bit.ly API Contest Winners!
The bit.ly API contest ( http://bit.ly/uyoj ) has come to a conclusion, and frankly we were overwhelmed by the variety and breadth of the submissions. The submissions ranged from API libraries and apps to web service integrations and even file system integration. We’re lucky to have such an involved developer community, and couldn’t be happier with the results. Every single entry will receive bit.ly shwag (A bit.ly blowfish, bit.ly t-shirt, and a couple of bit.ly stickers), but as promised, we had to choose a few that stood out from the rest. It wasn’t an easy decision, but without further ado (drumroll please….):
1st Prize (winner of a netbook and VIP Pass to Shorty Awards):
bit.lify
http://bit.ly/bitlify - A BlackBerry application that makes it easy to share urls on the go.
We’ve had a lot of people ask for more convenient ways to use bit.ly on mobile devices, and this one took the cake.
2nd Prize (Winner of an iPod Shuffle, and a VIP Pass to Shorty Awards)
PHP and JQuery bit.ly Libs
http://bit.ly/2yjuNJ
We chose this entry for its thoroughness and utility. If you’re looking to integrate bit.ly with your PHP application, take a look at this project.
3rd Prize (Winner of an iPod Shuffle, and a VIP Pass to Shorty Awards)
IEShortURL
http://bit.ly/Snjo - A bit.ly add-in for Internet Explorer
A straightforward, useful entry that provides clear utility for IE users.
Honorable Mentions:
140it
http://bit.ly/ppJV - A bookmarklet that compresses tweets. URLs within the tweet are turned into bit.ly URLs.
(wins a super tiny 8G USB key we like at bit.ly)
bitlyfs
http://bit.ly/bitlyfs - A macfuse filesystem that lets you mount your bit.ly history as a local drive, with thumbnails as file icons.
(wins a super tiny 8G USB key we like at bit.ly)
Last.fm Love / Twitter Mashup
http://bit.ly/1yur - After signing up, any track that you ‘love’ on lastfm will automatically generate a tweet from you that has the track’s artist and name, as well as a link to it so your followers can give it a listen.
(wins a super tiny 8G USB key we like at bit.ly)
My Wahi
http://bit.ly/mywahi - A mashup that lets anyone bookmark geographic locations.
(wins a super tiny 8G USB key we like at bit.ly)
Below is the complete list of entries. Everyone who entered will be receiving a bit.ly blowfish, a bit.ly T-shirt, bit.ly stickers, and possibly some other cool schwag. We’ll be getting in touch for your T-shirt sizes and mailing addresses.
Last.fm Love / Twitter Mashup
http://bit.ly/1yur - After siging up, any track that you ‘love’ on lastfm will automatically generate a tweet from you that has the track’s artist and name, as well as a link to it so your followers can give it a listen.
Tweetbots
http://bit.ly/ukTq - service that allows you to do many different types of bots, retweet, dm-tweet, autofollow, and feed-tweets.
Tweetly Updater
http://bit.ly/8Rj - a Wordpress plugin
Greasemonkey Script
http://bit.ly/WahC - Auto Replace URLs with bit.ly URLs when composing messages in Twitter
near.ly
http://bit.ly/TlUQ - Sends you links to news and blog posts happening within 1000 feet of any address in the United States.
iTweet
http://bit.ly/KAZz - A web Twitter Client
Travel Notes
http://bit.ly/xBuf - A toolbar for sharing web pages about travel with friends
bit.ly Ubiquity Mashup
http://bit.ly/qGSl - A ubiquity command for shortening links with bit.ly
LazyTweet
http://bit.ly/N9rK - A mashup of the Lazyweb and twitter, allowing twitter users to ask questions and ideas to a network beyond their own followers.
Tarpipe
http://bit.ly/11FvT - The bit.ly connector lets you automatically shorten URLs you’re sharing using the bit.ly service.
Gritly
http://bit.ly/11UHK - Shrinks a group of URLs into one bit.ly link
Annotated links
http://bit.ly/2V7wAL - Pack together one or several links and your own comment as post-it note.
140it
http://bit.ly/ppJV - A bookmarklet that makes tweets less than 140 characters. If the tweet has a url in it, it reduces it using the bit.ly api.
IEShortURL
http://bit.ly/Snjo - A bit.ly add-in for Internet Explorer
My Wahi
http://bit.ly/mywahi - A mashup that lets anyone bookmark geographic locations
Halfbite
http://bit.ly/qchS - Analyze tweet streams for various users and/or for your timeline
Jive Gas
http://bit.ly/dvoI - Uses the bit.ly API to shorten (and expand) URI to then do twitter, delicious, digg and yahoo boss searches (among others) for related and relevant content.
bitlyfs
http://bit.ly/bitlyfs - A macfuse filesystem that lets you mount your bit.ly history as a local drive
BigTweet
http://bit.ly/XT4p - Bookmarklet for posting to Twitter from any webpage
bit.lify
http://bit.ly/bitlify - A BlackBerry application that makes it easy to share urls on the go
Chirply
http://bit.ly/gPcCb - It’s a way to discover content and people relevant to your interests by browsing through bit.ly links being passed around Twitter.
C# bit.ly Lib
http://bit.ly/4pHkch
BitlyXAPI Library for .NET bit.ly Lib
http://bit.ly/gnBS
JSP bit.ly Lib
http://bit.ly/1PCHeJ
Python bit.ly Lib for Google App Engine
http://bit.ly/VrhM
Python bit.ly Lib
http://bit.ly/ocBG
Ruby bit.ly Lib
http://bit.ly/rubyapi
or
sudo gem install philnash-bitly
PHP and JQuery bit.ly Libs
http://bit.ly/2yjuNJ
