Hello world! I'm writing a Twitter gadget for the Windows Vista sidebar.
I had a stab at creating one for Google Desktop a few weeks ago, but due to limitations in the Twitter API I was unsuccessful. Spurred on by the lovely OSX Dashboard widgets Twidget and Twitgit, I had a stab at Microsoft's gadget format, and despite it being a bit shit and barely documented, I've had more luck.
Currently, I've got a FUNCTIONAL_BUT_UGLY implementation in place, which I will upload shortly. Prettification, bugzapping, and improvementizing will all take place over the weekend.
(Oh, and the name is a truncation of Twitter gadget, obviously, and in no way related to the apparent slang term for a lady's front-bottom.)
http://simplify3.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hello-world/trackback/
[I don't have OSX but I did write something for us Web1.0 folks - see below]
http://www.zen72119.zen.co.uk/TwitterSubmitter/
to see Twitter Submitter in action or download the simple to modify HTML at:
http://simplify3.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hello-world/trackback/
Twitter Submitter works on any browser, any computer system. It allows you to post updates to your Twitter blog. I wrote it as I have a Win95 system and enjoy using Lynx and Opera, and all of the nifty apps accessing the Twitter API are too complex, confusing for me, or only work on a Mac or Vista system!
Also found through: http://twitter.pbwiki.com - Twitter Fan Wiki, among other places!
Kenneth Udut
simplify3@aol.com
http://twitter.com/simplify3
Bringing Web2.0 to the Web1.0 world!