Twitter ye not

[MSeries]

I am doing a 400km DIY tomorrow night. Think I might micro blog it on Twitter as a test for LEL

Crash!

or

mseries (mseries) on Twitter

my route will take me through some 'dark zones' though so there will be gaps in coverage, fret ye not.

[Ariadne]

I'll follow you - make sure you make it entertaining 

[Chris S]

I'll follow you too.

[nic]

looking forward to your tweets Martin.

[MSeries]

Cool. Starting at 2100 BST. I'll not tell you the route so you can have the excitement of trying to predict where I am heading next.

[David Martin]

Following online.

[MSeries]

How was it for you ?

After Carlisle we entered a 'dark zone' and each time we stopped (and when I checked) I had no signal. We progressed through Penrith, Appleby, Kirby Stephen and Hawes. After Hawes signal resumed but at that stage in the ride I was tiring,  just riding and more focused on calling Mrs M than tweeting. I was starting to get a little anxious about the time too.  I called her from a phone box in Hawes as I  saw a few missed calls from her, the first time in several years that I have used a phone box ! I'll do a RR later

Looking at my tweets it seems to look OK, so I think I shall use this for LEL when my American colleagues and family will be keen on following me.

[Fidgetbuzz]

As a novice twitter - i thought that I would sign up follow you and see what I learnt.
Worked for me - but I am desk top only -can not follow on mobile

[Chris S]

A yACF helper at a control - given a couple of spare minutes (may be hard to find) - could provide updates too; about those riders they recognise anyway.

[MSeries]

Worked for me - but I am desk top only -can not follow on mobile

That's all I'd expect folks to do !!

[MSeries]

A yACF helper at a control - given a couple of spare minutes (may be hard to find) - could provide updates too; about those riders they recognise anyway.

At Coxwold ? Very poor/non existent reception for mobile phones there.

[mattc]

Cool. Starting at 2100 BST. I'll not tell you the route so you can have the excitement of trying to predict where I am heading next.

Are the times borked?


# Off we go leaving Leeds
1:00 PM May 29th from web

[MSeries]

I suspect the times are in a different timezone, 8 hours behind, Pacific Time perhaps, I'll see if there are any settings in my Twitter. They were sent from mobile too.

EDIT: Adjusted timezone. Looks OK when I am signed in !

[Greenbank]

I get 9PM when I look at it.

Settings -> Account (the default tab) -> Time Zone. Mine is set to (GMT) London.

If I remember correctly, it defaults to Pacific, which would be 8 hours out.

[mattc]

Yep, I think you're both right. Guest users are assumed on pacific time.

(Another evil plot tp make me register on some god-awful website I will never use again ....  )

I suggest all AUK-related twittering be done on PST, so voyeurs don't have to register

[red marley]

I thought I would test this too, but using 'geotweets' that should hopefully log my position as well as time. I will be testing this for the first time on Saturday's Rural South. Assuming I remember how to use my mobile, I have a signal and don't run out of power, you should be able to view this map of tweets (no twitter account needed). Alternatively, my twitter name is jwoLondon for a more conventional view of progress.

[MSeries]

I thought I would test this too, but using 'geotweets' that should hopefully log my position as well as time. I will be testing this for the first time on Saturday's Rural South. Assuming I remember how to use my mobile, I have a signal and don't run out of power, you should be able to view this map of tweets (no twitter account needed). Alternatively, my twitter name is jwoLondon for a more conventional view of progress.

GeoTweets, I like the look of that. Will read about it this afternoon and maybe try it over the weekend on The Border Raid

[red marley]

I am using GeoTweeter for the iPhone but you can geotweet on a device without GPS by dragging a map icon before posting.