What is Charitweet?
Charitweet is an idea I came up with one night which came from the simple thought:
If people were charged 1AED for each tweet, would they tweet as much?
Then after a bit of thinking and good will, I came up with:
For every tweet I write in March, I will donate 1AED to charity.
Pretty simple, practical, and cool IMO.
So, what does this have to do with me?
You can do it with me! Doesn’t matter when you start, just do it for a month or week.
My currency isn’t AED..
Set a certain amount that won’t burn a huge hole in your pocket. It all helps eventually. 
To which charity though?
Any trusted local/global charity will do. Either record how many tweets as you post them then donate the money at the end of the month or do it daily.
Great! How do I join?
Just tweet something saying that you’re gonna do it with a link to this post if you want. Oh, and don’t forget to add the hashtag – #charitweet.
Share your results if you want!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
-Margaret Mead
Capricorn, my first WordPress theme, has hit the 5000+ downloads mark. Just sayin’!
I’ve noticed the lack of keyboard shortcut documentation on the ‘Twitter For BlackBerry’ app. It’s in an invite-only beta stage so I guess that’s why (Thanks to
@dumskull for the invite). Until it’s made public, here’s your little guide:
- Update: T
- Reply: R/L
- Retweet: F
- Direct Message: C
- Reply via Direct Message: C
Go to your twitter profile and scroll down to RSS feed and you’ll get something that looks like this:
Do you want to transfer this feed to FeedBurner? It’s simple, just follow these four easy steps:
- Go To Your RSS Feed
Go to your Twitter profile and scroll down to the end of the right column and you’ll see a RSS icon. Click it and copy the page address (or right click the link without clicking and copy). It should be something like this http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/15391375.rss
- Login to FeedBurner/Register
- Add your username and password to the URL
You need to change the http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/15391375.rss to http://username:password@twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/15391375.rss
- Paste the modified URL to FeedBurner and modify your settings!
See, it’s that simple. Now you have your feed and you can do whatever with it. Submit to an RSS directory, use it on your blog etc.
FYI, I have a Tumblr blog @ Shaibani’s Tumblr blog
Happy Valentine’s Day by the way.
Over and out.