Midwinter Twitter Notifier

Several people asked me about the notifier and how to get it all working. It seems like a bunch of people are still unawares of The Twitter and how it all works. Hopefully this documentation will fix all that.

If you already know what this is all about, go ahead and follow @MidwinterLARP on Twitter.

What is the notifier?

The notifier is a script that I wrote up that will run during the event and will send out a Twitter notifications when events are about to start and possibly other important information as well.

A sample of the notifications that will go out:

"11:00pm - Gangrel [$room] and Setite [$room] Meetings"

The reason this is useful is that Twitter allows you set up your phone to recieve tweets as text messages for specific people by turning on device notifications.

How do I get set up?

You'll want to go to the Twitter Signup page first and Register for an account.
Once you've signed up and have a Username, go to the Mobile Settings page.
If you're from the USA, it will prompt you to send the text message START to 40404, which is Twitter's Short Number for Text Messaging. Otherwise, just follow the on screen instructions
Now that you've got Device Notifications turned on, you will need to go to the Midwinter LARP Twitter Page and click the Follow button.
Make sure that you turn on Device Notifications by clicking this icon:
So that it looks like this:
You should be all done.

What notifications are scheduled?

Jan 15th @ 9am: "Midwinter! Hotel Check-In: 3PM; Weather: [$con], [$temp]°F | Best Western, 5105 S Howell Ave, 414-769-2100"

Jan 15th @ 10am: "10:00 to 12:00 - Check in open for Garou and Sabbat players only."

Jan 15th @ 12pm: "12:00 to 6:00 - Chicago: New Moon Rising and NEO Sabbat"

Jan 15th @ 12:30pm: "12:30 to 3:00 - Check in open. Please be in line no later than 2:45"

Jan 15th @ 5:30pm: "5:30 to 10:00 - Check in open"

Jan 15th @ 7pm: "7:00 - Game on!"

Jan 15th @ 8pm: "8:00 - Nosferatu [$room], Tremere [$room], Ventrue [$room], Ravnos [$room] and Assamite [$room] Meetings"

Jan 15th @ 9:30pm: "9:30 - Malkavian [$room], Giovanni [$room], Toreador [$room] and Brujah [$room] Meetings"

Jan 15th @ 11pm: "11:00 - Gangrel [$room] and Setite [$room] Meetings"

Jan 16th @ 12:45am: "12:45 - Game Wrap"

Jan 16th @ 11am: "11:00 to 12:00 Check in open for Garou and Sabbat"

Jan 16th @ 12pm: "12:00 to 6:00 - Chicago: New Moon Rising and NEO Sabbat"

Jan 16th @ 6pm: "6:00 to 9:00 Check in open; Game on!"

Jan 16th @ 8pm: "8:00 - Toreador Roast [$room], Anarch Meeting [$room]"

Jan 16th @ 10pm: "10:00 - Auction [$room]"

Jan 17th @ 12:45am: "12:45 - Game Wrap"

What about...?

Think of something that I forgot, or would be useful? Drop me an email at: greg.schoen@gmail.com or let me know below:

Who did this?

The guy behind the Twitter curtain is @gregschoen