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jmathai
I wanted to familiarize myself with a nosql database. So I decided to use mongohq which is a hosted mongodb.

This site lets you send Twitter updates when you push to GitHub. GitHub provides similar functionality but it's pretty lame since you have to hand over your creds. OAuth ftw!

chrismear
OAuth is great, but the app doesn't actually say what it's going to do with my Twitter account. Developers especially are wary of handing over access to their accounts (OAuth or not), so it might be good to summarise what your app will post before making the user authenticate.
isamuel
Strongly agreed. "First, you'll need to login." Actually, first, I need to be told what this app does.
jmathai
Haha, point taken. I always error (literally) on the side of conciseness. I'll add more verbage.

I added better messaging and error handling since Twitter seems to be really flakey this morning.

papachito
Is there a big difference with just using a hook like this one? http://gitorious.org/tweetthegit
jmathai
Not necessarily. Setting up the hook on GitHub's end lets you not worry about having the proper hook set up on your laptop (I guess).
karanbhangui
*err, not error
jmathai
I did not know that! Seriously. May I recall all the times I've misused "error".
jmathai
Thanks, added some more verbage and error handling.
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joshfinnie
I didn't get past the first page (since I can't sign into Twitter @ work), but I have to agree that some explanation of what the service is first would be a huge help for conversion. Also, as a pet-peeve of mine, if you are going to link to CSS and XHTML validation, make sure your website validates (in this case it doesn't).
jmathai
Heh, the design of the site I got from a decent free template site. I didn't bother to remove (or check for that matter) the validation links. I had assumed they validated :).
joshfinnie
I have done that before. Not a problem, just something I check when I see it. Like your idea though, definitely will try it out once I get access to Twitter.
MicahWedemeyer
I'd never use it, but kudos for playing with a NoSQL database and making something neat. No better way to learn than by playing like this.