Comments on: How-to: Automatic URL Shortening with Bit.ly and TextExpander http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/ Reviews and opinions about consumer technology, gadgets, Websites, new media, services, and more. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Downshift: The Second Gear Blog » Blog Archive » Our Toolbox: TextExpander http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/#comment-373790 Downshift: The Second Gear Blog » Blog Archive » Our Toolbox: TextExpander Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:20:09 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-373790 [...] timesaver. When pasting long URLs around the Web, I like to shrink them using bit.ly. There is a script that will automatically take the link on your clipboard and convert it to a bit.ly-fied [...] [...] timesaver. When pasting long URLs around the Web, I like to shrink them using bit.ly. There is a script that will automatically take the link on your clipboard and convert it to a bit.ly-fied [...]

]]> By: Cristine http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/#comment-356873 Cristine Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:09:02 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-356873 How about http://sn.vc? They allow to preview the original links before redirected. For me, it's useful as to prevent mislead. How about http://sn.vc? They allow to preview the original links before redirected. For me, it’s useful as to prevent mislead.

]]> By: Rawkes Weekly – 27 July 2008 » Captain's Blog » Rawkes http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/#comment-344632 Rawkes Weekly – 27 July 2008 » Captain's Blog » Rawkes Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:08:03 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-344632 [...] Automatic URL shortening with TextExpander – Applescript to let TextExpander automatically create bit.ly URLs from a url in the clipboard [...] [...] Automatic URL shortening with TextExpander – Applescript to let TextExpander automatically create bit.ly URLs from a url in the clipboard [...]

]]> By: someone http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/#comment-343349 someone Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:52:16 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-343349 If you're truncating the URL of your front Safari window, you can cut out the selecting/copying steps like this: <code> tell application "Safari" set PageURL to URL of front document end tell set curlCMD to ¬ "curl --stderr /dev/null \"http://bit.ly/api?url=" & PageURL & "\"" -- Run the script and get the result: set bitlyURL to (do shell script curlCMD) return bitlyURL </code> If you’re truncating the URL of your front Safari window, you can cut out the selecting/copying steps like this:

tell application "Safari"

set PageURL to URL of front document

end tell

set curlCMD to ¬
"curl --stderr /dev/null \"http://bit.ly/api?url=" & PageURL & "\""

-- Run the script and get the result:
set bitlyURL to (do shell script curlCMD)

return bitlyURL

]]> By: SmileOnMyMac Blog » Blog Archive » TextExpander: Nice AppleScript Shortcut for bit.ly http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/#comment-343192 SmileOnMyMac Blog » Blog Archive » TextExpander: Nice AppleScript Shortcut for bit.ly Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-343192 [...] very interesting features, like history, thumbnails and click-through stats. Jonathan Berger posted an article at LIVEdigitally on creating a TextExpander AppleScript snippet to quickly generate bit.ly [...] [...] very interesting features, like history, thumbnails and click-through stats. Jonathan Berger posted an article at LIVEdigitally on creating a TextExpander AppleScript snippet to quickly generate bit.ly [...]

]]> By: My First Article Is Up at LiveDigitally.com http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/#comment-341907 My First Article Is Up at LiveDigitally.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:33:56 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-341907 [...] I’ve started writing for a tech blog called LiveDigitally.com and my first post is up! It’s incredibly nerdy. Go check it out! [...] [...] I’ve started writing for a tech blog called LiveDigitally.com and my first post is up! It’s incredibly nerdy. Go check it out! [...]

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