In the past month, we’ve received tons of feedback regarding integration with other services. Of the most requested (more like demanded) features has been the ability for users to post transactions to their Texthog account via Twitter. Today we made the final tweaks, and are releasing this one into the wild. Now expense tracking with Texthog IS as fun as using Twitter! We hope you enjoy it.
Direct Messages
We’ve opted to use Direct Messages to protect the privacy and security of our users. All transactions that are posted as DM’s are deleted once they are logged into the texthog database.
Solves mobile issues
While evaluating the pros and cons of posting transactions via SMS/Email/Other Services, and looking closer at issues with some mobile carriers, we’ve determined that componding on Twitter’s mobile preferences and settings, it is a great bridge for many of our users.
Mobile and desktop support
This could be one of the best parts of Twitter support. There’s such a plethora of twitter apps you can use cross platform, mobile and desktop. Which apps do you use?
If you have any ideas that you think would make Texthog even better, feel free to shoot an email to darren[at]texthog[dot]com
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April 1, 2009 |
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A couple of weeks ago at SXSW, I ran into a dood named Ori Bengal. Ori is a cowboy. He takes to the road in a new ‘old-west’ fashion, cruising from city to city, photographing things for loot and hobby. He writes about his adventures and manages to make a living doing what he loves. After the heated Crowdsourcing panel, we caught up. We talked about Ori’s cool fuzzy hat, and I gave him a funky green shirt.
Anyhow, last night Ori and I exchanged a few tweets back and forth. He mentioned he’s going nuts over his taxes, the fact that he has to rifle through receipts (like most of us), do the spreadsheet thing, and make a run for tax-day. This got me to thinking about one of the wonderful things about Texthog: Posting multiple transactions via email.
Posting Multiple Transactions via Email
We built Texthog with several types of people in mind, one of them being someone that very limited time to track their expenses, but still wants to be in control. With our multiple transactions reporting, you can send one email and it’s all done for you.
How does it work?
The beauty of posting multiple transactions by email is the simplicity. Enter transactions line-by-line in the body area of your email, using the same format you would sending one transaction (tag, tag, amount).
Gas, 25.50
Sushi, Lunch, 34.64
Dry Cleaning, $15.21
ATT Bill, $125
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Everyday we’re working hard to make Texthog as simple to use as possible. We’ve noticed that as of late, we have received questions about the correct way to send text messages and emails to Texthog. The trouble is that if you send an sms or an email to your account that is improperly formatted, it is forever lost in the clouds. Of course, it’s not entirely lost (we do keep logs to help to track, backup & troubleshoot) but to our users, it seems like their work it’s gone for good. It’s frustrating and we understand.
We’re working on making the process simpler, but in the meantime here’s a recap of how it works.
Use multiple tags to make your purchase more specific
Gas, $25.50 (v.s) Gas, Shell, $25.50
Separate each tag with a comma, and put the amount last.
Gas, Shell, $25.50
You can omit the dollar sign
Gas, Shell, 25.50
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