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Add A Twitter Feed To Your Desktop Using GeekTool

Written by on November 2, 2009 in Mac OS Apps - 3 Comments

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Here is an easy way to pull up your feeds from your Twitter friends timeline using GeekTool:
I found this command to be the easiest to implement and thought I’d share it with you. It isn’t too hard to do.

Twitter Feeds (the easy way)

Once you open GeekTool, open a new Shell Command and enter the following information:

curl -s -u username:password http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.rss | grep title | sed -e 's/<title>/ /' | sed -e 's/<\/title>/ /'

(NOTE: Insert your Twitter user name for username: and your Twitter password for :password)
Change the fonts, colors, etc. to whatever you choose and Voila! You’ve got a feed on your screen.
If any readers have other ways to add feeds, feel free to comment below and share the wealth with our fellow readers!

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I am currently working on an Associates in Art for Web Design. My interests include finding various apps for Mac OS and iPhone/iPad and tweaking the system. I also like finding ways to tweak my internet experience on Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. I also enjoy learning new things from others along with course work.

3 Comments on "Add A Twitter Feed To Your Desktop Using GeekTool"

  1. Jake November 2, 2009 at 2:26 pm ·

    I’d really like one that works with Facebook updates. I tried but my Terminal skills are a little poor. :(

  2. Tina November 6, 2009 at 2:18 pm ·

    Jake: Sorry it took so long to reply, I too would like to find a really easy way to use GeekTool and Facebook. I have looked everywhere and tried everything I found on the Internet but haven’t found anything that works correctly. I will keep looking though. If anybody has any tips to use Facebook updates with GeekTool, could you please list here? It would be greatly appreciated by all!

  3. pete November 17, 2009 at 11:06 am ·

    havent had a chance to try it yet, but a bunch of people here are saying that this works.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/barm/3297965686/

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