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Zach O 27-02-2013 23:06

[FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
FRC Megaphone is a service to eliminate the question, "How is ### doing at their event?" With FRC Megaphone, you can get text message notifications to stay up to date with how your favorite teams are doing (or, to keep your mother update with how your team is doing). Additionally, you can connect your Twitter and we'll tweet the results of your matches.

A quick feature list of the site

Text Message Notifications
Forget spending time on FIRST's webpages to find out match results. Megaphone will keep you updated as to how your favorite team, Fantasy FIRST teams, or your team is doing at their events

Quick Sign Up
Give friends or family a quick and easy link to sign up to get only one team's notifications. Just register, confirm your phone number, and you're done. Quick register using the URL scheme http://www.frcmega.com/register/teamNumber

Automate your Twitter
Never forget to update your followers about a match. FRC Megaphone will automatically tweet after your team plays a match and let your followers know if you won, lost, or tied.

Customizable Tweets
Robots are cool, but not very personal. Give your automated tweets some personality by customizing them. You fill in what you want it to say, and we'll fill it in with data.


You can sign up for Megaphone now! Check it out over at

As always, I'd love to get some feedback. Let me know if you have feature requests, suggestions, or if you find a bug that I missed. Follow @FRCMega for any updates!

dcarr 27-02-2013 23:10

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Wow, this is excellent! I'm really impressed with this idea.

Zach O 27-02-2013 23:11

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dcarr (Post 1241388)
Wow, this is excellent! I'm really impressed with this idea.

Thanks! It's built For My Mom™. I never had time to text her how our team was doing at competitions, and we never updated the Twitter because everyone was working. So I automated it.

dcarr 27-02-2013 23:12

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zach O (Post 1241389)
Thanks! It's built For My Mom™. I never had time to text her how our team was doing at competitions, and we never updated the Twitter because everyone was working. So I automated it.

Can't say I've had that particular problem...FRC is an all-family affair! But automating the team Twitter in this way is great, and tons of folks at our schools and at home will appreciate.

Andrew Lawrence 27-02-2013 23:15

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
I keep getting an error whenever I try and verify the phone number.

Zach O 27-02-2013 23:18

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence (Post 1241392)
I keep getting an error whenever I try and verify the phone number.

DM me with some more info. I can't seem to reproduce this error on my end.

Iaquinto.Joe 27-02-2013 23:19

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Could you add in a password reset page?

Zach O 27-02-2013 23:19

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Iaquinto.Joe (Post 1241395)
Could you add in a password reset page?

Sure. Do you need that right now? If you do, DM me.

Zach O 27-02-2013 23:20

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence (Post 1241392)
I keep getting an error whenever I try and verify the phone number.

I found your error. Looks like you didn't select a valid carrier. So it's trying to send a text message into the abyss. That'd break it... You can edit your cell provider in the Settings menu.

Andrew Lawrence 27-02-2013 23:25

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zach O (Post 1241398)
I found your error. Looks like you didn't select a valid carrier. So it's trying to send a text message into the abyss. That'd break it... You can edit your cell provider in the Settings menu.

Ah, that must've reset when I got the "re-enter your password" wrong while registering. I'll get that all fixed up. Thanks!

ehochstein 27-02-2013 23:31

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Awesome! I already love it. I had a big problem updating my twitter and sending texts out last year. This will be a HUGE help!

Can't seem to figure out how to add a second team though.

Is there a way to do this yet?

Steven Donow 27-02-2013 23:31

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Looks awesome! I love the idea of getting to automate post match tweeting.

Zach O 27-02-2013 23:35

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Wiifi (Post 1241403)
Can't seem to figure out how to add a second team though.

Is there a way to do this yet?

You can only connect one Twitter per account. If you'd like to have another account specifically for sending out tweets, send me a DM and I'll help you with that.

Andrew Lawrence 27-02-2013 23:58

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
I know Megaphone is meant for phones, but I check my email more than anything. Would it be a possibility to send updates to email addresses?

Zach O 28-02-2013 00:00

Re: [FRC Megaphone] Text Notifications/Automated Tweets for Robotics
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence (Post 1241419)
I know Megaphone is meant for phones, but I check my email more than anything. Would it be a possibility to send updates to email addresses?

Watch for it between Week 1 and Week 2


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