Want to read your Twitter feed inside of MS Outlook?

Here's a handy tip for reading Twitter feeds inside of MS Outlook.  If you want to read the twitter feed of a particular user in Outlook, just add their RSS feed.

Here is the formula for getting a Twitter feed in RSS :

RSS URL = http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name={ twitter user }

  1. In the Outlook folders bar, right click on RSS Feeds > select "Add a New RSS Feed..."
  2. In the New RSS Feed popup, enter the twitter url of the user you wish to follow. EX : http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=ericfickes
  3. Click Add 
  4. Click Yes to add this RSS Feed to Outlook

 

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* This tip applies to any version of Outlook that includes RSS support.  I think this is Outlook 2007 and higher.

Ever need to window.close() a Telerik RadWindow after a PostBack?

Here's a quick little tip for closing a Telerik RadWindow modal dialog automatically after a Postback.  After your postback operation, refresh the parent opener using javascript and the dialog disappears.

                    //  all good, reload parent to close the RadWindow popup
                    Response.Write("<script type=\"text/javascript\">parent.location.href = parent.location.href;</script>");

This isn't a silver bullet, but it works for my project since reloading the parent page is perfectly acceptable.