. Thanks to everyone who Tweeted and blogged about TweetMyPC . I am receiving lot of emails asking about the new version. Here is the list of planned additions and changes to TweetMyPC version 2. I have fixed few bugs as well.

Commands are no more case sensitive : Yes Shutdown and shutdown does the same job
Replies : TweetMyPC will reply to you after a command is executed. Replies will be in the form of Tweets. Below is a screenshot of how the reply will look for “lock” command
lock : This command locks your Windows pc
physical memory : As the name says, this command will let you know the Physical Memory of your pc
virtual memory : Want to know the virtual memory of your pc? Just tweet virtual memory
os : This is one of the command which does not have much value. Tweeting os will make TweetMyPC to tweet about your OS version.
ip : Know your pc’s ip from anywhere in the world with this command
standby : Don’t want to shutdown? then make you pc go to standby mode with this command.
hibernate : hibernate your pc with a tweet.
screenshot : Want to know what is happening in your pc when you are not around? Just tweet screenshot and TweetMyPC will take a screenshot of your desktop and post it to Twitpic. Below is a screenshot of how the reply will look like.
getprocesslist : This is one of the very useful command. On receiving this command TweetMyPC will generate a list of running programs, along with the process ID, and email it to a predefined email address.
kill <process id> : This is used along with the above command. Once you recive the process list you can close a program using the kill command.
download <url> : Want to download an intresting video but you are on the move? don’t worry just tweet download followed by the download url and TweetMyPC will download it for you and it will be ready when you return back. Note: Twitter automatically converts long urls into short one using bit.ly. TweetMyPC can download files only if the url is in the short form. Please use bit.ly to shorten your url before posting.
getfile <filepath> : Missed an important document and you are travelinlg some where? No problem. Just tweet get followed by the file path and TweetMyPC will email the file as attachment to a predefined email. Don’t know the path? dont worry. Just checkout the next command.
getfilelist <drive> : This command will make TweetMyPC to send you the list of files and folders in a drive. You can use this command to email you a file once you know the complete path of the file.
Custom Command : This is the most interesting feature of TweetMyPC. Do you think the above command are not enough? then create your own custom command. You can choose a command and then chose a file to run. For example you can choose a command winamp and make TweetMyPC to run winamp by tweeting winamp.

I am sure there will be lot of questions about security and privacy issues. I will be explaining in detail once I release the new version. So dont forget to subscribe to this blog via email to or rss feed to keep you updated. in the mean time if you have any suggestions and comments dont forget to let me know through email : shobankr[at]gmail.com or follow me in Twitter. Thanks for the beer

Update: Why Gmail (Only)? . We tested the app with many email providers and Gmail was the only one which worked in most of the PCs.

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