Quicksilver Plugin for Jaiku (using Plazes)
Today i finished the Jaiku Quicksilver plugin i have been using for a while but never got ready for general distribution. The script works in mysterious ways, or better put; it uses not only Quicksilver but also Plazes to do an update so you don’t have to set the location by hand and can simply type a message and be done with it. This of course comes with a price; you will have to have the Plazes plazer installed to actually use the script. This makes the potential group of users rather small but there are bound to be at least four people out there who find this useful 
Install guide!
- Download the Applescript file
- Make a folder called Actions in the folder ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver
- Copy the Jaiku Applescript into the Actions folder
- Restart Quicksilver (sometimes it is hard to get it to refresh)
- Add your plazes username and password to the keychain using the name http://beta.plazes.com (if it’s not already in there)
- Add your jaiku username and personal key (as the password) to the keychain using the name http://api.jaiku.com (you can get your personal key here). Use the application called Keychain Access for this and the previous step.
- You’ll have to click yes a bunch to allow the keychain to be used
There is a plazeless version too, follow the same steps as above only leave out the ones where it invloves Plazes.
User guide!
- Open Quicksilver (command-space)
- Hit . (period) to open text mode
- Type your message
- Hit tab
- Start typing Jaiku
- When you see Jaiku appear as the action, hit enter
- Go check you Jaiku stream to see if it worked!
Version history
- v0.1, 14-3-2007, initial release
- v0.2, 14-3-2007, removed default icon since it can’t be changed yet anyway
Roadmap
- Icon selection
- Maybe get Plazes data from feed (no need for a password)
- Maybe release a plazeless and/or a standalone version (if anyone needs it)
- …
p.s.
The script is ‘run only’ for now since not all of the stuff it uses is public yet. Full code should be available soon so you can go build your own versions. changed files to full source, adapt and multiply!
March 14th, 2007 at 22:09
I actually vote for a plazes-less version if you have the time. Just use the last known location, if possible.
March 14th, 2007 at 22:15
but where’s the fun in that though…
anyway, should be easy since i just need to strip out stuff. brb.
March 14th, 2007 at 22:27
done, added download link for those who wish to remain plazeless.
March 14th, 2007 at 22:48
Works like a charm.
April 3rd, 2007 at 03:41
Awesome
April 7th, 2007 at 21:32
a quick way to restart quicksilver is to bring up the quicksilver window (command-space) and then do command control Q
April 8th, 2007 at 19:34
[…] There are a couple of cool projects already out for Mac OSX. Jaiku Growler allows you to receive alerts from Growl whenever you or any of your Jaiku contacts post a new Jaiku. There’s also a Quicksilver script that lets you post Jaikus directly from Quicksilver. […]
April 8th, 2007 at 23:21
Doesn’t seem to work for me. I went through all the install steps and then I went through all the steps on using it and nothing comes up in my Jaiku stream
April 8th, 2007 at 23:31
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April 9th, 2007 at 01:40
Let me state here and now that this software comes with “works on my machine” certification only and it will probably make your mac poop beer nuts and die. Feel free to write niftier versions though, i’ll post the results right here.
April 9th, 2007 at 15:23
[…] Jaiku: Over the weekend played around a bit more with Jaiku, the presence monitoring tool similar to Twitter, but with quite a few more features. One nice aspect is that you can combine Twitter like updates with other types of data such as your Flickr photostream, RSS feeds and even your Twitter posts. So with Jaiku, you can combine elements of your online presence into a single stream. This also generates an RSS feed, so you can easily combine the elements of your online presence and share it with others. They have an API and already have Quicksilver hooks. I’ve added an RSS Feed of my Jaiku stream to the sidebar. I’m having a bit of trouble getting it to display (it could be theme relates, not sure…) so have also used the old standby Feed2JS and also threw that in the sidebar too. […]
April 9th, 2007 at 17:46
To “add the password to your keychain”, use the application “Keychain Access”.
April 9th, 2007 at 18:00
@edward: good point, i updated the post.
April 10th, 2007 at 01:34
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April 12th, 2007 at 15:39
I’m excited to try this out, but it’s silently failing for me (as Jason reported above). Any hints for diagnosing (i.e. anyone know how to coerce Quicksilver into invoking an action via Script Editor)?
April 12th, 2007 at 16:34
Nevermind! I found that Quicksilver was logging appropriately to console.log, and learned that the Keychain entries must be in your primary “login” chain. Works like a charm.
April 13th, 2007 at 07:24
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April 13th, 2007 at 11:07
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April 22nd, 2007 at 03:28
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May 11th, 2007 at 17:54
[…] Jaiku is a “micro” blogging service where entries are limited to 140 characters (not coincidentally the max allowed length of SMS messages). Basically for quick little thoughts, ideas, whatever. There is a commenting system as well. I’ve only been on it for a few days, but it seems pretty cool so far. I use the juhu client (along with a jaiku quicksilver plugin, although it appears the the plazes part isn’t working correctly, I need to diagnose that) and with the commenting ability it’s almost a real time chat, but you don’t have to respond in real time. If that makes any sense. […]
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June 4th, 2007 at 14:17
Thank you! You might wish to make your webserver aware of scpt files or, more conveniently, zip/tar the scripts. Now their MIME type seems incorrect when downloading, making Safari open them. Saving forces an html extension which then has to be changed.
June 4th, 2007 at 14:32
@dwizzy: good call, zipped them both up nice and tight.