Comments on: Have ArcMap Use Twitter When Scripts Are Finished http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:02:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark Ireland http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-41353 Mark Ireland Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:01:14 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-41353 <p>We've just started to tweet when beta builds of our product are uploaded (http://twitter.com/FMEBetaBuilder) I'm thinking from there to the product itself tweeting is just a short step away.</p> We’ve just started to tweet when beta builds of our product are uploaded (http://twitter.com/FMEBetaBuilder) I’m thinking from there to the product itself tweeting is just a short step away.

]]> By: Adam Estrada http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36907 Adam Estrada Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:22:16 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36907 <p>This is just another nifty way to use Twitter! I have been involved with processing tens of thousands of images at a time and have had to set up scripts that would send an email to me and whoever else was interested in the progress (i.e. the Project Manager who has to send the bill to the client and my boss who asked every day why it was taking so long). An email that was generated after every few hundred emails gave us a pretty good indication of what was going on with the batch...I suppose I could have just as easily posted it to a Twitter account and sent the private URL around! Now...what would really be cool would be to see the progress from the office in Texas vs. the office in Georgia updated automatically to a list that my stakeholders could access.</p> This is just another nifty way to use Twitter! I have been involved with processing tens of thousands of images at a time and have had to set up scripts that would send an email to me and whoever else was interested in the progress (i.e. the Project Manager who has to send the bill to the client and my boss who asked every day why it was taking so long). An email that was generated after every few hundred emails gave us a pretty good indication of what was going on with the batch…I suppose I could have just as easily posted it to a Twitter account and sent the private URL around! Now…what would really be cool would be to see the progress from the office in Texas vs. the office in Georgia updated automatically to a list that my stakeholders could access.

]]> By: Matt http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36906 Matt Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:10:03 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36906 <p>I read rastamoufastah (raster move faster). sadly, I was mistaken.</p> I read rastamoufastah (raster move faster). sadly, I was mistaken.

]]> By: rafa http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36905 rafa Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:38:30 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36905 <p>Then I would never have to leave the pub...er, home. ;-)</p> Then I would never have to leave the pub…er, home. ;-)

]]> By: AA http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36904 AA Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:36:21 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36904 <p>It would be interesting if you could also have ArcGIS "listen" for tweets. That way you could twitter something and kick off a process.</p> <p>AA</p> It would be interesting if you could also have ArcGIS “listen” for tweets. That way you could twitter something and kick off a process.

AA

]]> By: glenn http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36903 glenn Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:35:34 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36903 <p>now that's useful ;0) Actually, having a separate twitter acct for your ArcGIS manager would make sense.. notify about scripts finished running, new data layers, contract info, meet at the pub etc... the sky is the limit.</p> now that’s useful ;0)
Actually, having a separate twitter acct for your ArcGIS manager would make sense.. notify about scripts finished running, new data layers, contract info, meet at the pub etc… the sky is the limit.

]]> By: James Fee http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36902 James Fee Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:25:58 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36902 <p>How about heading to the pub for a pint while waiting for your model to finish? ;)</p> <p>"I gotta run guys, my model just tweeted that it was done"</p> How about heading to the pub for a pint while waiting for your model to finish? ;)

“I gotta run guys, my model just tweeted that it was done”

]]> By: MicahWilli http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36901 MicahWilli Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:05:56 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36901 <p>I think Sean makes a good point. I would subscribe to a few data providers' tweets to know when their data got updated.</p> <p>I hadn't thought of that. I was just coming from the leave-work-at-work mentality.</p> I think Sean makes a good point. I would subscribe to a few data providers’ tweets to know when their data got updated.

I hadn’t thought of that. I was just coming from the leave-work-at-work mentality.

]]> By: rafa http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36900 rafa Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:00:33 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36900 <p>Funny. The whole reason I made this was to work less, or at least, more efficiently. I was finding myself wondering when my models were done so I could plan when to run back in to the office and start the next model. I found myself wasting trips back and forth and worse, bringing my work home. I suppose I was obsessing about it too much. But now, I just wait for the message. BTW, it sends an SMS since Twitter's Direct Messaging allows for phone updates.</p> Funny. The whole reason I made this was to work less, or at least, more efficiently. I was finding myself wondering when my models were done so I could plan when to run back in to the office and start the next model. I found myself wasting trips back and forth and worse, bringing my work home. I suppose I was obsessing about it too much. But now, I just wait for the message. BTW, it sends an SMS since Twitter’s Direct Messaging allows for phone updates.

]]> By: glenn http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36899 glenn Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:57:46 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36899 <p>cool (sort of) I guess although not really that useful - perhaps good for an internal twitter group that monitor's a group's activities but personally, I couldn't really care if your model was finished running</p> cool (sort of) I guess although not really that useful – perhaps good for an internal twitter group that monitor’s a group’s activities but personally, I couldn’t really care if your model was finished running

]]> By: James Fee http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36898 James Fee Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:40:41 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36898 <p>I'm guessing if you didn't want to know when the script was finished, you wouldn't bother sending yourself a notification?</p> I’m guessing if you didn’t want to know when the script was finished, you wouldn’t bother sending yourself a notification?

]]> By: Sean Gillies http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36897 Sean Gillies Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:21:31 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36897 <p>Consider future workflows where the notification isn't meant for you, the human, but for agents on the web. Your agents, customer agents. Twitter is just one more way to implement events and subscribers web-wide.</p> Consider future workflows where the notification isn’t meant for you, the human, but for agents on the web. Your agents, customer agents. Twitter is just one more way to implement events and subscribers web-wide.

]]> By: Big Boy McGillicutty http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36895 Big Boy McGillicutty Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:06:18 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36895 <p>Last thing I want to know when I'm sitting down to enjoy a bowl and Cops on TV is that my model is finished running. I personally think integration of work and life is a bad, bad trend.</p> Last thing I want to know when I’m sitting down to enjoy a bowl and Cops on TV is that my model is finished running. I personally think integration of work and life is a bad, bad trend.

]]> By: James Fee http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36894 James Fee Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:26:04 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36894 <p>Well I suppose if you can't sleep through the night not knowing that your geoprocessing model ran.... ;)</p> Well I suppose if you can’t sleep through the night not knowing that your geoprocessing model ran…. ;)

]]> By: MicahWilli http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36893 MicahWilli Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36893 <p>I'm a little conflicted about this. I mean, it's awesome, don't get me wrong. I have monitoring services that email me when IMS goes down and python that writes a text file on the network when scripts complete successfully, so I'm all about notification.</p> <p>But if I'm at the mall returning my Christmas tree light-up socks that my brother-in-law gave me, what am i going to do about my model back on the server at work? Isn't an email when i sit down to work good enough?</p> <p>when are notifications T.M.I.?</p> I’m a little conflicted about this. I mean, it’s awesome, don’t get me wrong. I have monitoring services that email me when IMS goes down and python that writes a text file on the network when scripts complete successfully, so I’m all about notification.

But if I’m at the mall returning my Christmas tree light-up socks that my brother-in-law gave me, what am i going to do about my model back on the server at work? Isn’t an email when i sit down to work good enough?

when are notifications T.M.I.?

]]> By: Jarlath http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2008/12/28/have-arcmap-twitter-when-scripts-are-finished/#comment-36892 Jarlath Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:45:09 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=2366#comment-36892 <p>Finally - a productive use for Twitter!</p> Finally – a productive use for Twitter!

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